Torrence(Tor) Brown-SmithTrauma and the Brain. Reflections on a Class Assignment.“…I found the adage about time healing all wounds to be false: grief doesn’t fade. Grief scabs over like my scars and pulls into new…Jul 28Jul 28
Torrence(Tor) Brown-Smith“You too have to be trustworthy” A reflection.…[A]ll white people are enemies until proved otherwise, and this applies to black intellectuals, all of us are enemies of the people until…Apr 1615Apr 1615
Torrence(Tor) Brown-SmithThe Darkest Night: A Reflection of 7/20/12My back tattoo I got after the mass shooting. My mom and I both have this as a matching tattooJul 20, 2023Jul 20, 2023
Torrence(Tor) Brown-SmithWhy We All Need Teachers Willing to be Accomplices in our EnlightenmentIn March of 2022, Florida Governor, Ron DeSantis, signed into law the Stop the Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees (WOKE) Act. His goal was to…Feb 10, 202312Feb 10, 202312
Torrence(Tor) Brown-SmithJournal Entry 1: Blackness & The Shadow That Comes With It.Writing about despair and death has always come natural to me. I’m not sure why, but if I had to consider it, I’d have to examine my youth…Nov 8, 2022Nov 8, 2022
Torrence(Tor) Brown-SmithAre You Black or Are You Black-Black?“You can’t be pro-Black if your partner ain’t Black!”Feb 27, 2022Feb 27, 2022
Torrence(Tor) Brown-SmithReclaiming of a King“ — 100 years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles…Jan 17, 2022Jan 17, 2022
Torrence(Tor) Brown-SmithFor the Son’s of bell hooks.“…the black mothers in each of us — whispers in our dreams: I feel, therefore I can be free.” — Audre LordeDec 23, 20211Dec 23, 20211
Torrence(Tor) Brown-SmithPart 1: Do Snowmen Have Butts?“I know this isn’t the Christmas you imagined,” Carlos’s dad expressed, as they walked towards the front door of his uncle and aunts…Dec 16, 2021Dec 16, 2021
