What would you do if your child was given a school assignment to defend the KKK? Would you protest? Would you scold the teacher? Would you meet with the principal? Or would you support the assignment because it’s a relevant part of American history? And what if that teacher was Black? This isn’t a hypothetical […]
“I do not believe, and I know this is a horrible thing to say, but I do not believe that the president [Barack Obama] loves America. He doesn’t love you. And he doesn’t love me. He wasn’t brought up the way you were brought up and I was brought up through love of this country.” […]
“We don’t win this election, potentially, if we don’t win North Carolina. So I hate to put a little pressure on you, but the fate of the republic rests on your shoulders. The fate of the world is teetering, and you, North Carolina, are going to have to make sure that we push it in […]
It was only a matter of time. Thirteen days before Americans elect the next president of the United States, it appears that Black voters in Georgia are being systematically excluded from the electoral process. Community activists and Georgia elected officials say there is widespread discrimination in one Georgia county – Hancock County, about 70 miles […]
When I first interviewed then-candidate Barack Obama on his campaign plane in 2008, he talked passionately about fatherhood, uplifting Black men, and the importance of men of color taking responsibility for parenting their children. Two terms in the White House and eight years later, President Obama is still talking eloquently about empowering Black men in […]
Show us the money. That could easily become the family mantra for the surviving lawsuit-crazed children of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. While the King siblings — Bernice King, Dexter Scott King and Martin Luther King Jr. III — have reportedly spent millions of dollars suing each other over the years, we now learn that none of […]
Donald Trump doesn’t want to be President of the United States. I didn’t talk to Trump; I don’t know Trump, but my gut tells me that he doesn’t really want the job. I’m not convinced that Trump is as crazy as some have suggested, but he may be crazy like a fox. In fact, Trump […]
Hillary Clinton is scheduled to speak to a coalition of Black and Hispanic journalists on Friday in her continued efforts to court voters of color and secure the White House in November. The Democratic nominee for president is on track to become the first female president but she needs broad and solid support from African-American, […]
Donald Trump enjoys promoting the politics of fear. In his doom-and-gloom view of America, Trump, during his acceptance speech for President, put panic in the hearts of many Americans by portraying this republic as a dangerous place in “crisis” and where “crime is through the roof” in inner cities across the country. Once again, Trump […]
Baton Rouge police officer Montrell Jackson is dead from Gavin Long’s bullet. Jackson is Black. And Long is Black. Long is a cold-blooded murderer who ambushed Jackson and several other police officers Sunday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Long killed two other cops and wounded a few others. It was a senseless, cowardly act. Long, 29, […]
If you’re African-American and planning a vacation, you may want to check out a hotel before booking Airbnb. Hosts on Airbnb haven’t exactly welcomed Black folks into their homes. Racial discrimination, according to a Harvard study, is rampant during online bookings, especially if hosts with Airbnb conclude that the folks who are booking are Black. […]
Jim Crow is back. The notion of a post-racial society after President Barack Obama was elected as the nation’s first black president has just been blown up: America’s public schools are re-segregating at an alarming rate. Decades of racial progress in public schools is now being erased, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report […]
