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Growing Up Ugly: Memoirs of a Black Boy Daydreaming

Growing Up Ugly: Memoirs of a Black Boy Daydreaming

Growing Up Ugly is a coming-of-age tale of an injured Black boy who learned to defy gravity and low expectations through his own creative superpowers.

2020

James Haywood Rolling Jr.

James Haywood Rolling Jr.

Stories

James Haywood Rolling Jr
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Simple Word Publications

Cowboy Carter: A New Self-Portrait, by Beyoncé

Beyoncé dropped a new album today and it once again proves she knows something that most artists know and not enough of the world has…

3 min readMar 29, 2024

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Cowboy Carter: A New Self-Portrait, by Beyoncé

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James Haywood Rolling Jr
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Simple Word Publications

Moons, and Junes, and Ferris Wheels

Computer generated artwork created by my father, Jim Rolling

3 min readFeb 18, 2024

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Moons, and Junes, and Ferris Wheels

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James Haywood Rolling Jr
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Simple Word Publications

Making Sacred Spaces

Since today is my 60th birthday, I began the morning by reflecting back on things I have done and left undone. We don’t get to have many of…

6 min readDec 28, 2023

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Making Sacred Spaces

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James Haywood Rolling Jr
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Simple Word Publications

Thickening Our Faith

One of the reasons I established Simple Word Publications was because of my impulse to, from time to time, publish short pieces of writing…

2 min readDec 18, 2023

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Thickening Our Faith

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James Haywood Rolling Jr
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Simple Word Publications

Remembering Ma: A Mother’s Love, Life, and Eulogy

Ma in her youth, a couple of years after bearing her fourth child.

8 min readDec 1, 2023

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Remembering Ma: A Mother’s Love, Life, and Eulogy

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James Haywood Rolling Jr
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Simple Word Publications

Affirmative Action and this Reactionary Supreme Court

We’ve been here before. I was jolted by a sense of déjà vu when I heard the following caution from the official movie trailer for the…

4 min readJul 10, 2023

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Affirmative Action and this Reactionary Supreme Court

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James Haywood Rolling Jr
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Simple Word Publications

Word Games of the Weekend Culture Warrior: 3 Critical Tips to Win the Main Plot

What’s in a word? More than just the games people play. For example, I call myself an “antiracist.” Why? Because racism’s destructive…

8 min readJun 21, 2023

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Word Games of the Weekend Culture Warrior: 3 Critical Tips to Win the Main Plot

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James Haywood Rolling Jr
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Simple Word Publications

Waking Up to the “Wokewashing” of the Anti-Woke Whiner

First, let’s cut through the whitewashing. Whenever you hear anyone say they are “anti-woke” in the news or on social media, they are…

5 min readJun 7, 2023

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Waking Up to the “Wokewashing” of the Anti-Woke Whiner

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James Haywood Rolling Jr
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Simple Word Publications

Full STEAM Ahead: A Seven-Point Remedy Toward Opening Up STEM Education for All

The Roots of STEM

10 min readMar 6, 2023

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Full STEAM Ahead: A Seven-Point Remedy Toward Opening Up STEM Education for All

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James Haywood Rolling Jr
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Simple Word Publications

Black-on-Black Racism Is a Part of the System: The Tyre Nichols Tragedy

Let’s start here: You don’t have to be white to perpetrate a racist attack or offense against other citizens of color. You don’t even have…

3 min readJan 27, 2023

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Black-on-Black Racism Is a Part of the System: The Tyre Nichols Tragedy

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James Haywood Rolling Jr

James Haywood Rolling Jr

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Creativity Educator | Artist | Antiracist | Counter-narrative Crusader | Rebel with a Cause | Author, “Growing Up Ugly” available @ https://tinyurl.com/4zs6de28

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