Second Thoughts
Chad DeshawnCulture, power, and the Black experience in America.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 17 | Founded | 8 months ago | Last Issue | 3 months ago |
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Electability Is the Language of White Comfort
Electability has become a polite way to describe White voter comfort.
The Democratic primary for the Texas Senate seat offered a familiar reminder of how political tables are arranged in this country.
Black voters and Black leaders are of...
MAGA’s Problem Is Success They Can’t Control
MAGA and White supremacy only tolerate difference when it remains subordinate.
The rise of Bad Bunny could not have come at a worse time for MAGA.
Puerto Rican. Spanish-speaking. Globally dominant. A Brown man showing up in White spaces w...
The Cost of Black Expression
I was in a work meeting when a Black man’s baseball cap turned into a moral dilemma. Because in corporate spaces, nothing is ever “just a hat,” and freedom always comes with chains attached.
I was sitting in a conference room, at work, wai...
OFF SCRIPT: Apologies Don’t Fix Betrayal
Saying “I’m sorry” isn’t enough.
Black MAGA wasn’t a misunderstanding.
It wasn’t confusion.
It wasn’t “I didn’t know better.”
It was a choice. An intentional one. A deadly one. A choice to align with people who openly despise you becaus...
OFF SCRIPT: Stop Letting White Supremacy Borrow Your Voice
They only love you when they’re screwing you. And when they’re done, they won’t even bother calling you an Uber. You’ll be walking.
This is some backwards, self-destructive bullshit.
It’s like watching my people head straight back to the...
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Chad DeShawn writes about the Black experience in America—highly introspective with a touch of Southern heat. He leans into his duality, using quick wit, sharp wordplay, and emotion to explore cultural nuance through the soul of a Black man.
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