Watching this animated Carlton gif reminds me of a time in 2007 when then-Senator Barack Obama wasn’t considered “Black enough.” I was also reminded of the time a young lady of African descent telling me that cow foot soup “Ain’t Black food.” I’ve heard people say that listening to Jazz “Ain’t Black.” Hell, I […]
Read More BLACK IS…?Folks, I understand why the mainstream media feels motivated to distill complex issues like the social crisis in American communities of African descent to consumable sound bytes and binary solutions – with partial thanks to Don Lemon and the clownish antics of Matt Patrick and Quanell X – but why are we willing to drink […]
Read More WHOSE BLACK CRISIS? PT. 1A Black man’s experience with racist police practices and racial violence Add a new rule to the List of Things a Brother Must Never Do to Avoid Being Profiled as a Criminal or Shot Like Trayvon Martin — don’t do pull ups on building scaffolds after dark. True story … It was past 10 o’clock […]
Read More HUNTEDI’m still blown away by how some folks are shocked to hear President Obama reveal that he racially profiled in his younger days. He’s a Black man, isn’t he?? I’m a grown man and I’m STILL profiled. Even had guns drawn on me, more than once. I’ll discuss the incidents some other time… Watching […]
Read More OBAMA: NAH, THIS AIN’T POST-RACIAL AMERICABefore we group-hug Paula Deen and say “We understand” how her admittedly bigoted behavior (link – pay special attention to pages 124-129) is the result of her unfortunate status as a relic of a different time in America—and how her racial framework is lost in the social dynamics of 2013&mfash;let’s consider how Deen has been capable of […]
Read More PAULA DEEN CAN’T HELP IT!
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