Commentary

Rob Parker only opens his mouth to change feet. Parker is a knucklehead sports analyst who deserves to be suspended from ESPN after his ignorant racial comments about Robert Griffin III, the prolific rookie quarterback of the Washington Washington Football Team. Parker was suspended by ESPN last week after creating a firestorm of controversy  when […]

Rob Parker only opens his mouth to change feet. Parker is a knucklehead sports analyst who deserves to be suspended from ESPN after his ignorant racial comments about Robert Griffin III, the prolific rookie quarterback of the Washington Washington Football Team. Parker was suspended by ESPN last week after creating a firestorm of controversy  when […]

Blessed are the mourners; for they shall be comforted. When I tried to process how and why such horrible tragedies like the Connecticut shooting could happen, someone sent me that scripture. Comfort is a start, but like President Obama said when he addressed the nation Friday with teary eyes, it’s time to take action. Like […]

It’s heartening to learn that some NFL players are turning in their guns. Since Jovan Belcher’s murder-suicide last week, several African American NFL players are correctly starting to reflect on how loaded weapons can destroy lives. “In the last seven days, at least seven players around the league have gone to their league security officers […]

For the past four years, Orly Taitz has been trying to prove that President Obama wasn’t born in the United States. But all the California dentist and attorney has really proved, among other things, is that she’s better at comedy than lawyering. The “birther queen,” keeps turning up the volume on her craziness about Obama […]

I hope Rhonda Lee gets her job back. In fact, she never should have lost her job over a short Afro hairstyle in the first place. Lee, an African American meteorologist, was recently fired from the ABC affiliate in Shreveport, La., because she responded to a racial remark posted by a viewer on the station’s […]

I was sipping a beer inside Cowboys Stadium and waiting for the kickoff when I overheard two African American women criticizing Robert Griffin III, the superstar rookie quarterback of the Washington Washington Football Team. The emotional beat down of Griffin was harsh and had absolutely nothing to do with football but everything to do with […]

Almost three years ago, you may recall I talked about the End of the World based on the apocalyptic movie called 2012. The movie, which many have seen since, played off the hype of people runnin’ around saying that the world was going to end a little over three years from then. The film’s premise […]

Would Michelle Obama run for President? It’s been a recent topic of conversation among some black Democrats in Washington, D.C. ever since Samuel L. Jackson put it out there. “Michelle is Superwoman. What can’t she do?” Jackson told Newsweek. “That’s why people love her. She can be on the Supreme Court and anywhere else she […]

The nation’s corporate hotel industry is woefully failing to hire African American managers and minority-owned companies in a fast-growing, overwhelmingly white trade, according to a new report released by the NAACP. The NAACP’s Report Card graded the five largest hotels –Marriott, Wyndam, Hyatt, Starwood and Hilton — for ethnic diversity and racial inclusion. While Marriott […]

The nation’s corporate hotel industry is woefully failing to hire African American managers and minority-owned companies in a fast-growing, overwhelmingly white trade, according to a new report released by the NAACP. The NAACP’s Report Card graded the five largest hotels –Marriott, Wyndam, Hyatt, Starwood and Hilton — for ethnic diversity and racial inclusion. While Marriott […]

In 1968, a woman by the name of Shirley Chisholm became the first African-American female to serve in the U.S. Congress.  And a few years later,…