Economic disparities, lack of access to healthcare, and the impossibility of working from home are behind the disparate impact of COVID-19. On June 15, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report showing glaring statistics on how...
If COVID-19 doesn’t get me, maybe the evil policing of the Black body will. And it doesn’t matter if I’m a “good” or “bad” Black; before I open my mouth, my skin has already spoken for me. We didn’t spend much time thinking about breathing until COVID-19, the breath...
A primer for non-Black folks who—finally—want to talk about racial injustice. This week, I took my own advice and asked my Black friends to tell me what they needed from me. What could I do to support the fight for racial justice? And how could I make sure not to add...
