Starlette Thomas

“She Speaks: Black Women Artists and the Power of Historical Memory” is a highly innovative exhibition that explores 250 years of American history through the lens of womanism.

Gen Z and millennials are reclaiming their own, swapping algorithmic scrolling for intentional hobbies and offline experiences. As an elder millennial, I’m with them.

The future of believing is for imaginaries. Faith traditions bound by contextless tradition and visions of yesteryear should be viewed in the rearview mirror.

On this day in 1919, there was an incident of white supremacist domestic terrorism in Chicago. It was sparked by the drowning of Eugene Williams, a 17-year-old African American youth.

Black August honors African American radicals, revolutionaries, and political prisoners. The final summer month celebrates African American resistance against systemic, racialized oppression and state violence.

Betye Saar transformed derogatory Jim Crow-era memorabilia and racist caricatures into empowering symbols of political resistance and self-liberation. The assemblage art pioneer died on July 26. She was 99 years old.

My understanding of faith and its practice has changed. I used to believe faith was made evident in church attendance and tithing.

The Raceless Gospel Podcast, now in its seventh season, offers listeners proof of a raceless future with “The Evidence of Things Unseen.”

Racism is adapting to modern technology with systemic forms of prejudice embedded in digital algorithms. It’s called techno- racism, which means the search results aren’t promising.

Everything is a scam, a test of discernment and of will. You need a genie in a bottle, a wing and a prayer, an eight ball, and a lot of luck to get what you paid for.