With the presidential election just days away there is plenty of churn happening on both sides of the spectrum. Everyone is rallying to their perspective corners and trying to find any piece of solace that assures them their candidate is going to win. Some have viewed the past three plus years as an anomaly. Others […]
In the United States, as in many other countries, it is a customary practice for elected officials and other authority figures to lie. Two very relevant peddlers of lies in the country are politicians at all levels and the police. Politicians lie and tell half-truths with such frequency that many of us simply expect them
Following the President’s defense of Confederate flags and military bases named for Confederate generals, his open criticism of organizations supporting the banning of the flag, and his latest jingoistic venture, claims of “left-wing indoctrination” in schools that teach the history of slavery and systemic racism, preferring instead his newly formulated initiative for “patriotic education” and
Fearing that her dishonesty would soon come to light, a white history professor at George Washington University, Jessica A. Krug, recently revealed that she had pretended to be Black for nearly all of her adult life. The story drew several comparisons to the case of former NAACP chapter president Rachel Dolezal, and, strangely, another GWU
On February 26, 2012, Travon Martin was stalked and shot to death for just going to the store. Three years later, the world grieved with shock on June 18, 2015, as 9 members of The Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church were gunned down during an evening prayer service. May 5, 2020, Ahmaud Arbery was pursued
On December 20, 2019 in Lawrence County, Indiana, a bald eagle was shot out of the sky. An investigation was launched almost immediately and a $500 reward was offered to anyone with information on the culprit. The event made national news, allowing countless Americans to see their symbol of freedom outstretched and lifeless on a
I recently had a conversation with someone I hold in high regard. We have known each other all our life. He recently looked at me with a deep scowl and said \”I\’m sick and tired of this person of color crap – I\’m a Black man\”. He went on to say that it devalues any
\”…Yet do I marvel at this curious thing: To make a poet black, and bid him sing!\” Countee Cullen, “Yet Do I Marvel” The final two lines of my favorite poem, “Yet Do I Marvel” by Countee Cullen, address a topic that has entertained much discussion in Black art and scholarship. In the poem,
Imagine my dismay, anger, and contempt as I was switching through the local stations to see the coverage and discussions leading up to the caisson drawn coffin of John Lewis crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge, only to see one of them was derelict in its duty to the Washington D.C. audience. Instead, for whatever reason,
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Recently, I discussed with my editor on my choice to capitalize the B in Black in reference to Black people, and not the W in white in reference to white people. Currently, there is no official standard on the capitalization of either black or white in reference to people and the choice is purely a
