The question I’m about to ask might raise a few eyebrows. Here it is: When it comes to issues of race, should we censor ourselves when speaking to those outside of our race?       Let’s start with record-breaking Olympic sprinter Michael Johnson. Johnson, now a commentator for the BBC, recently said: "Difficult as it […]

Stephanie Robinson Comments on whether or not our community should censor ourselves when speaking to those outside of our race using the Johnson,  Freeman, and Rock comments.

Stephanie Robinson  talks about the pastor or pimp test that Dr. Donald H. Matthews has come up with on TJMS.

‘Tis the season to be feisty as election year politics are in full swing.       Last week, a Republican-led congressional committee voted 23-17 to recommend holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for withholding documents on a controversial gun scheme known as Operation Fast and Furious.     Operation Fast and Furious was […]

‘Tis the season to be feisty as election year politics are in full swing.       Last week, a Republican-led congressional committee voted 23-17 to recommend holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for withholding documents on a controversial gun scheme known as Operation Fast and Furious.     Operation Fast and Furious was […]

Stephanie Robinson  joins TJMS to talk about the concept of black people  hurting their ownselves with actions  we decide to do. Whether it is fighting in clubs like Chris Brown and Drake or purchasing clothes like the shackle shoes even with the underlying racism.

You know, I’d be lying if I didn’t admit to sometimes asking the question, “Are we our own worst enemy?”       I’ve recently seen a number of headlines that have had me wondering, again, “Are we, black people, our own worst enemy?”       Cases in point: First, there was this nonsense with that […]

Stephanie Robinson discusses punishment that does not fit the crime. Using the graduation incidents in OH and SC and the firings in Oklahoma as examples of unjust punishments,

A 14-year-old boy was eating pizza with his sister in a neighborhood in northern Chicago when a man fired shots into the pizzeria, hitting the teen in the head and killing him. The night before, a 33-year old man was shot near a holiday party in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago as partygoers ran […]

A 14-year-old boy was eating pizza with his sister in a neighborhood in northern Chicago when a man fired shots into the pizzeria, hitting the teen in the head and killing him. The night before, a 33-year old man was shot near a holiday party in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago as partygoers ran […]

Guest Blog

This week, I’m going to talk about a subject most of us try to avoid: death. Now before everyone starts groaning, allow me to explain. There were two fascinating stories in the news this past week involving death that you may have heard about. First, there was the man in Luxor, Egypt pronounced dead at […]

Tom, next year, for the performances on the Fantastic Voyage Cruise, why don’t you book Michael Jackson, James Brown, Aaliyah, Levert, Whitney Houston and Tupac? Now for those of you scratching your heads and saying, “What in the world is Stephanie talking about today?”, you must have missed the news this week about the popular […]