So let’s talk Hip Hop, misogyny, and what gays want, shall we? In this episode of Madness & Reality Radio, I interviewed political activist and rapper Jasiri X. We discussed his new album, and the state of Hip Hop culture and its impacts on our youth. In particular, we discussed Rick Ross’ controversial date rape [...]
Marco McMillan is described as a rising star in Clarksdale, Mississippi politics. Unfortunately for him, his family, and the individuals who supported his candidacy as mayor of Clarksdale, McMillan is dead. The black openly gay mayoral candidate’s body was found battered and bruised. I spoke to a friend with ties to Clarksdale a few days [...]
Right-wing religious fundamentalist Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association is no stranger to outrageous commentary. According to Think Progress, Fischer has sunken to a new low with his anti-gay bigotry by calling for an “Underground Railroad to deliver innocent children from same-sex households.” It would appear that Fischer has a fetish for days of [...]
Looking through the current media available to the African American/Urban audience one could easily come to the conclusion that all Black women are heterosexual, church going, and desperate for marriage. On a recent article I addressed the impact of gender orientation, sexual identity and how it affected a person’s decision of whom they will and will [...]
Its my understanding that one of the occupational hazards of being Black is that one is more familiar with the Baptist church then they are with the teachings of the Roman Catholic church. Luckily, I was raised Roman Catholic and the Vatican is part of my vocabulary, so I don’t feel left out this time around. While [...]
Last week after Pres. Obama’s made his “evolution” on gay marriage public, my initial thought was: great, now they’re going to say that Obama is gay, and all gay people are now going to vote for him because of it. You know, pretty much in the same way all black people voted for him in [...]
I think that one of my proudest moments in life happened at the beginning of this year: my younger brother – a heterosexual Black adult male – joined me in the fight against Amendment One by taking a photo with me, donning “Vote Against” t-shirts. For about a year, I’ve worked tirelessly against the passing [...]
Some may be familiar with North Carolina’s Amendment One to the state constitution, which is stated to explicitly state that same-sex marriages are to be illegal in the state of NC. I don’t claim to know everything about everything, but as I understand it; same sex marriages already WERE illegal in NC. Now I have been [...]
What would you do if you came home and accidently discovered your daughter making out with another girl? Would you be surprised? Hurt or alarmed? Would you think she’s going through a ‘growing phase’ and then seek therapy for her, you know, so that she could fix her problem? You might even be so desperate for help that [...]
In the aftermath of the Roland Martin Superbowl Twitter debacle my thoughts are trending towards divergent places not much traveled. While the debate continues to rage on as to whether or not the statements made by Mr. Martin were of a homophobic nature and or incited violence and people’s dander’s get up over this I [...]
I don’t watch football; I will neither confirm nor deny whether my reasoning for disinterest is based on my capacity to understand that game. While many of you were enjoying the big sporting event of the year yesterday, I was working (and missing out on festivities that included alcohol and party food). I’m not disappointed, [...]
If a well-known Klan leader wanted to adopt a black baby, I wouldn’t have a problem with the government giving him extra scrutiny. Yep, and that’s how I view this IRS scandal. Sure, it may have been a threat to democracy; but, a black baby was saved in the process. I’m sorry, but that’s exactly [...]
If my neighbor slaps me in the face while telling me to cut my lawn, I seriously doubt whether said neighbor will be in physical shape to burn my house down. Okay, so I’m frontin’. Yes, I wouldn’t hurt him in any way. I know that’s probably not what would do (or at least say [...]
Man Arrested Soliciting Prostitute While on Honeyoon I could think of a lot of things to do on a honeymoon vacation in Florida; and having a lot of sex would be one of them. However, I don’t think said sex would involve a prostitute. That’s unless your newlywed wife is in fact a prostitute; then [...]
Maybe it’s just me, but I’m not feeling these new movies where the White House gets taken out by terrorists. When the POTUS was white, the only people who could take out the White House were aliens or the occasional tidal wave produced by a meteor. But now that the president is black and Will [...]
I don’t know what it what it’s like to be white. I could be wrong, but speaking as a person of color, I’d say that it’s relatively a lot easier. But like I said, that’s just me comfortably speaking in my privileged black skin. Of course I could be totally wrong, but according to la [...]
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