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Asian Activist Scot Nakagawa: “White Supremacy Has a Special Relationship with Blacks”
If you have ever attended a cultural sensitivity training or participated in a forum or workshop exploring issues of race and racism, you have probably noticed that when the dialogue moves to a specific focus on white/black relations (and the ferocity with which...
Justus, Joshua and James: 3 Black Chess Players Achieve Master Ranking at Age 12
There are some 77,000 members of the United States Chess Federation and fewer than 2 percent of them are excellent enough players to be called “masters.” Of those masters, just 13 of them are under the age of 14. Of those 13, three are African American boys from the...
Schooling Carmen Available Free on Amazon.com (for 24 Hours Only)
My novel Schooling Carmen is available in Kindle format free at Amazon.com for the next 24 hours. *(Usually $4.99, but for 24 hours, that is until MIDNIGHT (pst) May 7th you can get it free.) "Cross quickly pulls her readers in...It's not her style to do anything...
NY Post Writer Phil Mushnick is Happy to be Entertained by Ni – – ers, Until They Get Uppity
New York Post writer Phil Mushnick is apparently comfortable with talented "niggers" chasing a basketball around for his entertainment —and his kids can listen to their music— but when a wealthy black man has the gall to actually OWN a NBA team franchise and express...
Ten Most Irreverent (Funny?) Tweets About the Fire at Tyler Perry Studios
So, if you're a frequent visitor to my blog you already know I am NOT a Tyler Perry hater, but plenty of folks are, as evidenced by the sheer volume (and spitefulness) of tweets regarding the 4-alarm fire that caused a building to collapse at Perry's Atlanta studio....
‘Preezy of the United Steezy’ Barack Obama Slow Jams the News with Jimmy Fallon & The Roots
[embedplusvideo height="275" width="440" standard="http://www.youtube.com/v/vAFQIciWsF4?fs=1" vars="ytid=vAFQIciWsF4&width=440&height=275&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=" id="ep6423" /] Whether or not you agree with his premise that college...
If You Noticed My Silence…
My last few months were spent being pounded by monster waves in this beautiful and at times ferocious sea of life. But I have, at last, found calmer waters, have surfaced for air, and am back at the keyboard. Thank you to all who sent healing prayers for my little one...
One on One with ‘Alpha’s’ Star, Malik Yoba
As an award-winning actor, a playwright and a published author. He composes and performs original music and is a gifted singer, lyricist and poet. He’s a sex symbol. A motivational speaker. He’s a philanthropist and a father. It is an impressive list of titles,...
Know Good White People: Wrestling the term ‘White Pride’ Out of the Hands of the Klan
Jean Rankin was a wife and mother of thirteen children living in a modest home overlooking the Ohio river in what was the "free state" of Ohio. Through her window she could see a clear and gorgeous view of Kentucky, where thousands of enslaved African Americans lived...
Where Do Broken Hearts Go?
“If I should die this very day, don’t cry, ’cause on Earth we wasn’t meant to stay…” -Whitney Houston (Your Love is My Love) Forgive me for being blunt, but my grandmother died exactly the same way Whitney Houston did, alone in a hotel bathtub. Only, Grandma left a...
Study Finds Kids with Low I.Q. More Likely to Become Racist, Politically Conservative Adults
Researchers at Brock University in Ontario, Canada, have published a study in Psychological Science that shows people who score low on I.Q. tests in childhood are more likely to develop prejudiced beliefs and conservative political views in adulthood. I.Q., or...