Only in America can a black man cheat death by surviving a car wreck only to be shot and killed by a police officer while attempting to seek help after said car wreck. I hope that opening line sounds as absurd to you as the story of the death of Jonathan Ferrell, 24, a former […]
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 […]
Been working all day trying to come up with a word to describe how I feel, now that The People’s March honoring Dr. King and his “I have a dream” speech is done. I’ve come up with several actually. However the one that sticks out is “empty.” It’s done, we marched, we shouted, we sang, […]
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the heat Don Lemon caught from the black community for comments he made on his “no Talking Points” segment. To many, his comments in the wake of the George Zimmerman verdict — especially in seeking to take it further than Bill O’Reilly’s ignorant comments — was a […]
New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg recently defended the NYPD’s racist stop-and-frisk policy. Making the case for the justification for the violation of the civil rights and constitutional rights of black and brown folks, Bloomberg said that the cops are stopping too many white New Yorkers. I don’t want to go back into all the […]
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, […]
Don Lemon echoed some of the sentiments of Bill Reilly’s presumed racist rant this week on CNN. But shockingly, Don Lemon took it a step further by offering some tough love to the black community. It’s nothing new, really; we’ve seen and heard this type of talk before within the black community. Oddly, however, views […]
When the topic of race is broached, we hear and read so much source material from the lens of black and non-black ‘other’ men. Whenever discourse surrounds social justice issues, it’s often laden with ways to save black (and brown) men and boys from the structural inequalities that impact their lives. And while I don’t doubt that […]
With champions of racial equality like Rush Limbaugh around, who needs a conversation on race? In the wake of the George Zimmerman Not Guilty verdict, all week I’ve heard it mentioned that we’re in need of a national conversation on race. As one who absolutely champions for freedom, justice, and equality I applaud and urge […]
Only in America can a black man cheat death by surviving a car wreck only to be shot and killed by a police officer while attempting to seek help after said car wreck. I hope that opening line sounds as absurd to you as the story of the death of Jonathan Ferrell, 24, a former […]
What can you say about a man who can shoot and kill an unarmed teenager due to his baseless fear and depraved since of justice? What can you say about a man who was charged with “shoving a police officer”, only to have the charges dropped soon after? What can you say about a man […]
Osama Bin Laden has represented a host of ideas from various angles. But one thing he remains in the US mind is a myth, a fictitious being that has operated with God-like qualities in a cave, just like Jesus. Nobody actually saw him, but people hated, feared and/or revered what he epitomized. And then there […]
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 […]
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