D. Watkins (page 22)

Twitter: @dwatkinsworld

D. Watkins is an Editor at Large for Salon. He is also a writer on the HBO limited series "We Own This City" and a professor at the University of Baltimore. Watkins is the author of the award-winning, New York Times best-selling memoirs “The Beast Side: Living (and Dying) While Black in America”, "The Cook Up: A Crack Rock Memoir," "Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised: A Memoir of Survival and Hope" as well as "We Speak For Ourselves: How Woke Culture Prohibits Progress." His new books, "Black Boy Smile: A Memoir in Moments," and "The Wire: A Complete Visual History" are out now.

Brother Nature; Kelvin Peña

Instant celebrity has a cost, and we as a society are paying for that false reality D. Watkins

Michael Eric Dyson; Jay-Z

Cancel culture is emulated from “an ethic of white supremacy,” says Jay-Z scholar D. Watkins

Jason Reynolds on wanting writer role models: “Judy Blume never came and hollered at us" D. Watkins

40th Birthday Cake

I never planned on seeing 40: How do I get over believing I was destined to die young? D. Watkins

How We Fight For Our Lives; Saeed Jones

Saeed Jones on "How We Fight For Our Lives" and writing with "skin in the game" D. Watkins

Kal Penn on why Democrats are losing and what constitutes a patriotic comedy D. Watkins

Rakim

Rap legend Rakim opens up about finding his unique, intellectual sound and transforming hip-hop D. Watkins

Blackface; Justin Trudeau; Julianne Hough; Jimmy Fallon; Luann de Lesseps

Just say no to blackface this Halloween D. Watkins

Children Playing

What it means to raise a Black girl in white America D. Watkins

The Wire; Power

I love "Power," but please stop comparing it to "The Wire" D. Watkins

Father and children

Why I'm not raising my child in my old neighborhood — the one I said I'd never leave D. Watkins

Ava Duvernay

Ava DuVernay isn't waiting on reparations or shiny campaign promises D. Watkins

baby shoes

I used to stare down the barrels of guns. Now I'm going to be a dad, and that's scarier D. Watkins

APTOPIX Dallas Officer Mistaken Apartment

This time white tears didn't work: Why Amber Guyger's guilty verdict surprised me D. Watkins

Fox and Friends

In times of crisis, "Fox & Friends" turns to unimpeachable pancakes D. Watkins

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