I am thrilled about Solange Knowles‘ new song “Don’t Touch My Hair” from her album A Seat at the Table.  It is sure to mean many things to many people.  For me it is a reminder of my poem “African Prince” from Love Beyond God: Meditations and the fact that black women and men both experience casual...

It is a test. Not as functional as potty training or as complex as matching shapes and colors but a test just the same. And so you sit doubled over in a position that defies bones with smudgy fingers working carefully face screwed with concentration and an occasional, focused and exasperated huff. The blue cannot...