Legal Mama·Apr 11, 2025“Stay Woke”: A Legacy of Vigilance Rooted in SurvivalHow racists have stolen a deeply rooted phrase in AAVE and shown us their ignorance. A response icon1A response icon1
Legal Mama·Mar 17, 2022We live in a society that would rather question a woman about what is happening to her than…As I watched The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and his discussion of the Kanye West, Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson controversy and the…
Legal Mama·Jul 18, 2020American Racism is a Masterclass of the Basic Moves of PowerObfuscation — “Power is tolerable only on condition that it masks a substantial part of itself. Its success is proportional to an ability…
Legal Mama·Jul 16, 2020Black women can’t win for losing.I will start by giving the facts, Breasia Terrell, a 10 year old black girl went missing in Davenport, Iowa on July 10, 2020. The…
Legal Mama·May 8, 2020To Protect and Serve* Some PeopleI’ve always known the police were not for me. It was sort of a subconscious, known known. But I did not become fully conscious of my…
Legal Mama·Jan 21, 2019Are We Really Surprised by Covington Catholic?I have read so many articles, posts and tweets about the outrage surrounding the rhetoric spewed the Entitled Embrybros as they heckled a…
Legal Mama·Oct 23, 2018Black Names: How Do You Pronounce That?We’ve seen the stories about how “black sounding names” can negatively impact your job prospects. And we’ve likely been in a room where…A response icon5A response icon5
Legal Mama·Sep 18, 2018White People. Stop It. Seriously, You’re Being Divisive and Stopping Progress.Have you ever been in a setting where someone is clearly making biased/straight up racist/xenophobic statements in a “social justice”…
Legal Mama·Aug 11, 2018Clearly You Don’t Think So, But My Humanity and Sanity are Much More Important Than Your Feelings.White people, we’re tired of y’all. Seriously. Don’t invite me to participate in any of your “social justice” work when you can’t be…
Legal Mama·Aug 6, 2018Make No Mistake, I’m Not Angry. I’m Mad as Hell.What is wrong with white women? If that question offends you, that’s good. Sit with that and wonder why.