Conversations With My Grandmother Pt. 2

My maternal grandmother is quite a trooper. She’s had ongoing heart problems for about twenty years and a transplant twelve years ago. For as long as possible, she’s kept it moving like she didn’t. For the last year or so, she’s been in and out of the hospital due to her heart rejecting and a […]

The Weekend In Pictures: Party, Movies, and Ice Cream Edition

Ice Cube’s Double Consciousness

The term “double consciousness” was coined by W.E.B. DuBois to describe the internal challenge with one’s identity that blacks have to reconcile to fit into a society. Usually, this being raised in African American culture in a European/Western education and corporate setting where one usually conflicts with the other. However, I am using it as […]