11-year-old black girl tased for stealing food. Where's the outrage?...
The other day I stopped in one of those glorified delis to treat myself to a sandwich for lunch. I had to wait for a while and as I sat there, I watched as three beautiful blonde, blue-eyed girls ran...
View ArticleGive Serena her respect. Please.
All she asked for was just a little bit of respect. She didn’t ask to be treated like the phenomenal superstar that she is; she just asked that a little, teeny bit of the respect freely and generously...
View ArticleIn nine months, police kill 120 people armed only with knives. Inexcusable.
Of the 723 people killed by police year-to-date, 120 of them were said to be armed with knives. The latest victim to fall for the crime of having a knife in the presence of the police was 54-year-old...
View ArticleYo, I'm seriously in love with Beto O'Rourke. He knows a lot about the issues...
Do not ask Beto O’Rourke a question unless you have the time to listen to a serious, well-thought-out response. This guy doesn’t deal in soundbites. In that, he reminds me of another skinny guy with a...
View ArticleAvenatti snaps back and it's a thing of beauty! "Let's go"
Trump, fresh from being laughed off stage at the UN, thought he’d take on Michael Avenatti today of all days. Big Mistake! Huge!Fully recognizing that Avenatti is a man not to be played with, the...
View ArticleThis you just must see! "Brilliant!" Samuel Jackson & Matt Damon...
This, in the words of @dijit93, is just brilliant! I just had to share. You’ll forgive me — I hope you will — this non-diary when you see it for yourselves. Enjoy.xCan someone please tell me who did...
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When we've hit rock bottom... Let's send some love to Dr. Blasey-Ford
I feel sick to my stomach. I imagine Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford watching this and I want to cry for her...and for me and for every survivor of sexual violence. xWATCH: President Trump mocks Dr....
View ArticleKaepernick, Tamir, Laquan and the Poem that binds #BLM #StDD
If there’s anything or anyone I hate more than I do a racist, it’s got to be a black man who allows himself to be used as a weapon against his community. Seeing uncle Jim Brown, his wife, and Kanye...
View ArticleI think you should see this. 96-year-old has a very important message.
Rob Reiner’s 96-year-old Dad has a message.xMy father is 96 and a half years old. In his long life he has never seen anything like whatâÂÂs happening to our country. I love him. And I want the...
View ArticleRacist Steve King got hit and he squealed long and hard. Delicious!
Steve King is openly racist and the whole world knows it. It’s not as if he’s made any attempt to hide his hateful, xenophobic, racist, Nazi-sympathizing agenda since he first entered public office...
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Run, Trump, run! Powerful black women at your heels! #StDD #BLM
Our beautiful former First Lady had something to say to and about the wanna-be dictator currently dishonoring the White House with his noxious presence:“The whole [birther] thing was crazy and...
View ArticleHey California, this man is your president and he's coming to visit you today!
You have to see this to believe it:xOh sure. HeâÂÂs totally sane. This is insane. pic.twitter.com/QJ5Vj3727pâ Michael âÂÂ︠(@michaelschweitz) November 16, 2018Say what?!Q: California,...
View ArticleAndrew Gillum says it best: We should be stronger than this
Do we really need to teargas the tired, the poor, and the huddled? Do we really need to teargas mothers and their babies? Do we?xOur nation is strong enough to treat tired, poor, and huddled women and...
View ArticleNo justice for unarmed Jeffrey Dennis killed by Philadelphia cop #BLM
Thirty-four-year-old Jeffrey Dennis may or may not have been an angel and let’s just get that out of the way. What we do know for sure is that he deserved a whole lot more respect from people...
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The Real Maroons...and then there was Bugs Bunny #BLM
It is estimated that some 5 million kidnapped Africans died en route to slave plantations across the Atlantic ocean. Most were killed by their captors during transit — some before reaching the point...
View ArticleWrestling While Black #BLM #StDD
Is this 2018 or 1818?Wrestling While BlackA high school wrestling referee in New Jersey made a wrestler choose between cutting his dreadlocks or forfeiting his match on Wednesday.Buena (N.J.) Regional...
View ArticleTrevor Noah shares his Grandmother with us...and yes, Grandmas are awesome.
The best of who I am is as a direct result of my maternal Grandmother’s influence. She left us over 20 years ago and not a day goes by that I don't think of her. I think of her wisdom, her kindness,...
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Jameek begged cops for a drink of water, they refused...48 hours later he was...
Jameek Lowery was in trouble and he knew it. He had already called 911...twice; he had been to the hospital where somewhere in the process between arriving and examination he either left or was kicked...
View ArticleTom Brokaw's racism did not go unchallenged. Let's acknowledge Yamiche Alcindor
In all the talk about Tom Brokaw allowing his inner xenophobia to spill out on the national stage, little has been said about the part Yamiche Alcindor played in immediately and unapologetically...
View ArticleIf Beale Street Could Talk...the stories it would tell #BLM
If Beale Street Could Talk is a slice of Americana cut from the rich turbulence of early 1960s Harlem.James Baldwin: When I was growing up, I was trying to make a connection between the life I saw and...
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