OK, let’s face it: the only reason anyone is talking about Trayvon Martin is because he’s dead, and George Zimmerman hasn’t been arrested. Yes, if Zimmerman never followed Martin, pending on what the police did once they showed up after his 911 call, Trayvon may still be alive today. Yes, there would  be no million hoodie marches, [...]

So I got an email from a regular reader of this site asking the following: RiPPa, how come you’re not as fiery and angry about the Trayvon Martin case as I’ve seen you in the past about everything that affects Black people? What? You ain’t down? Don’t you see what those white folks are doing [...]

I gotta tell you: this racism stuff can be quite depressing. I mean, when you think about the everyday stress of just being a Black man trying to make a dollar out of fifteen cents. Add to that the occasional side-eyes and “suspicious” looks from blue-haired purse-clutchers, and angry looks from white Anglo Saxon males which begs [...]

The funny thing about racism when discussed publicly, is that it’s easy to point out, but sometimes hard to prove. Take Republican presidential nomination candidate, Rick Santorum for example. We now know that he isn’t into making the lives of Blah people any better by giving them other people’s money. Does this make him racist? [...]

Trayvon Martin and his family deserves justice – yes, there’s no denying this. As I watch the various reports surrounding his death and subsequent attempts to politicize it  in recent weeks. And as I watch many individuals don hoodies and proclaim, “I am Trayvon Martin,” I wonder about the many dead and voiceless people of [...]

Listen, I really love Black people; yep, Lord knows I do. But I swear the way some of y’all are acting in the wake of this Trayvon Martin tragedy is just downright ridiculous. No seriously, it’s so bad that I might ask for a trade in the next racial draft.  OK, don’t get me wrong; [...]

On some real talk: this Trayvon Martin thing has become exhausting. No seriously, I’m at the point where it’s hard for me to even respond to all the stupid talk about the situation. If it isn’t the idiocy of Dr. Boyce Watkins and his article bashing president Obama for not calling Trayvon’s mom because unlike Sandra [...]

I heard there was a reporter on the campaign trail who asked Mitt Romney to weigh in on the Trayvon Martin homicide. And, as to be expected, just like the badly programmed robot that he is, Romney offered no comment and brushed off the question. For someone with a track record for inserting his foot [...]

I figured it would be a matter of time before more information as to what happened just before Trayvon Martin was killed by George Zimmerman would come out. As said information is released, one has to wonder yet and still just exactly what transpired on the night in question. At this point I think we [...]

So how out of touch is Mitt Romney? Well, according to a report by colorlines.com, Romney is so out of touch that not even his Mexican relatiuves are feeling him. OK, so they don’t exactlt agree with his stance on immigration and the DREAM Act. But still, it sayts a lot when your own relatives [...]

Not to belabor a point, but as I’ve recently stated: unlike having to show an ID to utilize the privilege of boarding an airplane in our current post-nine eleven society, casting a ballot is a fundamental right protected by the US Constitution; and, any attempts to abridge said right to vote, is anti-democratic, and should [...]