“If You Don’t Have A Black Friend…
you are part of the problem” — Wanda Sykes
8 min readJun 9, 2019
A confluence of inspirations came together for me recently. Marley K. asked me to write of my experiences immersing myself into the Black community. And then, I watched the Wanda Sykes Neflix special where she talks about race relations in America, and how we finally must resolve our issues to prevent a repeat of the current…