Author / Jordan Coley
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On Breath
By Jordan Coley, Featured Writer Artwork by Shonali Palacios, Design Lead -
On Feminism
I am nine years old I don’t know much about the world, but I know I love to read The library becomes a safe space, A space for the inner workings of my brain to come alive I walk into the library and pick up a graphic novel on Elizabeth Cady Stanton My fourth…
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Brown is…
Brown is… Brown is Me being petrified of the campus police and my white friends “assuring” me they’re not gonna do anything at a campus like this I look down at my skin and know otherwise Brown is People asking my Bangladeshi friend where he’s from and quickly responding with a No, where are you…
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My Experiences As An African-American Are Inescapable
This summer, I had the opportunity to spend a month studying abroad in London. While there, the program I was with took us to Stratford-upon-Avon for three days to see Shakespearean plays. Throughout my time in London, my Black friends and I often got stares while we walked down the streets, and in the small…