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Marlon Peterson

Malcolm X Was A Hood Nigga Who Almost Made It.

“I looked up to Malcolm X. He believed in Black possibilities. His pop’s was Garveyite, and his mom’s was from the Caribbean. The…

May 20, 2022

Malcolm X Was A Hood Nigga Who Almost Made It.

May 20, 2022

“Sentencing does not provide closure in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery”

I was painting my apartment in a futile attempt of stress escapism as I listened to and watched the sentencing of the men who killed Ahmaud…

Jan 11, 2022

“Sentencing does not provide closure in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery”

Jan 11, 2022

Ma’Khia Bryant’s Death Was Hurtful and Expected

I walked into a Barnes & Nobles in Union Square to autograph books and an older white lady asked me to help her find books from a sullen…

Apr 29, 2021

Ma’Khia Bryant’s Death Was Hurtful and Expected

Apr 29, 2021

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Creating Solutions Is About Answering Questions Prisons Never Asked

I was 19 when I went to prison, but prison isn’t what healed me

Oct 27, 2020

Who Is Being Healed?

Oct 27, 2020

I engage with America’s deceptions when I feel like it.

I also accept that Black lives only matter to American exceptionalism when we, the so-called immigrants from Africa threaten to overthrow…

Jul 14, 2020

I engage with America’s deceptions when I feel like it.

Jul 14, 2020

Ava Duvernay’s portrayal of incarceration in “When They See Us” is beyond accurate

Do we care about police lying, prosecutorial misconduct, and prison violence dispensed by the prison guards — in the pursuit of justice?

Jul 16, 2019

Ava Duvernay’s portrayal of incarceration in “When They See Us” is beyond accurate

Jul 16, 2019

Dear Jay-Z,

Marlon Peterson, a Brooklyn native shares this open letter to Jay-Z on his birthday. Originally written in July 2017.

Dec 4, 2018

Dear Jay-Z,

Dec 4, 2018

We Can Welcome Alice Johnson Home AND Not Normalize Trump’s Megalomania

This is how imagine the Kim Kardashian West and Donald Trump meeting went.

Jun 9, 2018

Jun 9, 2018

America is a Mediocre White Male

Trump’s character is the unveiling of America’s character. America is not a she. America is a mediocre white male. I was born in the…

Apr 20, 2018

America is a Mediocre White Male

Apr 20, 2018

Open Letter to the Media, If/When I am Gunned Down by the Police or a Random White Person.

August 28, 2014 (re-published in The Brooklyn Reader on August 2014)

Apr 18, 2018

Apr 18, 2018

Marlon Peterson

Marlon Peterson

Been there, done some of that, and doing a lot for us. Organize. Centralize. Come as One. My words are my words and mine only! #BePrecedential about Justice

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