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Posted @withregram • @nativesonnow “He grinned. ‘Jood.’ ‘Jood?’ ‘Yeah. I wanna talk ta you. Gimme yo' phone numba.’ He wasn't asking for it; he was demanding it. I felt like doing a somersault. ‘Sure. Can I have yours?’ ‘I'll be Black...” I took that to mean that he would return, and by the time I found a business card, he did. He handed me a piece of paper with his name and a number scribbled in very neat penmanship. ‘My beepa...’ I gave him the card. ‘My home phone is on the back.’ He studied it. ‘Mitchell Crawford, Associate Edita, Your World Magazine...’ He pointed the card at me. ‘Yeah, yo' world.’ I giggled as he stuffed it in his shirt pocket. -The night Mitchell met Raheim in @james.e.hardy.9 #BBoyBlues Tonight we celebrate Sir #JamesEarlHardy with The Griot Honors for his grounding “B-Boy Blues” novel and series and for bringing the stories of #BlackGayMen and #BlackGayLove to life through his writing. Thank you James for showing us ourselves and telling our stories with love. Join us tonight at 7:00 PM ET / 4:00 PM PT on our Native Son Facebook page and YouTube channel along with @dyllonburnside @mooredarnell @jaugustrichards @3lwtv @sonofbaldwin @mj_dub88 and @emilwilbekin with special performances by @bigfreedia Swipe and See #TheGriotHonors #BBB25 #OurVoice #OurStory #OurPower #NativeSon https://www.instagram.com/p/CEZgqs9pIvL/?igshid=uh8v203h57oo