Akilah Hughes

As I was watching these statues come down, I was thinking about what it meant that I grew up in a majority Black city in which there were more homages to enslavers than there were to enslaved people.

Yeah, the first successful trip around the world.

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Yeah.

Yeah, I think I'm going to pass.

Yeah.

Nope.

As I was watching these statues come down, I was thinking about what it meant that I grew up in a majority Black city, in which there were more homages to enslavers than there were to enslaved people.

Here's something that should not be as complicated as it is, getting a racist statue removed.

And here's something that should be a whole lot easier than it is, getting a new one put up in its place.

I'm Akilah Hughes, and Rebel Spirit Season 2 is about both of those things.

Listen to Rebel Spirit Season 2 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Here's something that should not be as complicated as it is, getting a racist statue removed.

And here's something that should be a whole lot easier than it is, getting a new one put up in its place.

I'm Akilah Hughes, and Rebel Spirit Season 2 is about both of those things.

Listen to Rebel Spirit Season 2 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Here's something that should not be as complicated as it is, getting a racist statue removed.

And here's something that should be a whole lot easier than it is, getting a new one put up in its place.

I'm Akilah Hughes, and Rebel Spirit Season 2 is about both of those things.

Your 20s can be so exciting, but they can also be really overwhelming, confusing, and honestly, just kind of lonely.