James Baldwin Watches Me While I Swing Dance

Image sourced from (http://supremeswingdancers.blogspot.com/p/swing-styles.html) My grandad was a tall, handsome black man. When I say black, I mean black. His skin was a delicious chocolate brown, and his forehead shone brightly when he exercised. I grew up on a healthy diet of stories and negro spirituals which told me in his own kind and loving…

My Afro Helped Me Quit My Job

(Images sourced from a fancy dress party two years ago and this website – http://www.plasticrepairchristchurch.co.nz/plastic-repairs.php) Today, my boss told me my afro was disgusting. I quit on the spot. — Actually, the story goes a little deeper than that… I decided I was going to quit a week ago, after I realised my boss had essentially…