by Dr. Herukhuti We don’t love each other, not because we don’t have the capacity. But because our trauma has … More
Author: H. "Herukhuti" Sharif Williams, PhD, MEd
Dr. Herukhuti is founder and Chief Erotics Officer (CEO) of the Center for Culture, Sexuality and Spirituality and editor-in-chief of sacredsexualities.org. He is the co-editor of the award-winning anthology Recognize: The Voices of Bisexual Men and member of the governing board of the Association of Black Sexologists and Clinicians. He's executive producer and co-director of the forthcoming documentary film, No Homo | No Hetero: Sexual Fluidity and Manhood in Black America. Follow him on Twitter at @DrHerukhuti and Facebook at @RevolutionaryScholar
Reppin’ Ain’t Easy and Some of Us Are Brave
By Dr. Herukhuti Before keeping it real was a thing, we represented. Back in the 90s and early 00s, people … More
Kevin Hart and the Racial Politics of LGBTQ Call Outs
By Dr. Herukhuti Kevin Hart is a Black comedian whose career began in the Black community. In the early 2000s, … More
White Gay Men Using Crystal Meth to Enslave and Sexually Exploit Black Men
by Dr. Herukhuti I don’t do trigger warnings in my writing but I’m letting you know now that I might … More
Manchild in the Compromised Land: What We Might Learn from Surviving R Kelly
By Dr. Herukhuti I watched it. Not the tape of him having sex with a 14, 15, or 16 year … More
Is Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed Possible with the White, Middle Class?
by Dr. Herukhuti I first read Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed when I was in high school. I found … More
Sustainability for Creatives: The Importance of Self-Care for Artists
By Dr. Herukhuti I’ve been reading Reiland Baraka’s introduction to Resistance and Decolonization by Amilcar Cabral. The text has been … More
Dr. Herukhuti’s 2018 New York City Pride Rally Speech (Full Text)
On Friday, June 22, 2018, Dr. H. “Herukhuti” Sharif Williams, founder and chief erotics officer of the Center for Culture, … More
7 Reasons Not to Call Someone A Hotep
By Dr. Herukhuti Recently, I’ve noticed an uptick in progressive Black folks and others using the Kemetic word “hotep” to … More
Coogler’s Black Panther Is Black America’s Proof of Life Statement to Africa
By Dr. Herukhuti There are two types of misconceptions Black folks in the Americas have of Africa–that it is filled … More