For a very long time I walked the earth as a black man without knowing that by virtue of having a penis, I was special. No, not in some sick and twisted Mandingo worship sort of way — please believe, the myth about black men is just that: a myth. Of course this penile sense […]
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the heat Don Lemon caught from the black community for comments he made on his “no Talking Points” segment. To many, his comments in the wake of the George Zimmerman verdict — especially in seeking to take it further than Bill O’Reilly’s ignorant comments — was a […]
I have heard of people doing or saying things on Facebook that eventually lands them in trouble with the law. But what 31-year-old Derek Medina of Miami did the other day takes the cake. I’m not sure if his actions are a first on the popular social network site. However, I doubt whether boyhood wunderkind, Mark […]
Internet flaming—or trolling—has been a … thing for as long as the World Wide Web has been in existence. In fact trolls and the internet go together like Chipotle and explosive diarrhea. And lest you’re a person susceptible to bubble guts, sometimes it’s best not to feed that kind of hunger. As technology and social […]
Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver, Riley Cooper, had a Paula Deen moment at a Kenny Chesney concert recently. Sadly for him, he has to share a locker room with a lot of African-Americans. I don’t know much about Riley Cooper, nor do I know much about Kenny Chesney personally. What I do know is that Kenny […]
He wasn’t armed with a block of concrete, but Daniel Adkins is dead. You’ve probably never hear the name Daniel Atkins or Jude Cordell before. Well, if you haven’t, don’t feel bad because it’s not your fault. Why? Because national media hasn’t mentioned their named over the past year. Instead, they have opted to run the […]
Throughout history, critical national discussions have emerged that use black male bodies as a site of citizenship, race and moral discourse. Currently, Trayvon Martin like the long list of black men and boys that precede him, evokes an almost guttural immediacy to confront the insidious and crippling racial issues that are so ingrained in American […]
I honestly don’t know what to say that hasn’t already been recognized about the George Zimmerman trial and the aftermath. The trial was nothing more than a poorly constructed show to shut up those who wanted justice for Trayvon Martin’s murder. The defense and the prosecution saw this case as an annoyance rather than a […]
You wouldn’t be reading this blog. Every time something tragic happens, the masses take to social media. The tweeters tweet, the bloggers blog, the tumblrs do…whatever it is that they do. The online world as we know it changes their profile photos to pictures of a victim, a cause, and a consensual feeling that we […]
While many spent the last few weeks and days glued to their television sets anxiously watching the George Zimmerman trial unfold, I was for the most part spared the added tension and stress of watching and listening to the self-proclaimed pundits and all the associated noise with it. With my work schedule I have very […]
“Creepy-ass cracker” Those were the words Trayvon Martin referred to George Zimmerman who was following him that fateful night according to his friend Rachel Jeantel who has been reduced to an embarrassing joke against the black communty courtesy of the liberal media and twitter. And yes, that includes some members of ‘Black twtter’. I digress. […]
There are good cops, and there are bad cops. And then there are cops like Herbert Eugene Miller who make it hard for good cops by betraying the public trust. Not that he is known for being overly aggressive as an officer of the law. But in a world where the first line of public […]
Benjamin Crump, the attorney for the parents of Trayvon Martin, has an interesting op-ed in the Washington Post this week. In it, he makes the case for an amendment to Florida’s stand-your-ground law. Given the fact that the Dream Defenders are no longer occupying the state Capitol and office of Florida’s Governor Rick Scott. For […]
Don’t ever let it be said that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg doesn’t love the minorities in his city. I mean, if as Mayor your rationale or justification for the violation of the rights of minorities happens to be because you’re trying to keep them safe as Bloomberg has, then yes, I would say […]
Jesse Jackson Jr. is a disgrace. Apparently being a former congressman has its perks. Aside from the surety of a nice plush job with a lobbying firm, there’s always the possibility of becoming the mayor of a major U.S. city. Which is pretty cool especially if you’re into exercising the privilege of sexually harassing female […]
On Twitter last night, I caught wind of the latest internet fuck-up done at the expense of black history and black women. Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons posted a video that parodies slavery and the constant surfacing of celebrity sex tapes released to the open public. However, the video was no laughing matter. The Youtube video, […]
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