The Jerry Jones Miracle, or Why Police and Sesame Place Reforms Will Always Fail

Arguably more mysterious than the stories of Magical Negroes … This piece about institutional racism’s unspoken truth came to mind during my most recent digital sabbatical. Lemme change that: this truth has been on my mind since the day a young White supremacist shot and killed nine Black churchgoers in South Carolina, but the piece […]

RAY RICE DESERVES MICHAEL VICK TREATMENT

The thousands, or millions of you, who are outraged about the Baltimore Ravens’ star running back Ray Rice knocking his then fiancé unconscious, shouldn’t be so shocked. There are just as many of you – if not more – who are passive enablers to partner abuse on a daily basis. The actions of the Ravens, the […]

THE RICES AND ‘THE LESSON’

I tried to resist hammering away at Ray Rice’s domestic assault episode and his two-game NFL suspension since I think many other people made valid points. But…Rice’s statement after learning of his suspension sticks in my craw: “It is disappointing that I will not be with my teammates for the first two games of the season, but that’s […]