Does It Measure Up? The show Rap Sh!t, is the latest of Issa Rae’s successes as the director, actress, and media mogul climbs to the top of the entertainment industry. While I am not Issa Rae’s OG fans (I have yet to watch Issa’s first show, Awkward Black Girl) I…

My Eyes Are On the West Indies — The world shuddered in shock and awe on September 8th, 2022, when Queen Elizabeth II passed away at 96 years of age. While many mourned the loss of this matriarch, others including myself, tipped glasses as one of the strongest and oldest pillars in colonialism came tumbling down. The death…

Prey, the latest iteration in the Predator series, was a personal favorite of mine, taking the top spots in my own personal roster of best releases this year. As I am currently returning back to Medium, I am also partaking in a Early Indigenous literature class, and I felt like…

No one belongs in a box. — Jordan Peele has become a huge name in the entertainment industry since the creation of Get Out, Us, and most recently, Nope. Peele’s success started before then though, specifically with the Comedy Central sketch series, Key and Peele. I remember first seeing Jordan Peele when I was 13. To see…

Hoodoo Is Not Going Away Hoodoo: An African diasporic religion born and practiced in the United States of America, particularly the deep south. With each passing day, more and more black people seem to be abandoning Christianity and it’s churches. After learning and grappling with the history of how Bibles…

Whether you’re white or black, it’s wrong. The erasure of a group of people, whether by claiming their language as your own, their style of dress, their religion, and/or other parts of their culture is just as bad as murder. When done long enough, it is genocide. I have been…

I’m coming back Hello everyone! It’s been nearly 5 months since I last posted anything on Medium, or even read anything. For those of you who follow me, whether you’re a new reader or an old one, I got to a point where I had to walk away from Medium…

The Roots Run Deep — It’s no secret that African culture is still highly prevalent in today’s West Indian groups. While the depth of it varies from place to place, the nations of the Caribbean are like the leaves of Africa’s great tree. …

Last week I returned to my home state of New York for my Spring Break. The opportunity was given to me as part of a school trip in which I learned about the publishing industry and even visited famous publishing locations, like Penguin Random House. Going back to NY after…