Tag: St. Louis
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Black excellence for the culture (St. Louis style)
Happy fourth of the lie y’all. Raise your hand if you enjoy looking through albums from decades past? ?? It’s something about the vintage outfits and timeless smiles and smirks that bring me joy. “Black excellence photos for the culture” dropped today. Edits were promptly made and pictures released purposely on this “holiday”. It’s only a…
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Reflections of a trained protestor
*candles lit, playing Erykah Badu’s Soldier* I just felt like prefacing with that statement because that’s my current state… The indictment, or lack there of, time has come. My city is in preparation mode. But it’s preparation for the unknown. We all assume we know the outcome but we can’t know how our fellow man…
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Courage will not skip this generation
Let me start by slipping this under your door… I don’t at all believe St. Louis is the only place with numbers out of balance as this, but because I live here and have noticed it for myself, I find it meaningful. Romans 4:21 “Being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to…
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The day #Ferguson changed the conversation
Life has changed for so many. Yes, this can happen anywhere. But I can currently only speak on what I’m experiencing in my city on the tenth day of injustice. Also read “Courage will not skip this generation” and “The other side of Ferguson“. At the heart of this situation is the Brown family whom no…