I wasn\’t enamored with Major League Baseball\’s opening day ceremonies where the opposing teams grasped a black ribbon and knelt to one knee as Black Lives Matter was emblazoned on the scoreboards and pitching mounds. I am even less enamored with the NFL playing Lift Ev\’ry Voice and Sing during the opening day ceremonies starting […]
The legendary sociologist, author, historian and more, W.E.B. Du Bois said in his 1926 \”Criteria of Negro Art\” speech that he did not \”care a damn for any art that is not used for propaganda. But I do care when propaganda is confined to one side while the other is stripped and silent.\” The response
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The Black athlete, like the Black musician, politician, and the other varieties of stardom, has historically been victim to glaring double standards in their field. Serena Williams, for example, is criticized more severely than her white counterparts for openly disagreeing with line judges. White tennis players like Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova receive veritable slaps
Photo courtesy of Fashion to Figure\’s website Tabria Majors is one of the most recognizable plus-size models in the industry right now. If you visit any plus size website she is all over the site. No really, go look. She was also featured in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue! I have been following her career
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Is the NBA season starting back up or not? This now becomes the question of NBA fans. The league had initially established a plan on exactly how to bring all the players back accordingly and set up sequential events in which the players were supposed to follow as protocol. For the plan to still be
Amidst the protests over the death and memorial of George Floyd, the COVID-19 pandemic, and a country seemingly on the brink, a Washington DC sports icon and legend passed away. Wes Unseld, who anchored the center position for the Washington Bullets, yes the Bullets, for 13 seasons at, what would be an undersized height by
When Colin Kaepernick took a knee on September 1, 2016, the sports world and conservative media threw a conniption about the irreverence of a young Black man exercising his First Amendment right of free speech by kneeling during the National Anthem. The cause – racial injustice exemplified by police violence against Blacks – particularly Black
I have been avoiding my White friends. I am angry, rightfully so. Once again, we are forced to relive trauma that reinforces the fact that our Black lives do not matter in this country. I am tired of educating “upstanding” White people on racism. My personal reasons for not assisting in White enlightenment are as
If you watch any football, you would know that the draft has past and you already have achieved all the scouting on your favorite team\’s new pick in this year\’s draft. As far as my favorite and hometown team the Washington Redskins are concerned, I undoubtedly have done more than enough research on all of
On May 11, rappers Nicki Minaj and Doja Cat made history as the first female collaboration to hold the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in six years. Their song, a remix of Doja Cat\’s \”Say So\”, was released on May 1st and created a massive buzz across the interwebs. Fans were
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