by Dr. Herukhuti As the surge in protests, looting, and uprising occurred several months ago, close friends and colleagues, unbeknownst to each other, asked me
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
The Problem Isn’t Merely Policing – Dismantling the Matrix of Domination
by Dr. Herukhuti In the wake of the most recent murders of and attacks against Black people, people around the world have taken to the
That Ain’t Forgiveness: On the Political Economy of Hugging
By Dr. Herukhuti Stop it. Stop showing the images, playing the video. Stop talking about how amazing or incredible or moving or heartwarming it was.
The Loss of Empathy: When We Can No Longer Mourn Our Dead, We Become Dust
by Dr. Herukhuti We don’t love each other, not because we don’t have the capacity. But because our trauma has so disrupted our natural instinct
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 repped the street on which
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, clubs like Philly’s Laff House
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 have written something here that
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 old child. At the time
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 an old copy of it
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 providing me with an opportunity