In 2007, the Philadelphia Weekly made the mistake of giving me a weekly column in which I was allowed to write almost anything I wanted. WOOPSIES! I’ve collected all 29 of my columns in a ril’ perty zine, appearing for the first time in their original, uncensored format before my editor at the Philly Weekly chopped them all up for the sake of palatability. Here are a few excerpts from the zine, Black Like Me: The State That I am In.

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