Substack

Editor’s Note: Of the six conversations with my ancestors in my draft book manuscript, this one is my favorite.

My Family’s Heritage of White Control Over Black Bodies

Giving Back What Our Ancestors Stole

Was Manhattan Stolen?

What the Borg Taught Me About Whiteness

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal”

The post that got this Substack started

I hope you find a real way to mark today.

On June 19, 1865, U.S.

“What we saw at the Capitol [on January 6] is not a mental health issue, it is a communal health issue that the sickness has become standardized.”

Last week President Trump mined another nugget from the caverns of America’s racist past, when the White House launched its “Aliens” webpage.

We live in a time of white grievance against Black progress. And, in this country, we always have.