Whether in an interview or in your fourth year, the word “family” is jargon that you should be afraid to hear — Family is a complicated construct. It means that a relationship is more than surface level, transcending typical transactional friendships and coworking environments. It gives us the warm and fuzzies. It sounds good, but in reality, the term comes with many gray areas and usually encourages the complete and utter lack…

Companies that can’t offer Black workers money, security, and positions in leadership should expect to lose their talent — A friend said something to me about white-collar jobs that has stuck with me for weeks now. He said that the reason there’s so little representation in the corporate world is because there’s so little room for Blacks to be mediocre. He didn’t mean mediocre in the sense of underperforming…

I left the South not thinking I’d miss the place that helped shape who I am — I moved to Colorado and I told everyone that I couldn’t wait to get away. Maybe it’s the politics or the heat. Okay, it’s probably the heat, but after living in the South and seeing what else the country had to offer, there was a little voice in the back…

We may think we’re ready to go back into the world, but are we? — I sometimes think to myself that I can’t wait until we can get back to a place where going to a restaurant doesn’t feel like a life or death situation. …

A conversation with my dad and stepdad about the keys to positive parenting — The landscape of the modern American family has changed over the past few decades. Family structures as a whole have become more fluid and unique; finally, unconventional types are becoming more universally acknowledged and accepted. Black families, however, were never entirely allowed the freedom of the modern family landscape. From…