How to Survive America the Trini Way (Step One: Steups)

I’ve lived in America long enough to see how this place can stress people out beyond repair. The way people—especially Black people—have to navigate life here? Nah, man. It’s exhausting just watching it. The rules, the microaggressions, the code-switching, the need to constantly pacify fragile white feelings.

I thank God every day that I didn’t grow up w…