So apparently ethnic studies classes serve no other purpose other than promoting racial resentment. Yep, who knew? I remember taking one of those classes back in college, but I never realized that my doing so was responsible for my occasional “kill whitey” outbursts in public. Here I thought that much of my rage had something [...]
Editor’s Note: The following is an open letter to Dr. Lester Lefton, President of Kent State University on the importance of diversity in Ohio and the United States. It was originally published at culturelovefamily.com. I am writing to you as Founder and President Emeritus of the Kent State University college chapter of the National Association [...]
Today the Senate Judiciary Committee will convene a hearing on gun control on Capitol Hill. This long awaited hearing is the first since President Obama’s introduction of proposals and his 23 executive directives in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in December. At today’s hearing everyone from the president of the National [...]
Think Progress has published what I think to be a disturbing report on children in schools in Mississippi. The report stems from a recent Department of Justice lawsuit that calls into question disciplinary action against students for seemingly minor infractions. Many of these disciplinary actions go well beyond the scope of normalcy. To be honest, [...]
Oh, so you think unions are bad for business and workers. OK, here’s one reason why you’re wrong. Yep, and I’ll give it to you in one word. Are you ready? Here it goes: slavery. Yeah, marinate on that one for a few and get back to me. But don’t tell that to Michigan’s Republican [...]
I like Dr. Boyce Watkins — yes, I really do. It is for that reason only that he isn’t this week’s recipient of my Slave-Catcher of the Week award. Not that what he said in a piece over at Kulture Kritic isn’t slave catcher behavior. But after thinking long and hard, truth is, the last [...]
Man, y’all black people play too damn much. OK, so I know y’all love Jesus a lot; yes, black folk go to church eight days a week and three times on Sunday. So yeah, there’s no question about that; and no, I’m not gonna put y’all on front street about the “white man’s religion” thing. [...]
Word on the street is that the Chicago teachers strike has officially ended. I’m not too sure about the details, but word is that the teachers union voted to suspend the strike this afternoon, and classes will resume as early as Wednesday. I’m not sure if both sides have come to an amicable agreement, but [...]
Listen, Chicago’s teacher strike is very necessary and not just about money as some would have you believe it to be. I won’t presume to having a pulse on what’s going on in the city of Chicago. However, among the news of the one-day-old teacher strike, it’s good to know that people like Mitt Romney [...]
I’m here with yet another quick post-racial update for you readers. Yep, I’m here once again to show just how much things have changed for the better here in America. As you know, and as I’ve shown time and time again, the election of America’s first black president almost four years ago, has ushered in [...]
It really hasn’t been good for coaches and young Black boys lately. If it isn’t the story of young Black boys raped at Penn State by coach Jerry Sandusky. It’s the no-so-highly publicized story of former Boston Red Sox clubhouse manager, Donald Fitzpatrick, and how he molested young Black boys. It seems like screwing Black boys has become [...]
It appears that the Republican party is interested in re-branding their image. For some strange reason — I’m not sure if getting their asses kicked in the last election means anything — they’ve decided that there’s a need to be more inclusive, respectful, and mindful of minority voters. RNC Chairman Reince Priebus hinted at this [...]
Recently, while browsing Netflix’s ‘Instant Watch’ selection, I came across a “semi-documentary”, written and directed by English filmmaker Carol Morley, called Dreams of a Life. The haunting and speculative 2011 film attempts to piece together the life of 38-year old Londoner, Joyce Carol Vincent. A beautiful aspiring singer and seemingly gregarious woman of Indo-Caribbean and Afro-Caribbean extraction, [...]
So let’s talk about the federal minimum wage, shall we? Okay, so I don’t know where you may reside here in the United States. However, wherever that may be, thanks to the federal government, you cannot legally be compensated any less than $7.25 per hour in exchange for your labor. Yes, thanks to the “big [...]
It’s estimated that there are currently 2.5 million people incarcerated in the United States. Being the world leader when it comes to incarceration, I suppose someone being “accidentally” forgotten in solitary confinement for two years without ever seeing a judge or being formally charged with a crime is bound to happen on occasion. Such was [...]
Race. The word alone prompts many to break out in a cold sweat, grit their teeth, immediately grow defensive or quickly change the subject. And while some people like to espouse the tenets of color-blindness and post-racialism (words I’ve personally grown to despise), I tend to steer clear of anyone who refuses to see my humanity and who brushes [...]
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