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*Say it with me: I can’t believe it’s already the holidays. Two weeks ago it was February. My neighborhood Rite-Aid has had Christmas decorations on the shelves since the end of September. And only twelve days into November, the Saturday afternoon bustle at Whole Foods felt suspiciously like folks making a run on turkey dinner [...]
*I remember years ago sitting in an enclosed patio of a New York City restaurant when a man came up and pressed his private parts against the window. Like a scene out of Sex in the City my girlfriend and I gave him the itty bitty sign and kept on eating. I was about 25 [...]
*Change is a cornerstone of life. Evolution, transformation, personal growth–at the very least, we’re all allowed a change of heart. That said, I never figured on hearing myself say some of the things I say today. Out of my mouth occasionally come the same words, phrases, mottos and mantras that I heard adults say when [...]
*On the evening news, I watched a segment about summer school. The benefit of classes year round, said the report, is that kids learn more in a shorter amount of time and thus leave the school system earlier. Summer school, it was said, keeps them out of trouble. The down side, said a therapist interviewed, [...]
*People magazine has posted part of an exclusive Father’s Day essay from President Barack Obama, which expresses how growing up without a dad made him want to be the best parent he could. An excerpt from the essay, available in its entirety this Friday on newsstands, is listed below: I grew up without a father [...]
*African Americans are on the way out. We are out of style, out of line and many of us are out of our minds. And I suggest that we go further out. Until there is nowhere left to go. It’s like learning to swim the hard way. You get thrown into the deep end of [...]
*On the news it was reported that researchers are getting closer to eradicating male pattern baldness. An experiment with proverbial lab mice had the bald ones growing hair just like those that grew hair naturally. My first thought: how unfair to those poor bald mice, to actually HAVE to grow hair. That’s how I feel [...]
*Dear Friends, As we come to the close of Black History Month, let us march into the future with boldness, determination and courage — honoring the sacrifices of our ancestors by fighting injustice, strengthening our families and communities, and using our intellect, discipline and industriousness to embrace the destiny of greatness which God has set [...]
*May 2007, Friday, noon in the hellish humidity of downtown Oklahoma City. In my hometown from Los Angeles for a funeral the day before, I am strolling an area of restaurants and bars called Bricktown when I spot her coming my way. Forty-something, about 5’7 and cinnamon hued, she is in a business suit, tastefully [...]
*The nation we live in is conflicted with itself. The conflict shows when we realize that the land was built on the backs of free African labor, while many so-called Americans hate both Africans and African Americans. The conflict also shows when we hear so-called Americans proclaim that America is a Christian nation, while many [...]
*Mo’Kelly did a triple-take when he read the following editorial…Opposed to Obamacare? Then You Must Be a Racist. Given it was published on a conservative website, it wasn’t hard to figure out the sarcasm and just what conclusion would be awaiting at the end of the column. In truth, the writer could’ve simply begun and [...]
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The Bridge: He Who Laughs…
*It has been said that he who laughs last, laughs best. When it comes to laughing at African Americans and ignorant Black comedy, we have to seriously ask ourselves: “Who’s laughing last? Who’s laughing best?” I’m not certain that it’s us. Let’s take, for example, Chris Rock’s famous quip: “There’s a difference between Black people [...]