White Males Are Angry Enough To Chew Nails & Spit Out A Barbed Wire Fence
Ba-beeeeeeeeeee, White men haven’t been this angry since they learned Michael Jackson, a Black man, was screwing Elvis’ daughter. The protests by many of the NFL players this past Sunday […]
Numbness is Dangerous
Anthony Lamar Smith: do you know his name? My guess is that most people don’t. We know Michael Brown, another Black man who was shot and killed by a police […]
Nice, Appropriate People are on My Last Nerve: Time To Get Real
Admittedly, due to the government-sanctioned race war we have brewing in America, I’m a bit tense. I’m horrified every time I see images of last week’s “rally” in Charlottesville; and […]
My Relationship with America: It’s Complicated / I Won’t Be Celebrating the 4th
I love America. I say that with the same shame of a woman, who is curled up on her old, black leather couch, looking at her friends through eyes blurred […]
#RelationshipGoals: The Maverick & His Followers
I would bet that one of the most overused hashtags currently used in social media is “#relationshipgoals.” If you scroll through FaceBook and Instagram, you are guaranteed to see a […]
Must We Play ‘the Game’: Monique & Tyler Perry
I’m sure some started squirming in their red theatre seats; or some started studying the intricate designs of the gold wall art that adorns the buff-colored walls of the iconic […]
The Mac Daddy of White Privilege – Bill O’Reilly
All White people benefit from privilege in America — we know that; but what folks forget is that privilege is like all things — it has levels to it. There […]
If This World Were Theirs: Parenting Black Boys From a Place of Fear
From the taxi’s window, as my boys and I sat on the tan, velvet-like covered rear-seat of a gray mini-van with “Luau Taxi” screen-printed on the side, the ocean looked […]
Last Night We took an L, but Tonight We Bounce Back
Last night took an L, but tonight I bounce back Wake up every morning, by the night, I count stacks Knew that ass was real when I hit, it bounce […]
I’m Not Naive; I’m Just a Mother
Every day. Scratch that—every-fucking-day, I post a news story with essentially the same theme: In America, a Black person’s life is valued less than pig shit at a vegan conference. […]