Prince Shakur

Prince Shakur

Prince Shakur is a queer, Jamaican-American writer and activist whose work has been featured in Teen Vogue, Electric Literature, and AfroPunk. He is writing a memoir on his political coming of age and Afro-Caribbean masculinity.
7 breakthroughs in Black media in 2019
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From 'Watchmen' to Noname's Book Club, a look at the year's major moments.
Amber Guyger’s guilty verdict isn’t enough
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Guyger is still the exception, not the rule.
When gay Black men disappear, who is held accountable?
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It took two men’s deaths and two years to start holding Ed Buck accountable.
Gun reform needs to address the issues faced by Black Americans
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The policies proposed by the Parkland students are a good start—but they're not perfect.
Living with the constant threat of death as a Black American
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As Erica Garner showed, choosing a path of activism does not make for a longer life in a Black body.

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