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 […]
#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 […]
Let Me Break. I Ain’t Broken!
He extended his arms and grasped a large wagon wheel: placing his right hand on the top and the other on the nine-o’clock position. His eyes stayed intensely focused on […]
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 […]
When You Get Caught With Yo’ Drawers Down: Exposed by Trump
I went to the grocery store today, as I do five or six days every week (when you have two teen boys, it seems that you are constantly running out […]
WHAT I TOLD MY SONS – ABOUT TRUMP’S WIN
My friends and I arrogantly prepared for a win — Hillary’s win (and in our minds—America’s win). We planned to meet at 1300 Fillmore, an elegant, high-end, nouveau-soul food restaurant […]
The Day After (From Trumped to Eventual Triumph)
“You MUST write something,” I keep being told. But how do you write an obituary so soon after death? Something died last night. Did hope die? Did the hope and […]
Blackpiphanies
A Black person, even the most conscious, down, woke, Black person will have at least one Blackpiphany in their lives. We will be going along in our beautifully melanated skin, […]
Abracadabra: The Playbook for White, Wealthy Males Makes Accountability Disappear
I’m seriously going to vomit the next time a White male is gifted with the “boys will be boys” excuse, as if having a Caucasian scrotum is the new hall pass for despicable behavior.
Get Yo Mind Right
Every summer, I would spend my school break in East Texas with my grandparents. I’d return baked from the brutal, Texas sun; spoiled from that special grandparents-love; and sassier from […]