Just Rankin’ Sh!t

5 Things Black People Are Most Upset About Missing in Summer 2020, Ranked

Will we ever have fun again?

David Dennis, Jr.
LEVEL
Published in
3 min readSep 1, 2020

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5. NABJ convention

Oh, you didn’t know? The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is more than just a group of people who write things that make White people call us bad names on the internet. No, this is a squad of Black folks who come together once a year every summer and get down, gathering among family and preparing our minds, bodies, and souls for the next year of journalistic chicanery. The weekend is full of parties, networking, and just straight-up getting our lives with people who look like us. And get this: This year, it was slated to take place in Chocolate City. Washington, D.C. Home to Howard University. Sure, the convention went down virtually, but without the IRL shenanigans, it just wasn’t the same.

4. Gettin’ these fits off

Want to hear the most superficially sad byproduct of Covid-19? Early this year, I copped a whole-ass wardrobe — all of which arrived amid shelter-in-place orders that swept the nation. If you’ve been following social distancing…

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David Dennis, Jr.
LEVEL

Level Sr. Writer covering Race, Culture, Politics, TV, Music. Previously: The Undefeated, The Atlantic, Washington Post. Forthcoming book: The Movement Made Us