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 opened the file for Chap. Two this week, the assignment:”Watch the included video links about… Continue reading When The NFL Supports Cancer & Poverty, But Ignores Racism
Tag: white privilege
Happy Independence Day….Only For Some
On a day-to-day basis, more often than not, I consider myself to be a confident woman. I’m grateful for what I have, work with what I’ve got and usually look forward to where the adventure of life will take me next as a wife, mother and journalist. But Saturday’s Fourth of July will be tainted… Continue reading Happy Independence Day….Only For Some
Oct. 30: Maine Nurse Defying Quarantine After Exposure To Ebola
Someone needs to explain to me how this chick is so special and above the law that she doesn’t believe cautionary mandates don’t apply to her when it comes to possibly exposing others to a potentially fatal disease. The first quarantine set-up was extreme and inhumane, true, but NOW her arrogance will make others question… Continue reading Oct. 30: Maine Nurse Defying Quarantine After Exposure To Ebola
Oct. 2: Game Recognizes Game—Whites Schooling Whites About White Privilege
It’s the elephant in the room and an ugly, inconvenient truth that some whites attempt to simultaneously deny and justify: the pervasiveness and power of White Privilege. As a woman of color who covers the topic often, I have encountered more than my fair share of folks who love to tell me, from their non-Black… Continue reading Oct. 2: Game Recognizes Game—Whites Schooling Whites About White Privilege
Miley Cyrus, Swaggerjacking & The Myth Of ‘Sister SuperHo’
In Spike Lee’s 2000 film Bamboozled, Damon Wayans portrays the pretentious Harvard-educated Pierre Delacroix, a writer and executive at a fictitious television network. After his previous sitcom pitches are rejected by a superior as too “antiseptic” and “white-bread,” the frustrated Delacroix hopes that his latest idea, a satirical variety program entitled Mantan: The New Millennium… Continue reading Miley Cyrus, Swaggerjacking & The Myth Of ‘Sister SuperHo’