First of all, let me say that in principle I support the controversial and much discussed Stand Your Ground law. Why I do doesn’t really matter; and, for all intents and purposes of this post, I don’t feel like discussing why I support it. However, what I’d like to talk about is yet another case [...]
Hey, guess what? George Zimmerman is still a free man; yes, he has yet to be arrested in connection with the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Now, as far as I know, as of the time of first punched keystroke in this entry he was still a free man. Of course, all of this could [...]
“What about Bob?” Funny thing, I have glanced and narrowly missed EVER having seen that 1991 movie, despite the fact that I LOVE Bill Murray’s work. As a fan of all things silly, as it seems to be on the surface, I am shocked at this fact. The last 2.5 sentences have NOTHING to do [...]
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 [...]
Dear Kenneth Chamberlain Jr., I watched the interview you gave with Juan Gonzalez this morning regarding the case with your father. A 68 year old marine veteran that was shot in his home by police that were supposed to be responding to a medical alert call by a dispatcher for assistance. A man who as [...]
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; [...]
I know Trayvon Martin… I came-of-age watching him sit on the stoop of some tenement; baggy jeans, clean sneakers and hooded sweatshirt, shooting the shit with his friends and arguing over NBA front-runners and the best teams. When I attended Weaver High School, I watched him sit in the back of the class, swathed in [...]
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 [...]
As the investigation of Trayvon Martin’s killing continues, one of the biggest unanswered questions has been what Florida law is the basis for the police department’s decision not to arrest the man who confessed to Martin’s killing, George Zimmerman. A blog post shared with us on Twitter yesterday by theCoalition To Stop Gun Violence sheds some light [...]
In full hazmat suit and knee high waders, I have been picking through the cesspool that is Breitbart conservative Right-wing demagoguing regarding the late Derrick Bell and his “relationship” with President Obama. For folks who are familiar with Dr. Bell’s work, were lucky to have met him, been mentored by him, or know anything about Critical [...]
Okay, so I know you’re asking, “Um, RiPPa, why in the hell would you ask such a question like that when you know good and damn well that Zimmerman is racist?” Well, the truth is, I don’t know whether he is racist or not. The only thing I do know is that he is responsible [...]
I really don’t feel like saying much on this one. No need for me to go back into the old news about banks taking advantage of minorities — you know, people of color? — which subsequently lead to the ugliest economic meltdown in modern history. Yeah, no need to bring that up when the common [...]
As if Mitt Romney needed the pressure of having his white male privilege challenged by yet another minority — c’mon, you know it’s the only reason he demanded an apology from Barack Obama — in steps comedian George Lopez to pull his card. In a recent stand-up routine, Lopez shocked the world when he said, [...]
Oh great, black people are getting tasered and arrested for jaywalking now. Yep, we should all feel safer these days… There is some pretty saucy news coming out of Florida as new evidence released in the case of George Zimmerman for the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. The big news of the day involves witness [...]
Before I get into this one, allow me to say that this morning’s episode of MSNBC’s Up w/ Chris Hayes was epic; it was quite possibly the best episode I’ve watched to date. That in itself says a lot since I’m a huge fan of the show; and, the truth is, the show offers a [...]
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