And she’s fantastic — Yes, I’ve finally found her, and she’s truly an amazing human being. I met Natascha at work 10 years ago. She left the company but we still stayed in touch. …

Why? — I remember a time when I was constantly asked whether I preferred Rihanna or Beyoncé. I couldn’t say both, my friends demanded that I choose. I almost always went with Beyoncé, she had that “nice girl” demeanor. She was that girl that I was raised to be, not a single…

And why I didn’t make a big deal about it — I was waiting in line at the Swisscom store in Geneva to get a new mobile phone. I hesitated about going into that branch in particular because I didn’t know what I was going to find, or more I didn’t know if I would face racism. I knew that the…

And how racism is holding us back — A few years ago, I started working on a program to drive health equity in the United States. …

Because really, Beyoncé and Viola Davies don’t look one bit alike — I started braiding my hair when I was 13, not because I wanted to, but because at the time — we’re talking late 80s, I couldn’t find a Black hairdresser who would do my hair without asking my mother to pay upwards of 600$. So, one summer, I sat in…

And why it has nothing to do with race — News of Tyre Nichol’s murder has made its way all around the world, including to tiny Switzerland where I live. The bone-chilling video of him getting beaten to death by 5 Black cops is any mother’s nightmare. It is incomprehensible and traumatic. …

I'm still reeling from the shock — I had coffee with a school friend of mine, Aurélien, this morning. We hadn’t seen each other in 30 years. He commented on how joyful I looked. He said I radiated happiness, that my energy was good and he found it uplifting. As he said the words, I realized something…

And how my mixed-race daughter has inherited the same curse as me — Arrrr, yes, I’m so frustrated. My mixed-race daughter just came back from piano class where she was repeatedly micro aggressed by her white piano teacher and her husband. You see, over the Christmas break, I made my daughter some long box braids with grey-blue extensions. She sort of looks like…

Hint: You can find the explanation in Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle’s dispute over the bridesmaids’ dresses — No joke, a Black woman cannot say the same things or behave the same way as a white person anywhere and most certainly never in the workplace. How is this linked to the argument between two members of the British Royal Family Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle? …