Christianity is supposed to be a balm for the Africans, the holy claim that all men are equal under God. But under man? Another story.

Dear White People is more nuanced and clever than many people–who’ve resisted it before seeing it–believe. It’s not a long rant about racism, it is a probing look into which issues are straw men, which are still relevant, and which ones we haven’t even addressed yet.

Juneteenth is finally recognized as a national holiday and I feel meh. I should be thrilled—the first new and BLACK holiday since Martin Luther King Day.