“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 … Read the rest
“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, … Read the rest
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 … Read the rest
In our home, even after Darius’ graduation, three students remain—-Layla, Nia and myself. Every morning, after our daughters are dropped off at school, I’m pushing though my own set of online classes. One of them is “Multicultural Perspectives.” As I … Read the rest
Quick question: what did #WalterScott, #EricGarner, #SeanBell, #JordanDavis, #TrayvonMartin and #MichaelBrown (to name only a few) all have in common?
Answer: they were ALL unarmed and none of them had locks in their hair—–yet they ALL were shot down in … Read the rest