Colin Kaepernick is a 40 Million Dollar Slave
2017 and we still reference this man. People still stand by him or vilify his actions. We either threaten boycott or tell him he should…
Books
Cam Newton and the Forty Million Dollar Slave
Cam Newton cannot keep himself out of the limelight. I’m not really sure which one has more strength: his popularity or polarization. We all know…
Review: “Democracy in Black” by Eddie Glaude Jr.
One of the better things that has happened to me in the last year or so is that I have been more intentional about carving…
If Ta-Nehesi Coates and Kendrick Lamar Had a Conversation…
This has been an interesting moment in time for blackness. The imperfect harmony of the nightmare that police brutality against black bodies along with the exoneration…
Stand Your Ground: Understanding the Law of Self Defense
Ever since the death of Trayvon Martin, and the subsequent not guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman, Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law has come under…
Teacher Buys Student ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ for Reading Class
Teacher Buys Student ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ for Reading Class I could remember getting in trouble after being caught with one of my favorite porn…
Thug Life: Bill Campbell’s “Koontown Killing Kaper”
“Like rats to cheese, folks in Koontown are drawn to yellow police tape. It’s utterly irresistible. ESPN, BET, not even sex can break the hold…
“Save The Pearls”: Eden Newman, White Privilege, & Interracial Dating
While browsing the internet for current events, I happened upon some buzz of the “WTF?” variety regarding an independently published YA novel written by Victoria…
The Bluest Lie
Tony Morrison’s controversial novel “The Bluest Eye” evokes many different feelings in its readers. There have been numerous attempts to ban the book due to its subject…
Meet Helena Andrews author of the upcoming book Bitch Is The New Black
Recently the internet or should I say the Black blogosphere was ablaze with discussions centered around the upcoming book Bitch Is The New Black by…