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, …
August 9, 2020 Seven shots rang out, a half dozen or so police cars, detectives, ambulances, and a fire truck rolled up a block away. Knowing immediately that another shooting had taken place mere yards away – it dawned on me that all of the protesting and marching in the world can\’t proclaim or make …
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, …
What the Hell was WRC Thinking? – Even Fox got it Right! Read More »
As humans, we are life-long learners. I often share in my posts that I am amazed at how much I am enlightened to new things that I never really paid too much attention to. Today, is no different. While relaxing, I began to surf through to see what was on TV. I came across a …
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 …
Turmoil swirls around cries to defund the police. The President of the United States defends the treasonous heritage of the confederate south. Covid-19 has claimed a disproportionate number of Americans of color. Confederate monuments are finally finding the scrap heap as Mississippi votes to remove the Confederate emblem of racial bigotry from its flag. But …
July 4th 2020: At 244 Years Old – It\’s Time for a New Government Read More »
The call for resistance in the United States has been heard and answered. Five days after writing an article about the disproportionate death of Black Americans historically and presently, I witnessed the now-infamous video of George Floyd\’s murder and the American public\’s response to it. To quote Dr. Cornel West, what we have now is …
If there is anyone thing that everyone in our increasingly divided world can agree on, it is that 2020 has been a bizarre year thus far. It has seen the ramping up and full force of the coronavirus pandemic, a new American epoch of antiracist activism, protests and riots, a slew of American lynchings, the …
I pack my bag with water, face masks, and snacks I tell my mother goodbye, hopefully not for the last time Scared that it very well may be the last time We start at 161 st near Yankee Stadium The field across the street is where I used to play soccer in middle school That\’s …
