To let my kids tell it, when it comes to measuring moms on a Sliding Scale Of Hipness, their Mama ranks pretty close to the top. No other adult they know, for example, is a journalist who gets paid to chat up some of the performers they’ve seen on TV and allows them occasional access… Continue reading Keep It Classy Ma! Aging With Dignity Vs. Desperation
Category: Culture & Politics
Discussion of various aspects of modern American culture, including sports, politics, religion, gender issues and race.
Recipe Of A Racist: An Open Letter To Paula Deen
Dear Ms. Deen, When it comes to recipes, dining and food preparation, few can match your hustle. Over the years, you turned ambition and an affinity for cooking from an out-of-home business into a national empire, parlaying your Southern Belle charm and delicious dishes into books, magazines, and an Emmy-Award-winning television show. But all of… Continue reading Recipe Of A Racist: An Open Letter To Paula Deen
Commercialized Chaos: When Cheerios, Reality & Racism Collide
On any given day in any part of the country, there are controversial events taking place that provoke instant headlines and angry outcries. The drain-circling defense tactics that George Zimmerman’s attorneys attempted for his upcoming murder trial? Check. Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, blaming poor student performance on their mothers being in the workplace? Check. And… Continue reading Commercialized Chaos: When Cheerios, Reality & Racism Collide
Poignant And Provocative, New Book Asks Blacks “Where Did Our Love Go?”
Due to an avalanche of “Successful But Single Black Woman” news stories, celebrity-fueled talk show panels and the success of Steve Harvey’s book “Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man,” there’s been buzz aplenty about the shrinking rate of black marriages and the exploding rate of black single-parent homes. But instead of pointing fingers… Continue reading Poignant And Provocative, New Book Asks Blacks “Where Did Our Love Go?”
“Where Did Our Love Go?”: A Gil Robertson Q&A
Raise your hand if you’re tired of the assembly-line of smug and self-congratulatory ‘relationship manuals’ written by folks like Tyrese and Steve Harvey that make Black women into paupers and Black men into princes that are always right and always capable of moving on if WE don’t care enough to acquiesce. Yawn. Fortunately, however, Atlanta-based… Continue reading “Where Did Our Love Go?”: A Gil Robertson Q&A