I’m so affected by racists throwing Black marriage statistics at me in my early life that today I notice nearly every Black father I see walking down the street with his child. I’ve even contemplated making a website called “Return of the Black Father,” where people can submit anonymous pictures of Black men fathering. Seeing … [Read more…]
When Kentaji Brown Jackson refused to define what a woman was, it perfectly illustrated my philosophy regarding mankind’s relationship to the world. That ongoing theme, a concept I live by, is, we humans are merely coping with the fact of life. We tend to regard ourselves as being more than simply a species amongst others, … [Read more…]
The media are in an uproar about the crime wave that isn’t. Over the last few months, news report after news report relentlessly tells America that robberies are increasing, indicating a “new wave of crime.” There isn’t a new crime wave, rather the actual “wave” is in societal concern and media reporting these wrongdoings. These … [Read more…]