I’ve loved Anansi stories since I first heard and read them. Disenfranchised, disinherited people have used these and other “trickster” fables to write themselves into a world where they aren’t the pawns of the powerful, where Tiger isn’t the only power in the animal kingdom, and where wit and vision make them a way of escape. So much of the story of Black […]
Serving the micro by changing the macro
On the blog Ask A Manager, author Alison Green offers job-seekers and employees advice on interacting with their supervisors, managing relationships with colleagues, and developing their careers. A few weeks ago, Green responded to a question from someone who had forbidden an employee from taking time off to attend their graduation. The letter-writer had granted […]
All Our Euphemisms Are Like Filthy Rags
Note: This article features Anansi, the Akan spider-man. And because I love you, it includes no images of actual spiders. —KM A lot of people I know skipped church last weekend. A lot of Black people I know skipped church last weekend. A sprinkling of days after a young White racist slaughtered nine praying Black people in the oldest African Methodist […]
