Josh Odam
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Philando Castile Proved The N.R.A. Does Not Give A Damn About Black Gun Owners, Explained
Their main selling point is the Left doesn't care about Black life. They're right, the Left really doesn't care about Black people...but the N.R.A. doesn't either.
To Black Men Who Have Survived Sexual Assault: I Was Wrong And I Apologize
Content Warning: Sexual Violence, Shaming, Misogynoir. I needed to respond to myself.
BlkFutr: Afrofuturism, Anticolonialism & The Black Liberatory Imagination
Part I: Introduction
More And More Black Kids Are Embracing Their Blerdiness…And It Might Save Us All.
When we were coming up, we were dissuaded from immersing ourselves in these works because “Black people did not do this stuff.” We were sold a false narrative which led us to believe these types of expression were reserved for white people. Like swimming, camping, and going to therapy, geeking was another thing Black people allegedly did not do.
To Black Men Who Have Survived Sexual Assault: We Have To Speak.
CONTENT WARNING: sexual assault, toxic masculinity.
Can We Please Leave This "Pussyfication/Emasculation/Feminization Of The Black Male" Garbage In 2015? Please?
Like, please? Can we do this? Immediately if not sooner?
Is My Father A Good Cop? Being The Black Son Of A Black Cop In The Black Lives Matter Movement
In this self-reflective piece, Josh Odam seeks to reconcile his work with Black Lives Matter and his experiences as the son of a New York City police officer.
I Don’t Support Sexual Predators, Even If They’re Black: An Open Letter To R. Kelly And The Black Men Who Still Defend Him
Hours after his bizarre interview with the Huffington Post, Josh Odam pens an open letter to R. Kelly's addressing his history of sexual violence against young girls and the continuous and problematic support of the singer and why it is incredibly problematic for Black men to keep supporting him.
#WrongDoor: Ethno-Stress And Racially Charged Attacks On The UMass Campus
So what happens when you remove the child from such a nurturing environment to one where the administration believes the melanin in your skin is an indicator of intellectual inferiority? Not only that, how does one navigate through a labyrinth composed of racial slurs and threats hurled at you by your alleged “peers”?
There Is No Such Thing As “Reverse Racism”
The rise of “reverse-isms” are indicative of the current racial/political climate in the United States in that whenever a person of color or a member of an oppressed group demands resources which will help fulfill their needs as human beings, the automatic assumption is it has to be a zero-sum gain