No one has to say “I told you so,” I saw it coming…..yes, folks were definitely feeling some type of way after my Dallas Morning News Briefing column hit the streets/internet. Of the three responses I’ve received so far, one ended positively and the other two…..well, they haven’t written back after my replies, so it’s… Continue reading Anger, Apologies & Ignorance: Reader Responses To “AMW”
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“Malcolm Little”: Facts Over Fallacies, The Ilyasah Shabazz DMN Interview
Oatmeal cookies, a rocking chair, a treasured baby doll and the smiling gentle giant with a commanding voice calling her name. To Ilyasah Shabazz, he was simply Daddy, but to the rest of the world, he was known as Malcolm X, the former felon turned Muslim Minister and human rights activist. In the years following… Continue reading “Malcolm Little”: Facts Over Fallacies, The Ilyasah Shabazz DMN Interview
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.”
Black Hair, Why Care? Battling Prejudice Against Africanized Tresses
The die was probably cast from the moment I was born. According to Mama, one of the first things she noticed, after counting the fingers and toes of course, was my hair. “You had the thickest, glossiest curls I’d ever seen. I would just brush it, braid it, put you in little dresses and take… Continue reading Black Hair, Why Care? Battling Prejudice Against Africanized Tresses