Randi B.’s 5 Most Shared Posts – 2018
Here are the 5 most shared and read posts from Randi B. in 2018. 1. BLACKAUSTION https://wp.me/p6pOhn-3le5 2.NO OMAROSA STILL ISN’T INVITED TO THE BARBECUE https://wp.me/p6pOhn-3l9Q 3. I’M COMING OUT […]
Braids and Blindness
This summer, me and my teenage sons spent almost five exciting, humbling, fascinating and educational weeks touring Thailand, Bali and Hong Kong. Besides ensuring that passports and immunizations were current, […]
I’m Coming Out!
Being born Black was my first and greatest blessing; fully embracing that blessing has been my greatest journey. December 14th, nineteen-none-of-your-business, I was born to two, “woke, Black-is-beautiful, I marched […]
Dear Teachers Who Teach My Black Child:
Dear Teachers Who Teach My Black Child: As a former high school teacher, I recognize that teaching is a choice made with the heart. The majority of teachers — who […]
Don’t Get Too Comfortable; This Ain’t Your Home
I was at an Apple store recently. It was like every other Apple store: packed like a Spring Breaker’s suitcase. People were everywhere: seated on stools or leaning on rectangle […]
My Backpack of Bricks
Being a Black man is a wonderful thing. I love my skin, I love my features, I love our culture, our food and our women. Being a Black man in […]
Apologies From Racists: Worthless or a Way to Start Healing
At my son’s former elementary school, like at many schools, popularity was illustrated by at which table you sat during lunch. My son sat at the table of the “cool” […]
Dear Teachers Who Teach My Black Child:
Dear Teachers Who Teach My Black Child: As a former high school teacher, I recognize that teaching is a choice made with the heart. The majority of teachers — who […]
Love Shouldn’t Be Blind & Deaf: Conspiracy Theories, R. Kelly & Cosby
Brown liquor, blues music and my uncles is a combination that has always guaranteed a night overflowing with colorful conspiracy theories. My uncles’ philosophy: nothing is as it seems; and […]
Choice Between Educating the Mind and the Spirit: Diversity and Private School Education
A man with shoulder-length, hemlock-wood colored hair, who looked as if he longed for the Woodstock-era, the Beatles and free-love – although he hadn’t even been conceived then, took to […]