If you are still with me after reading the title, I imagine that perhaps a sense of anger and indignation has begun to build within you as you anticipate being berated as a bigot or misogynist or some other negative…
Years ago I watched this documentary about hookers in New York. And I use the term hookers because hookers was in the title of the film. Anyway, during an interview with a hooker who figured prominently in the film, the filmmaker…
Florida and alligators are in the national news more and more lately, but anyone who has lived in Florida for any amount of time is undoubtedly surprised by all the attention alligators are getting, because she or he knows that at…
My father once told me that the true measure of a person can be found not in what she or he thought or claimed her- or himself to be, or others thought or claimed her or him to be, nor…
If you are planning to watch the Melissa Harris-Perry Show on MSNBC this morning, you may be sorely disappointed. On yesterday Harris-Perry announced that after MSNBC has for weeks seemingly attempted to sideline and silence her voice by pre-empting her…
In a moment of my personal frustration, a moment during which I felt crushed, ground down by frustration, and my goals seemed too remote and distant to ever achieve, and I wanted to give up and give in, my grandmother…
Within the context of the American historical and cultural imagination, any mention of the pre-Civil War South conjures up romantic images of plenty, images of stately elegant mansions, dashingly gallant men, and genteelly demure women. However, this image purposely glosses…
“I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it is for or against.” — Malcom X I thought I had said or written all that I had to say or write about Bill Cosby…
Are you as shocked as I that the South Carolina legislature actually voted to remove the Confederate battle flag from its place of prominence on the grounds of the statehouse in Charleston, the capital of South Carolina? It could be…
TWO (2) VERY IMPORTANT MATTERS FROM THE BLACK FOLK OF THE COMMITTEE OF BLACK FOLK MAKING DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF BLACK FOLK EVERYWHERE (BFCBFMDBBFE): PRELIMINARY STEPS FOLLOWING THE #RACHELDOLEZAL REVELATION Following the #RachelDolezal incident, the date for the dissemination of all new…