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Published in An Injustice!

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No, You Don’t Understand Racism

I am not a dog — It was 2016 and Donald Trump was just elected President. I couldn’t help but dwell on how we got here. Just eight years prior, I was sitting in my college dorm watching the polls come in; watching Barack Obama, the first Black person to be elected into the highest office…

Racism

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No, You Don’t Understand Racism
No, You Don’t Understand Racism

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If You’re Ever Afraid, Jump Anyway

A letter to my unborn child — I have so much to tell you. As I’m writing this, I’m sitting a few yards from the ocean, watching the waves crash against the coast as the Caribbean breeze kisses my skin. We’re an hour from sunset and I’m very much looking forward to the pink and purple hues…

Life

11 min read

If You’re Ever Afraid, Jump Anyway
If You’re Ever Afraid, Jump Anyway

Published in An Injustice!

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How Does it Feel to Be Black?

You asked. Here’s your answer — Let’s take it back to May of 2011. I was proud, carefree, and for once, my walkthrough campus had nothing to do with anything remotely academic. Senior Week was a blur and rightfully so. It was a time to let go of past inhibitions and do everything that you missed…

Culture

6 min read

How Does it Feel to Be Black?
How Does it Feel to Be Black?

Published in LEVEL

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I Got Vaccinated Because I’m Selfish

And that’s God’s honest truth — Five minutes of vomiting followed by another seven minutes of groaning in agony. Twelve minutes in total, sitting on my mom’s couch, as she got ready for the day ahead. When she finally exited the bathroom, it was clear that I startled her. “Oh, Jay! I didn’t know that you…

Covid 19

5 min read

I Got Vaccinated Because I’m Selfish
I Got Vaccinated Because I’m Selfish

Published in Momentum

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Not All Black People Can Rap, and Other Confessions

I’m from Brooklyn, so I quote Jay-Z like pastors quote the Bible. I truly believe that there’s a Hov line for any occasion; if you can’t think of one, then your knowledge of his catalog isn’t deep enough. But, I don’t have that problem because I love rap. I’m a…

Humor

6 min read

Not All Black People Can Rap and Other Confessions
Not All Black People Can Rap and Other Confessions

Published in Counter Arts

·5 days ago

My Neighbor’s Dog is a Racist

You read that correctly… — Picture this: it’s a beautiful morning in Brooklyn. The sun is shining, the trashbags are releasing their sweet summer aromas, and the pigeons are dropping paint pellets from above. I, like most millennials in New York City, live in an apartment building, one that is full of characters. There’s Moira…

Humor

4 min read

My Neighbor’s Dog is a Racist
My Neighbor’s Dog is a Racist

Jul 7

America

in a haiku —

Poetry

1 min read

America
America
Photo by Samuel Branch on Unsplash

America

in a haiku

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Jun 6

How to Deal with Loud Neighbors

a haiku —

Poem

1 min read

How to Deal with Loud Neighbors
How to Deal with Loud Neighbors
Photo by Severin Candrian on Unsplash

How to Deal with Loud Neighbors

a haiku

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Jun 6

As We Lay Here

a poem —

Poem

1 min read

As We Lay Here
As We Lay Here
]Photo by Fernanda Rodríguez on Unsplash

As We Lay Here

a poem

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Published in Rainbow Salad

·Jun 6

Almost a Dad

a haiku —

Haiku

1 min read

Almost a Dad
Almost a Dad
Photo by Sincerely Media on Unsplash

Almost a Dad

a haiku

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Jayson Kristopher

Jayson Kristopher

Black. Ornery. Brooklynite. Sarcasm is my love language. linktr.ee/jaysonkristopher | jaysonkristopher.com

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