……Since the CD is brimming with empowerment and gladness-filled songs like “Anything,” “Rock with You” and her current hit single, “I Blame You,” it’s hard to believe that Ledisi recorded the new album while terminating a love affair. “Most people go through things, but some people want to live in the pain and I don’t… Continue reading Ledisi Shares Her Brand New “Truth,” The MOC Preview & Knowshi.com Interview Link
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In The Name Of Her Beloved Trayvon: The DMN Sybrina Fulton Interview
Sybrina Fulton lowers herself into a chair, adjusts the sleeves of her jacket and uses a tissue to gently dab her tearing eyelashes. “You’ll have to excuse me,” she chuckles, “my allergies are doing terrible here in Texas.” Hours away from being honored at Pat Smith’s first-ever Second Chances For Overcomers event, the community activist… Continue reading In The Name Of Her Beloved Trayvon: The DMN Sybrina Fulton Interview
“Something” About Snarky Puppy, The MOC Preview & Knowshi Interview Link
….For years the Ft. Worth, TX-based performer did the moonlight hustle as a marketing professional by day who jammed different joints and genres by night. After that grind wore him down, Letteri “ditched the desk” and went full-on pro on the ax, establishing his rep as a go-to stage and session musician long before joining… Continue reading “Something” About Snarky Puppy, The MOC Preview & Knowshi Interview Link
The Protection of Projection: A Reader’s Lesson in Bigotry Vs. Racism
Here we go again. Shortly after my Dr. Frances Cress Welsing interview showed up in today’s Briefing, a reader wrote in doing 2 things: admitting to being ignorant about racism, yet displaying the arrogance and entitlement to make it EVERYONE ELSE’S issue rather than applying introspection or actually placing blame where blame belongs. Captain Oblivious… Continue reading The Protection of Projection: A Reader’s Lesson in Bigotry Vs. Racism
“If you are talking about racism and white supremacy, you are going to be perceived as a threat.”
Back in 1903, W.E.B. Du Bois—sociologist, historian, civil rights activist and eventual NAACP co-founder—published The Souls Of Black Folk, a seminal collection of essays fleshing out his views on race and the unique obstacles that plagued people of color. A famous quote from the book, “The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of… Continue reading “If you are talking about racism and white supremacy, you are going to be perceived as a threat.”