So, for the first time in history, according to a Census Bureau report published by the New York Times, last year over 50% of all babies born in America, were babies born to minorities. So what does this all mean? OK, well let me cue Public Enemy’s classic album, “Fear Of A Black Planet” before I explain. [...]

Apparently things are pretty bad for white folks in America these days. Sure, we’re post-racial; and yes, the country is being headed by a guy with black skin. However, with the crippling white unemployment rate in this post-recessionary jobless economy, coupled with the usual centuries-long internalized oppression forced upon them by slavery and that Jim Crow thing– [...]

Strange things have happened since my daughter was born, perhaps even including the miraculous manner in which she arrived. The first of which seems to be related to the genuine surprise that comes from being a young(ish) black man who is actively involved in his kid’s life. Everyone who knows me knows that my Ava [...]

I somehow stumbled and ran into DMX on my TV last night. Of course I ordinarily watch nothing but political stuff on grown people teevee, but my life needs balance so I wounded up on VH1 – hey, don’t judge me. I must say that what I witnessed while watching their hit show Couple’s Therapy kinda threw [...]

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, [...]

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; [...]

Everyone may make mistakes, but there are some errors in judgement and actions that cannot be countenanced and that there is no easy path to redemption from. Shaquan Duley made some grave mistakes that, to this day most people are hard pressed to understand or relate to.A mother who killed her own children and initially [...]

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 [...]

Some people take umbrage with my defining myself as a hood rat. They say that by doing so, I’m not only demeaning myself, but I’m also demeaning other Black people in the process. But people who think like that are violating one of the most important principles in life – that we should always seek [...]

From dating age – we’ll call it 16 – up through when I met my current fiancé, popularly known as “when I was dating,” I was the dude who would absolutely not date a girl who was an only child. I know it seems odd and judgmental, but interaction up through the years had so molded [...]