No matter what you do or where you are, the Corona Virus, or specifically, COVID-19, is an inescapable reality. Across the country, the numbers of the afflicted and the dying are growing, ‘shelter in place’ is only now becoming a more uniform policy from state to state and over the horizon, past the flattened curves… Continue reading Body Language 101: Dr. Jack Brown on Society, Corona and What Trump’s Leadership Lacks
Shields Or Targets? Black Women Can’t Be Both.
“If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don’t see.” James Baldwin “The most disrespected person in America is the Black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the Black woman. The most neglected person in America is the Black woman.” Malcolm X In 2005, Calvin… Continue reading Shields Or Targets? Black Women Can’t Be Both.
“The Struggles Along The Way….Shape You For Your Purpose”: Chadwick A. Boseman, 1976-2020
“I don’t care if they like me. I didn’t come here to make friends. I don’t even care if they respect me, I know who I am. I got enough respect for myself. But I do not want them to beat me.” Chadwick Boseman as Jackie Robinson, 42 (2013). Thanks to the artificially-glamorized… Continue reading “The Struggles Along The Way….Shape You For Your Purpose”: Chadwick A. Boseman, 1976-2020
Initiating and Embracing Antiracism: 4 ways
“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
Soultracks Music Review: Brandy, B7
If you were to ask an industry newbie what they aspired to achieve as an entertainer, the list probably includes a lot of what’s already a reality for Brandy Norwood. Her irresistible and eponymous 1994 debut, Brandy, went multi-platinum and introduced pop and R&B audiences to a Mississippi native with a sweet face and sultry voice in… Continue reading Soultracks Music Review: Brandy, B7