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Anansi Complete
A draft of “Anansi” is complete at 68,000 words. Once I finished, I realize I didn’t know what genre this work fell under. I’ve been so used to writing sci-fi that it didn’t even occur to me that this falls outside of that genre. There are sci-fi influences for sure, especially since my protagonist is…
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Black People and Rock Music
While scrolling through Twitter I came across this tweet. Now, I have know this for a while. Black people’s influence on rock and roll is one of the truths that often gets erased by Eurocentric music history that focuses on white figures and ignores all the black blues musicians and black rock figures that influenced…
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Apparently the end of AA doesn’t make admission as easy as some thought
Back in June 2023, the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action for colleges and universities across the U.S. Race is no longer a factor in admissions, allegedly. The original claims reminded me of Abigail Fisher, who I’ve written about before. In Fisher’s case, she sued and argued that affirmative action was the reason she didn’t…
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Latina is Not a Race
Once in a while though, I still come across something I have to share my thoughts on. Exhibit A. Now, many people in the comments point out this woman is white, not “light-skinned Latina.” Rosa Salazar is a good example of a light-skinned Latina. You can be any race and be hispanic. That is no…