PinnedGarrick McFaddenWe Must Posthumously Indict Everyone Who Participated In A Lynching.This past year, I have made the somber journey to bear witness to lynchings and other undertakings of racial terror in America (including…·11 min read·Nov 17, 2023--25--25
PinnedGarrick McFaddenIn Da Club: The No N!gg@s DressCode“When I pull out up front, you see the Benz on dubs When I roll 20 deep, it’s 20 knives in the club” — In Da Club, by 50 Cent·10 min read·Nov 17, 2022--32--32
PinnedGarrick McFaddenEx-Factor: Interracial Marriage Is Hard.“It could all be so simple (ba-ba-ba-baby, baby, baby) But you’d rather make it hard (huh, uh) Loving you is like a battle (it’s like a…·13 min read·Oct 26, 2022--40--40
Garrick McFaddeninCulturedI Came To Bear Witness To A Lynching Part 4: Fredrick, MD Part 1/2His name was John Biggus. Despite having an airtight alibi, he was lynched because white supremacy demanded an offering. Say his name: John…·7 min read·1 day ago--3--3
Garrick McFaddeninAfroSapiophileA Portrait Of A Black Man In A Mid-Life Crisis.There are no how-to books and few examples for black men on how we are supposed to age gracefully in America, so we go at it alone.·8 min read·1 day ago--14--14
Garrick McFaddeninMomentumWe Got McDonald’s At HomeThese words still burn in the soul of every Gen Xer. With inflation, my Gen A daughter is about to hear these deflating words: We don’t…·7 min read·Apr 3, 2024--20--20
Garrick McFaddenA Portrait Of The Rose Thief As An Elderly Black Man.This may be the final lesson he teaches me: never buy flowers for a married woman who is not your wife…even if it is your mother.·8 min read·Mar 8, 2024--22--22
Garrick McFaddeninCulturedThe School Book Fair: My Shame Won’t Be My Daughter’sMy parents were excellent providers. We were a solid middle-class family living in suburbia, Minnesota. However, the vestiges of abject…·8 min read·Mar 3, 2024--18--18
Garrick McFaddenThe Demise Of Sunday ClothesThe amount of fear and trepidation I experienced wearing my Sunday Clothes cannot be easily measured.·7 min read·Feb 23, 2024--35--35
Garrick McFaddeninCulturedHow Silver Dollars Desegregated Great Falls, MontanaThis is an American story: the story of my family·6 min read·Feb 19, 2024--13--13