I thought trump banned Somalians? Police terrorists now? This is a story with several twists. The reality is that this country rarely cares about certain things unless they see it destroying the lives of white families. Police brutality? What are you talking about? Heroin problem? It’s their fault! They need to learn “personal responsibility.” Can’t…
Read moreNFL Star and Heinemann Trophy Winner Ricky Williams Harassed By Law Enforcement
Watch this. Just watch this and let me know if your blood doesn’t start to boil. Their job is to “enforce the law” – better known as “arrest as many people as they can so they look good.” You job is to say as little as possible. Theirs is to get you to say as…
Read moreDenzel Washington On Fathers And Sons – Joy and Pain
Ummm yeah but….. Joy is also passed down from father to son too. My father had a lot of joy and I certainly pass it on to my son (and daughter). My father was/is a MAN. He was there for me and my sisters and still is. Some of you may know, my horrific divorce…
Read moreJames Baldwin Debates William F. Buckley – 1965
One thing I’d love to do over the next few years is to be a moderator of a series of debates. I love intellectual challenges and enjoy hearing different points of view. It would be great to get public intellectuals with various points of view in a room and find out where there might be…
Read moreWhat the catcalling video gets wrong
For more info about this topic, read THIS: http://www.socraddockmethod.com/subjective-annoyance-or-lets-call-it-street-harassment-the-not-so-subtle-racism-of-hollaback/
Read moreEquality? Not with sentencing to prisons
If you’re a convicted criminal, the best thing you can have going for you might be your gender. A new study by Sonja Starr, an assistant law professor at the University of Michigan, found that men are given much higher sentences than women convicted of the same crimes in federal court. The study found…
Read moreBabie’s Mommas…all of them!
“‘All My Babies’ Mamas’ will be filled with outrageous and authentic over-the-top moments that our young, diverse female audience can tweet and gossip about, ” says Cori Abraham, Senior Vice President of Development at Oxygen Media. From Forbes Magazine: Oxygen Media announced it has picked up a special from Liz Gateley and Tony DiSanto, the former MTV executives-turned-producers…
Read moreHow Prisoners Make Us Look Good
“Over 80 percent of black children have been abandoned emotionally and, usually, economically by their fathers,” he continued. “It is not the case that black children are deprived of paternal emotional and economic support because their fathers are in prison; rather, their fathers are in prison in good part because their own fathers had abandoned…
Read moreGeneration Skip
My little man and his Papa I love these moments. Just watching the two of them interact is fascinating.
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