America Keeps Gaslighting Serena But Fake Love Ain’t What Got Her This Far

I’m in upstate New York because I want to write free from distraction. Since it’s a town far outside the city, I reserve some caution talking to strangers or walking too fast behind anyone. I’ve traveled enough to know there’s nothing scarier than being Black and alone in a place. Other than being a Black woman alone. That has to be the scariest feeling ever…