In my efforts to not offend or make others feel uncomfortable I, in turn, offended my own truths. Many of us spend a lot of time over thinking. We over analyze situations to the point of no return. We talk ourselves out of whatever it is because we don't value our truth enough. The strength that we possess is not in plain sight, so we hide behind our fears and do not allow our voice to be heard. For many years I hid. I did no want to stand out too much because bringing attent

Donald Glover (aka Childish Gambino) is using his platform to expose the disturbing reality of what it means to be black in America. Glover’s new song, This is America, uses distressing imagery mixed with happy and carefree choreography - unmasking the paradox of the black experience. America has always been a country experiencing cyclical shifts. Black and brown people are shot, harassed, exposed in public, and the nation is “outraged”, but only for a second. Once the topic