You know, it’s one thing to suggest that kids in urban communities are failing because they come from broken and impoverished homes. The validity of this I won’t necessarily argue, as this is true for some. However, at some point we have to look at teachers who are failing said kids from the inner city. [...]
You know how we all joke about when we hit the lottery, or became famous, how we’re going to have to disown our new relatives? Yeah, like little John John who used to pee the bed and blame it on you when y’all stayed at Grandma’s while mom’s was out running the streets on some [...]
I’ve often wondered where and why we draw the lines in our morality the way that we do. Other than the fact that life is far too short to be pissed off all the time, how do we decide when to be entertained by the offensive, and when to throw our fists in the air? [...]
Listen God, they say that you’re everywhere. As for me, well, you know I have my doubts. But that’s neither here nor there right now. So assuming you’re on this site right this very minute. I have something to say to you that’s pretty important. Now, not trying to throw shade on your omnipotence, or even [...]
I know who shook the ground and brought the fire waters to the east coast. The earthquake and hurricane were the spirit of Marcus Garvey trembling in disappointment. He kicked the sediment of the shores on the East and churned the Atlantic Ocean yelling, “Fucking Bumbaclot” just after after the Obama Administration denied a posthumous [...]
Some time ago, I remember mentioning that the state of Michigan (and Detroit in particular), was ground zero for what the GOP has in store for America. From Detroit closing schools, giving teachers the boot, and introducing the for profit charter school model, to taking over entire municipalities and leaving elected official like mayors and city [...]
This story isn’t that fresh and I think I may have put it on my mental back burner on purpose because things like this makes my blood boil. Ill behaving humans is nothing new when it comes to the treatment of the more delicate of our citizens, however, I’m not even sure what the basis [...]
People like to talk about “their haters” all the time. Some even use the evidence of a large following of haters as proof of their superiority! Lots of haters?!! Then you must be the bomb! In this sense, the standard meaning of hate is changed in order to mean envy. When people talk about “haters” [...]
So now that Maummar Gaddaffi’s compound has been raided and the word is out that he watches gay porn, and has a crush on Condoleezza Rice. Let me just go on record by stating that I too have a thing for the woman. I don’t know, but like me, I’m sure Gaddaffi sees the undercover [...]
I chuckle at the Oscar winning performances of my former congressional representative, Maxine Waters. She learned well from the Tinsel Town just north of her district, as she is full of drama, and is quite the diva. But everyone on the hill knows her reputation of being quite the bullying chick, even during tea time. [...]
Originally posted at ChasingSixPacks.com First, let me start off by saying I think that actor Boris Kodjoe and his wife Nicole Ari Parker seem like genuinely nice people and a fine couple. With that said, I think Kodjoe’s sanctimoniousness got in the way of a great message–one that’s been done over and over again–but one [...]
Last week after Pres. Obama’s made his “evolution” on gay marriage public, my initial thought was: great, now they’re going to say that Obama is gay, and all gay people are now going to vote for him because of it. You know, pretty much in the same way all black people voted for him in [...]
Apparently, in the state of Tennessee it’s perfectly legal to commit what’s known as highway robbery. However, if you expect such acts to the the undertaking of the obvious shady criminal element riding a horse and dressed in black as were the bad guys of the wild west, you’re sorely mistaken. Unlike the days of [...]
There is not a person in this country who does not know that the police engages in racial profiling. If a Black person says they are not aware of this practice, they are either not yet beyond the toddler stage of life, or being intentionally deceptive in hopes of receiving special considerations from the white [...]
As if Maricopa County, Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio wasn’t bad enough, in steps Shaun Winkler, a white supremacist running for sheriff. As a Republican, Winkler hopes to become Bonner County, Idaho’s next sheriff. As anybody running for office will tell you, media attention is something welcomed and often sought by candidates. That said, not one [...]
I think that one of my proudest moments in life happened at the beginning of this year: my younger brother – a heterosexual Black adult male – joined me in the fight against Amendment One by taking a photo with me, donning “Vote Against” t-shirts. For about a year, I’ve worked tirelessly against the passing [...]
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