So We Finally Got An Apology for Slavery–and then they took it back

I haven’t time right now to write a whole post about it and since I got an email about this Essence article from a fellow reader, I’ve decided to post the Essence magazine article entitled “Is Sorry Enough? Black Lawmakers Respond to Senate’s Apology for Slavery” written by Cynthia Gordy and let you all discuss it […]

For The Last Time He’s a Pastor and Not a Politician

Let me just lay my cards out on the table and be rather blunt: I haven’t agreed with everything Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright has said over the past few years. Actually, for me the biggest aught I had with him was how he hand-picked his successor following his retirement. It was my understanding that since […]

Why Did Blacks Vote for George W. in 2004?

I always thought this was an interesting topic. I firmly remember standing in a dorm room down the hall fall of 2003 as the country was gearing up for the state primary races and caucuses from 2004 and me and this other dude who was a supreme know-it-all (and I really want to use another […]

It’s Time To Meet All Three of Us

I’ve been being rude for this year and a half I’ve had this blog. I’ve only met you meet the uppity Negro and have neglected to fully introduce you all to the other two. I disagreed with some of Sigmund Freud’s writings when I read his main book back in high school for this class at […]

It’s Time To Be Vigilant: Missing White Woman Syndrome Is Real

I still haven’t figured out the proper definition of “reverse racism.” Wouldn’t “reverse racism” still be considered racism? Moreover, as Keith Olbermann has done so over the past few nights with acute hilarity that the same Right-wing talking heads of Karl Rove and Newt Gingrich were claiming that current Justice Samuel Alito was the victim of […]

Sharing The Wealth of Nations: Judge Sonia Sotomayor as First Latina to be Nominated to SCOTUS

Now it sounded good when the name Leah Ward Sears was being thrown around for a possible nomination as Supreme Court Justice to replace retiring Justice David Souter, but I must say that I am definitely proud to see Sonia Sotomayor receive the nomination from the current President toward the Supreme Court of the United States. […]

The Changing Image of the New Black Male: College Hill, South Beach

Yes, I’m going there. I’m going all the way there. One of the joys of this blog is being the cultural critic and having the platform and the ability to provide my opinion on any and everything. And I must say that after watching this last week’s episode of BET’s College Hill: South Beach that […]

A Definite Crisis In The Village

Of course I’m stealing that title from Robert M. Franklin’s book Crisis In the Village. But, he’s quite right: there is a crisis in the village when two young boys commit suicide due to children taunting them. Down here in Georgia another young boy by the name of Jaheem Herrera was found hanging in his […]

Maybe It’s Worse Than I Thought…Slavery Revisted?

Governor Rick “Good Hair” Perry of Texas made the news. It was all over the networks. Big whoop. We all knew that it was a publicity stunt as one of the commenters noted as well. Another commenter forwarded this story to me, one that kind of slipped under the radar. Here check it out: It […]

To Those Who Left The Revolution….

I never really knew I felt about the whole Cuban-U.S. relations until recently. As a kid growing up, I heard about the tenets of Communism and frankly it all sounded GRRREAT to me. Especially in light of the Christian teachings I heard growing up about how Christ was for ALL people, and this semi-universalist slant […]

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