Author: Lorrie Irby Jackson

Motherofcolor.com showcases the writings of an intelligent and socially savvy wife, mother and journalist who explores a variety of topics (culture, politics, race and gender issues, etc.) with a unique African-American/womanist perspective.*

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Oct 1: Tracy Morgan Still Mending After June Car Accident

Wal-Mart is going to lose even more of their dwindling profits if Mr. Morgan keeps missing work opportunities due to the accident created by the actions of THEIR employee. Here’s hoping that the talented performer makes an eventual and full recovery and that his team has a serious law firm on deck, they’re apparently going… Continue reading Oct 1: Tracy Morgan Still Mending After June Car Accident

The Daily Rundown, Oct. 1: “76 of 79 Football Players Posthumously Found Positive For Brain Disease”

A few years ago, when I was interviewing the SUPER-BAD Pam Grier about her memoir, she dropped some SERIOUS gems on me about keeping our sons out of these big leagues because they’re paying too high a price for the collateral damage they sustain after leaving. In her grim example, her younger brother is now… Continue reading The Daily Rundown, Oct. 1: “76 of 79 Football Players Posthumously Found Positive For Brain Disease”

Oct. 1: Juvenile Held Three Years Without Trial At Rikers

If you are the parent of a non-white male, get them familiar with the legal process LONG before they may have to encounter it: starting in pre-school would help. That’s because, according to author and educational consultant Jawanza Kunjufu, our sons stop being ‘cute’ and start becoming ‘intimidating’ and ‘at-risk’ around the age of eight… Continue reading Oct. 1: Juvenile Held Three Years Without Trial At Rikers

Oct 1: Michael Dunn Found Guilty of First Degree Murder In Jordan Davis Case

If anyone is unclear as to the source of all-but-declared ‘open season’ assaults and murders on African-Americans, Dr. Frances Cress Welsing broke it down decades ago in her groundbreaking book The Isis Papers: The Keys To The Colors and restated it for me in our one-on-one interview earlier this year: “The whole system relationship with… Continue reading Oct 1: Michael Dunn Found Guilty of First Degree Murder In Jordan Davis Case