Tag: Society
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i USED to
I used to infuse you into my fantasy, A PHENOMENAL future. One where we’d FLAUNT and FLOAT, on clouds of FINESSE, Our heads held HIGH in six-inch HEELS and HAUTE couture, And CONFIDENCE to make {them} quiver. I would be QUEEN and […]
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I Have No Words
I want to say so many things regarding black people and white police, brutality, racial profiling. July 5th; Alton Sterling is shot, in the chest, at close range, while pinned to the ground by two officers. July 6th, Philando Castile is shot, while his four-year-old daughter watches from the backseat of the car. His girlfriend […]
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We Must Fight
I have a question…. Disclaimer: this question might be considered offensive to some folk. P.S, it is not intended to spark hate or be offensive, it is intended to spark conversation… Ok so here’s my question… If given the chance in today’s America or perhaps today’s world, for black people to enslave white people the […]
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Feminist Awakening
Originally posted in To The Contrary with Bonnie Erbé blog. June 30, 2015 It’s been five weeks, five weeks that have gone by with such rapidity that I cannot begin to comprehend. In five weeks I have matured as a person, a maturity that has come from being surrounded by successful women, who are making tremendous progress […]
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