Blackhaustion 2
Give us any chance we’ll take it Read us any rule we’ll break it We’re going to make our dreams come true Doing it our way Nothing’s going to hold […]
Jacob, the Dog & the Devil
Once upon a time there was a man named Jacob. Jacob lived in a small town: the type of town where everyone knew everyone. If a lost dog wandered into […]
8 Things Black Folks Can Be Thankful For This Thanksgiving Post Trump
This Thanksgiving Black folks will be gathering around dining room tables and family rooms dotted with TV trays, unable to avoid thinking about and talking about the unexpected arrival of […]
White Women: You Must Get Real For Us to Be Right
I stood behind a light wooden podium, that rocked forward when I would put too much weight on it, and read an excerpt from one of my articles to a […]
Brett Kavanaugh…Heck Nah!
Living in Trump’s America is like a late night walk through a street market in Bangkok: all the dirtiest, scandalous, worst parts of human behavior is openly displayed under neon […]
Cosby: Convicted. . . . Me: Conflicted.
Sometimes I don’t want to write about certain things; even those things that I feel that I should write about. For instance, the Bill Cosby conviction is BIG in the […]
No, Omarosa Still Isn’t Invited to the Barbeque
Not ‘nere one of you, betta come up to me asking fo’ some aluminum foil ‘cause you done made a plate to take to Omarosa from our BBQ. She gets […]
The Accused Cannot Be the Judge
I’ve stayed in more hotels than a popular hooker; and I’ve heard more confessions than an elderly priest. As a diversity trainer, I used to travel around the country to […]
Omarosa and What Black People Need to tell White People About that One Black Friend
There is a lot of stuff we Black folks quibble over such as salt vs. sugar in grits; but for the most part, we can’t stand an OBF. (one Black […]
We Must Stop Settling For Crumbs and Open A Bakery
Merriam, 68 years old, raised her three kids (one with sickle cell anemia) as a single mother, while working two full-time jobs, is now raising her 3-year-old grandson because her […]