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D. Watkins is an Editor at Large for Salon. He is also a writer on the HBO limited series "We Own This City" and a professor at the University of Baltimore. Watkins is the author of the award-winning, New York Times best-selling memoirs “The Beast Side: Living  (and Dying) While Black in America”, "The Cook Up: A Crack Rock Memoir," "Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised: A Memoir of Survival and Hope" as well as "We Speak For Ourselves: How Woke Culture Prohibits Progress." His new books, "Black Boy Smile: A Memoir in Moments," and "The Wire: A Complete Visual History" are out now.

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Nick Cannon speaks onstage at "Hip Hop & Mental Health: Facing The Stigma Together" at The GRAMMY Museum on June 25, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Prince Williams/Getty Images)

Stop making fun of Nick Cannon for having so many kids

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Graduation cap drawn on green chalkboard (Getty Images/Sonya_illustration)

College was necessary for me. Will my own child need it like I did?

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Hospital bed in the hallway (Getty Images/David Sacks)

In the hospital, with no staff in sight

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Edward Buckles Jr., director of "Katrina Babies." (HBO)

“Just like that, it can be gone”: The babies of Hurricane Katrina unearth trauma of lost childhoods

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Speech Bubbles (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Don’t tell me my accent doesn’t exist

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A batman cosplayer and a lego batman cosplayer in conversation during the MCM London Comic Con 2017 held at the ExCel on October 29, 2017 in London, England. (Ollie Millington/Getty Images)

It’s time to cancel Batman — for good

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A registered nurse prepares to administer an intradermal monkeypox vaccine to a person at a vaccination site setup in Tropical Park by Miami-Dade County and Nomi Health on August 15, 2022 in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

With monkeypox and polio to worry about now, who can stress about small stuff?

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Emmett Till Murder Case - Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Milan (left) and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bryant during trial (Getty Images/Bettmann)

Still no justice for Emmett Till: On Carolyn Bryant Donham, accountability and who is seen as a wolf

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The Jetson family wave as they fly past buildings in space in their spaceship in a still from the animated television series, 'The Jetsons,' circa 1962. (Warner Bros./Courtesy of Getty Images)

Why I wish George Jetson a happy birthday — whenever it is

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P-Valley (Photo courtesy of STARZ)

Katori Hall on creating “P-Valley,” demystifying sex work and the art of filming a pole dance

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the America First Agenda Summit, at the Marriott Marquis hotel July 26, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

If Donald Trump were Black, he’d be in jail already

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US Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) looks to a display of a children's book on race while speaking during the confirmation hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson before the Senate Judiciary Committee on her nomination to be an Associate Justice on the US Supreme Court, in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 22, 2022. (Photo illustration by Salon/SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Ibram X Kendi on how antiracism can defeat Ted Cruz: “His political life rests on racist propaganda”

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Abby Cadabby finds a look-alike to dance with along the parade route at Sesame Place Thursday, Aug.4, 2011 in Langhorne, PA. (Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Sesame Place falls short of “Sesame Street” — and after my own child’s visit, I should have known

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Iman Shumpert is seen outside 'Dancing With The Stars' Rehearsal Studio on October 08, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (JOCE/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images/Getty Images)

Iman Shumpert has an athlete’s mindset in acting: “I fell in love with that fight or flight feeling”

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The Notorious B.I.G. (Des Willie/Redferns/Getty Images)

“He could make you laugh. He could make you think”: How Biggie Smalls became a rap legend

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BLM protesters gather outside of Barclays Center and take streets in Brooklyn, New York City, United States on July 6, 2022 to protest against the killing of Jayland Walker, by Akron Police in Akron, Ohio. | Mourners react at a memorial site for the victims of a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade, on July 6, 2022 in Highland Park, Illinois. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency/Jim Vondruska)

New American traditions born of violence: From Jayland Walker’s death to the Highland Park shootings

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US Supreme Court Associate Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas. (Photo illustration by Salon/Erin Schaff-Pool/Getty Images)

I can’t believe I pay taxes for this

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Sam Jay performs on stage at Esthers Follies during the 2019 SXSW Conference and Festivals at the Paramount Theatre on March 11, 2019 in Austin, Texas. (Gary Miller/FilmMagic/Getty Images)

Sam Jay says just let comedy be “dangerous” – like one particular slur that’s “mean” but not racist

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Rear View Of People Lined Up At Graduation Ceremony (Getty Images / Supachok Pichetkul / EyeEm)

Graduation ceremonies are boring — but commencement speeches don’t have to be

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Michael Che performs on the Bill Graham Stage during Clusterfest at Civic Center Plaza and The Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on June 2, 2018 in San Francisco, California. (Getty Images/FilmMagic)

“Canceling is relative”: Michael Che on his comedy boundaries & why he’s not leaving “SNL” just yet

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D Watkins and his daughter (Photo courtesy of D Watkins)

How do I know if I’m a great father or a terrible father?

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Young boy resting in the park (Getty Images/franckreporter)

My city kid summer camp nightmare

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"The Wire" on HBO (Photo illustration by Salon / David Lee / HBO)

All the pieces of “The Wire” still matter: From cops, corners and Omar to the systems that fail us

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A salute to public school teachers: Heroes who show up with courage every day

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