Shows like “From Scratch” and reality TV series like “To Rome for Love” told us Italian men provide the love, protection, and self-worth we’re missing everywhere else. Yet during my month in Italy, traveling north to south, I didn’t find one Lino, Enzo, or Riccardo with a romantic bone in their body.

Her EGOT status reminds me of what I need to reach the highest peak of my professional journey.

I doubt Will Smith is coming to my hood to slap a man on the corner calling me a bitch because I didn’t smile at his compliment. I doubt Will Smith is thinking about over 5.2 million Black women (myself included) who experienced domestic violence at the hands of a Black man as he assaulted Chris Rock on national television.