I get the feeling that there’s a competition between the Carolinas. Given recent legislation set to disenfranchise minority voters in North Carolina — arguably the most progressive state in the south — the Tar Heel state has been giving its neighbor to its south a run for their money. But as racist fuckery would have […]
It’s sad that you already know what kind of comments you’ll expect from certain people if you write an article like this. Here we go for the 1,239,346th time with the usual responses: ”This is typical liberal/leftist bullshit.” ”Stop with the race-baiting.” ”Statistics show that blacks commit the most crime in this country.” ”Black people worship the gangster-criminal lifestyle.” ”The […]
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, […]
So a federal judge says that the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk policy which targets minorities is unconstitutional and discriminatory And now NYC mayor, Mike Bloomberg is mad, and acting like the judge just told him that white folks have to pick cotton for free. Of course, as white privilege would have it, according to Bloomberg, the NYPD […]
Tim Wise is my favorite white anti-racist. I’m sure there are many white people like him who fight the good fight when it comes to fighting racism. But in recent years, there has been none more vocal than Tim Wise. Plainly speaking, when it comes to speaking directly to white folks about racism and the […]
I know a young black male. He’s a teenager in high school, about to enter his senior year when school starts in a few weeks. He makes good grades, and he’s an excellent gamer. He has no kids out of wedlock and never been in legal trouble before. I know this young man, and I […]
Proving that some people aren’t interested in having a much-needed conversation on race, within the media, said much-needed conversation has turned into a conversation on black-on-black crime. If I didn’t know any better it would be easy for me to conclude that racism only exists in America because black people are killing each other. Yes, […]
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 really hate to be a party pooper, but I don’t see this happening. I know, some of you are holding out hope that the Department Of Justice (DOJ) might come through in the interest of justice. But the truth is that, such an indictment in this case is unlikely. Given the evidence as we […]
It took a long time for me to fall asleep last night following the Zimmerman verdict. Sure, I was angry. However my thoughts weren’t on Trayvon Martin. I fell asleep thinking of Sharon Louise Arter who died when she was 3 years old in Cleveland Ohio, the only city in which she’d ever lived. Sharon […]
No matter where you are, it seems that there is some source out there that will tell you that a black person has done something wrong. It can be a newspaper in the store or through word-of-mouth from a friend, relative or family member. At some point during the week, a black person somewhere will […]
Escaping the plantation last night I turned on the TV to catch up on the news and found my breath caught in my throat as I watched a real live hero, Diana Nyad stepping onto the Florida shores after swimming for 53 straight hours from Cuba. I didn’t even realize with the tears started falling […]
Wherever you live, whatever your circumstances, no matter if you woke up with a stiff neck and a sore back from sleeping in your car because you had nowhere else you could go, count your blessings no matter how small and meager they might be it. If the world doesn’t seem a measurably better place […]
What do you do when you’re the pastor of a black church in the bible belt when you think your church has become too black? Well, you do what Pastor Makeda Pennycooke of Freedom House Church did. That would be, you’d circulate an email to members of your congregation expressing your concern. And of course […]
In September, 2012, I wrote about a racial incident involving a black woman named Brandi Worley. On the 18th of September, 2012 while overseeing and helping coordinate cleanup efforts in Grand Isle, Louisiana following Hurricane Isaac, Brandi was assaulted by a white male proprietor named Josh Jambon. A brief summary of events (per the police […]
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