Commentary

Jeff Johnson has 3 Things You Should Know starting off with what we can learn from Antoinette Tuff. Antoinette Tuff showed courage when she persuaded a gunman…

As a co-host for “Keeping it Real with Al Sharpton,” a nationally syndicated radio show, I listened respectfully when a black caller questioned the reasoning for Saturday’s  March on Washington. Why attend another rally, he asked. Why call for another mass gathering for black protestors? Why bother? In fact, the caller said, Saturday’s march would […]

There are taterheads, and then there are total taterheads. Former Florida Rep. Allen West just might be a total taterhead. West is known for being black and conservative. Nothing wrong with that. I’m just as black and every bit as conservative as he is. But he and I part company on several things. When he […]

Lee Daniels, the director of “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” believes America has become more racist since President Barack Obama – the nation’s first black commander-in-chief – took office in 2009. “I think that people are angry that he’s president,” Daniels told Piers Morgan on CNN this week.  “And I think that they are showing their […]

When I think about the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, I think about all the young black people back in 1963 whose footsteps were powered by their pain. And their dreams. Many, like U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, then a member of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee and […]

Maybe I’m old-school and too much of a traditionalist, but I prefer my pastor preaching from the pulpit about faith and spiritual uplifting, not pimped-out in gold necklaces, tinted goggles, black leather jackets, and pontificating on reality television. But that’s just me. I’m referring to a minister named Deitrick Haddon – the pimped-out preacher — […]

Rev. Al Sharpton talked to the  “The Rickey Smiley Morning Show” about some pressing issues in the community including racism. Rev. Al Sharpton says a lot…

Russell Simmons is the latest victim of social media backlash. A video purported to be Harriet Tubman’s sex tape hit his You Tube channel yesterday and the black social media universe wasted no time letting him know just how much he’d erred. Not only did Black Twitter and just about every other place where black […]

ORLANDO, Fla – Raising black boys to be successful in a society dominated by forces that are bent on breaking them instead of nurturing them can be tough. And not just for those black boys born to poor single mothers. Filmmakers Michele Stephenson and her husband, Joe Brewster – two successful, Ivy League-educated parents – […]

Do the math. Let’s say you owe $431,000. You have to pay that bill at a rate of $627 a month. How many years will it be before THAT debt is settled? By my calculation, a little over 57 years. Now if you were 18, it would take you 10 years past the traditional age […]

Cornel so crazy. I’m talking about Cornel West, of course, and his recent anti-President Obama rant. BlackAmericaweb columnist Michael Cottman has more than adequately and excellently covered what West said about Obama, and, just as importantly, why. This column will be about West and the “p” word: precious. Before West’s rant, I thought I knew […]

Two weeks ago, I wrote that it was open season on black men after a jury found George Zimmerman not guilty of killing unarmed Travyon Martin. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office in northern Florida proved me right. It’s not even safe for a black man to stand on his own property without being shot. Last week, […]