

A Core Memory: The Christmas I Thought I’d Turn Black


My Momma Was a Force to Be Reckoned With When I say my momma was a force to be reckoned with, I mean exactly that. You did not bring harm to her children or her grandchildren. And you sure as hell didn’t stand between her and her grandbabies. I learned this early in life, but one moment stands out—when my sister started dating a Black man. A Family First It was 1988. I was seven years old when my sister