Our current issue feature two poems by Kimberly Williams, a Black southern poet from Virginia. Her research is focused on the history of racialized trauma and its relationship to American dance. Please check out her fine poetry. "We are discussing colorism in a classroom in the essential melting pot of 1 black bean. Tanning is the same as bleaching cream for Indian people. Looking better, lighter is an evolutionary tactic. I did not assign the Bell Curve this semester. I bit my tongue till I tasted cookware to keep from laughing, to keep from— You focus on the negative, I mean Disney just featured a Black Princess. Why can’t double consciousness be applied to white, straight men?"
Posted on: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:46:30 +0000
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