“I’se still climbin’, and life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.” Langston Hughes “I am not tragically colored……I do not weep at the world.” Zora Neale Huston “To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.” James Baldwin The… Continue reading Initiating and Embracing Antiracism: 4 ways
Category: Culture & Politics
Discussion of various aspects of modern American culture, including sports, politics, religion, gender issues and race.
The Sistahs Are NOT Your “Superwomen”
It’s one of the most pivotal scenes in the classic 1985 film, The Color Purple: set in 1930s rural Georgia, Ms. Sofia (Oprah Winfrey) is in town running errands with her family, when she’s approached out of nowhere by Ms. Millie, a white woman who happens to be a mayor’s wife. “Would you like to… Continue reading The Sistahs Are NOT Your “Superwomen”
“Please, I Can’t Breathe”….and We Won’t Wait.
“My freedom doesn’t end where your fears begin.” “Fake crisis, Dr. Fauci is wrong!” “The cure is deadlier than COVID, no virus cancels the constitution!” Less than one month into the nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the Coronavirus, protests began. The economy at a standstill and unemployment rates at Depression-era highs, people marched… Continue reading “Please, I Can’t Breathe”….and We Won’t Wait.
What You NOT Gonna Do, The 2019 Rundown
Today, as you’re reading this, Christmas is a memory, Kwanzaa and Hanukkah are being observed and we stand at the cusp of a new decade. Amidst the common resolutions improve, some find it helpful to list what positive goals they’ve achieved and ways that they’ve, well, missed the mark. 2019 is no exception. If you’re… Continue reading What You NOT Gonna Do, The 2019 Rundown
“All Money Ain’t Good Money….So How You Make Yours?”
There are plenty of creative ways to say that someone is, well, messing up: “Got caught slipping.” “So-and-So fell off.” “He took an ‘L’ (loss) on that one.” All of these, and more, could be applied to the recent behavior of rapper Shawn Carter, a.k.a Jay-Z. The whole issue started just a few weeks ago,… Continue reading “All Money Ain’t Good Money….So How You Make Yours?”