Colorism is Thicker than Blood – Racism Within the Black Family by Sabrina Dawkins There is an assumption within the black community, even within the black family, that lighter skin and looser hair is superior to darker skin and more tightly coiled hair. And family members might assume that if they don’t insult you personally

The Human Predator You Know – How to Avoid Becoming Prey in the Jungleby Sabrina Dawkins Looking into the eyes of an animal predator is like looking down the barrel of a loaded gun. The idea that a predatory animal sees a human as nothing more than a food source is disturbing to the human

African Coiled Hair is the Most Effective Helmet on Earth and Why I Like Dreadlocks on White People by Sabrina Dawkins Hair is supposed to be like a helmet to protect your head. When I had permed hair, I felt cold air and wind on my scalp. The straightened hair could not be an effective

Robert F. Smith as Samson to Overshadow Malcolm Xby Sabrina Dawkins Sunday, May 19, 2019, billionaire Robert Frederick Smith gave the 135th Morehouse College Commencement speech. It was also Malcolm X’s birthday. The robe he wore looked like my childhood pastor’s preacher robe. He stood up there like a responsible, proud minister and father and

The Human Beast Seeks Only That Which Perishes by Sabrina Dawkins “Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed” (John 6:27). How can humans, with complex behaviors and languages, be beasts?

Music as Psychological Medicine and a Dangerous Toolby Sabrina Dawkins Music is my psychological medicine. When I was younger, I used to dance around while listening to secular music. It temporarily lifted my mood, but at the same time, it inserted poison: degrading lyrics, curse words, verbal pornography, and the celebration of reckless abandon and

I Have the Body of a Beast, But I am Not a Beastby Sabrina Dawkins I ate one of the tastiest pieces of beef I’ve had in my life today. It was perfectly tender and juicy. I only eat meat every other day, a piece of salmon and a piece of beef. But today I

The Youth of the Computer Age are Made Insane by the Internet, Drowned in Infotainment by Sabrina Dawkins The youth of today are insane. They are growing up in the Computer Age, where there is an endless supply of information readily available on the computer screen. What is true and what is false? I remember

A Taste of Heaven While Living in Hell – How God Sustains His Children by Sabrina Dawkins It had been around three weeks since my garden last tasted rain water. In the 90-degree heat, I’d been trying to wait it out with measured amounts of the treated city water, but my crops don’t grow as

Seduced by Endless Choices of TV Filth and Junk Food for the Soulby Sabrina Dawkins I was first introduced to reality TV through the MTV cable show The Real World, and it was captivating to my young eyes. I used to watch the Real Housewives on Bravo. I told myself that I was doing psychology