In pondering or even celebrating Bryan Stevenson’s book Just Mercy’s transition from a book into a film, it is imperative … More
Author: C. C. Saunders
Until the lion has a historian, the hunter will always be a hero-Chinua Achebe
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Email: whispersofawomanist@gmail.com
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Just Mercy, A Review
Just Mercy begins the new year with the latest African embodiment of the American mantra: “if you work hard, you … More
Blue Ivy Ain't Got the Blues: Debunking the "Sad Black Girl" Narrative
Blue Ivy, the eldest daughter of superstar couple Beyonce and Jay-Z, made headlines this week, not for her eighth birthday, … More
What does American Terrorism Mean to the African in America?
Bloodshed marks the new decade just as it marked the inaugural moments of this country. News of Soleimani’s death incited … More
Don't Call me ADOS: Contemplating the ADOS Platform in 2020
Reflecting on 2019 betrays a significant new development with regard to the black collective. The rise of ADOS, or the … More
Surviving White Supremacy
Tis’ an interesting experience to be a black person in a country where anti-blackness is ubiquitous. “Turn your brain off” … More
Some Things I Learned this Decade…
Anti-blackness is a normalized means of conceptualizing the world that the black collective must consistently refute. Most people do not … More
Confidence, The Key to Our Afro-Future?
Perhaps the biggest lie habitually fed the black collective is that if you work hard you’ll reap big rewards. When … More
Bombshell? B!tch Please, A Black Female Perspective
This review will be uncharacteristically short. My conciseness results not from a lack of things to say, but from a … More
The Homophic Hoax, and Nuanced Anti-Blackness
In reviewing 2019 and the decade in tandem, one must acknowledge the surge in power allotted to the LGBT community. … More
