Oh Beautiful
“Oh, beautiful for spacious skies for amber waves of grain, for purple mountain majesty above the fruited plain. America, America God shed his grace on thee, and crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea.” Once again, those were words that we sang as children, and I’m sure in our relatively naive child […]
Being Black=Death Sentence?
Neither resisting arrest nor fleeing from the police is a death penalty offense the last time I checked. Unfortunately, too many black men are getting just that; they are getting the death sentence usually from one or just a few police officers without benefit of due process, a trial by jury of their peers, the […]
White Supremacy at its Finest!
Rick Santorum speaking to the Young Americans Foundation wins the dubious honor as being Breakfast Club’s “donkey of the day”. He said that America was nothing before the Europeans came over. I guess he failed history and bought into the theory that nothing existed before the white man touched it. In case you need reminding, […]
Thanksgiving Truths
Today, my commitment is to not be political. Based on current events, that is not easy but, as I said, I am committed. I mentioned this last week but thought I would elaborate. We just celebrated Thanksgiving, a truly American holiday started by Native Americans who basically befriended, shared, and helped invaders, sometimes called pilgrims. […]
Tell the Truth About How We Got Here
“Until lions tell their story, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.” M. K. Asante, 500 Years Later So, I have talked a lot before about the misinformation that is portrayed in American history. Today for the second time in several months I got a chance to listen to NiKole Hannah-Jones, the […]
Today’s Irony: Blame the Poor for Being Poor Instead of Lifting Themselves out of Poverty
Being poor is no laughing matter. Please don’t take this the wrong way because when I hear people suggest that poor people lift themselves out of poverty, I chuckle, perhaps to keep from crying. Poor people are poor because they have no resources, no money, property, education, power, the necessary ingredients for upward mobility. So, […]