I stumbled upon a group writing project at ConfidentWriting.com in which bloggers are asked to choose their best entry of 2008 and, in 30 words or fewer, finish the sentence, “This post is simply the best because ….”
I chose my post about an article in The American Scholar titled “The End of the Black American Narrative.”
This post is simply the best because it was intellectually challenging, thought-provoking, and reinforced by the election outcome. I stepped out of my comfort zone as a white woman writing about the black American narrative.