The general public doesn’t like to see pictures from the past. Pictures of the American holocaust, the massacres, the mass graves, the slavery and the lynch mobs. But the pictures exist and the fact that they do shows us part of the true history. This happened to many, many American citizens ancestors. This country was [...]
Okay, teachable moment aside, the truth is that in America much to the disadvantage of dark-skinned people, the Muslim religion is used to denote one’s race. Why? Because, well, Jesus was a Jew and of course everybody knows that Jesus was a white man, right? Never mind the fact that both religions are spinoffs from [...]
Anyone who has read this site for any time might tell you, I’ve been on a mission to fully embrace this Obama age of post-racial bliss. Occasionally, since January 2009 I’ve brought you many stories to reinforce said new trend of racial harmony. Why? Because quite naturally I want to do my part; I’d like [...]
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 [...]
Unless you’re the Prince of Brunei or Beyonce, and have the luxury of boasting about not having passengers on your private plane, most of us regular folks have had to experience the pains of flying commercial. The annoyances range from having to contend with flights cancelled at the last minute; cringing while a TSA officer orders you [...]
As a professional racism chaser and super blogger, I hate pointing out the occasional story of someone of color being killed by the occasional not-so-racist, but overly overzealous white person. Why do I hate these stories? Because as sure as there are sixty minutes in an hour, in the back of my head, I know [...]
I’m sure that everyone has seen the most recent video of the security guard using a taser against a woman at an Atlanta mall. If you haven’t, you’re in luck because in addition to it being found all over the internet, it can also be found below. The video is, however, graphic and before it [...]
Today would have been Trayvon Martin’s eighteenth birthday. Unfortunately for him and his family, there will be no celebration of his coming of age. Why? Because as I’m sure you know by now, Trayvon Martin is dead. Yes, no blowing out of candles; there’s no birthday wishes from loved ones; and, there will be no [...]
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, [...]
As a professional racism chaser and super blogger, it’s always nice to run into stories like the following. You know, the type of story that couldn’t come at a better time as it relates to our current political discourse? Given our current gun control debate, and all the talk of keeping firearms out of the [...]
Way back in the day, well before we were known as Niggers, Negroes, and subsequently African-Americans, we were known as Spearchuckers. It was meant as a derogatory term as did most other terms used to describe Blacks of African descent in America. But you know what? I do not think Spearchucker is a bad term. [...]
The Genarlow Wilson case is burning up the internet again… This case gained notoriety when it hit the headlines back around 2007. The case and subsequent conviction of Genarlow Wilson was based on a flawed statue that made it a felony for a minor to engage in oral sex with another minor – while if [...]
There’s nothing like an act of Mother Nature to remind us of our humanity. Looking at the ongoing coverage of yesterday’s tornado that devastated the small community of Moore, Oklahoma, I’m reminded of this. Much like in the first few minutes after the Boston Marathon bombing, images of rescue efforts by first responders assisting victims [...]
It’s pretty clear that Republicans are taking shots at Hillary Clinton in lieu of her possible presidential run in 2016. I know it’s only 2013 and we’re a long way away from the next presidential election. But, when you’ve lost two election cycles back to back as Republicans have, to a black guy with a [...]
It’s spring. As temperatures continue to rise, I’m impelled to think about the crude comments women are assailed by, as they walk down the street in the summer finery they waited all season to wear. Street harassment is a daily occurrence experienced by women all over the world who navigate open, shared spaces with men. According to Stop Street [...]
President Barack Obama gave a historic commencement speech at Morehouse College today. If you know anything about anything, you’d know that Obama is America’s first black president; and, that Morehouse College is an all-male, historic black college founded just two years after the American Civil War. As an institute of higher learning that caters to [...]
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