With so much talk about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock for making a joke about his Wife, Jada Pinkett at the Oscars ceremony this year, most are simply taking sides and not seeing the great opportunity this mishaps gives Will. While I’m sure Will Smith sees his blunder, given the facts as they are, he … [Read more…]
I have several talents I choose not to exploit for profit. I’m a pretty good drummer. I’m a natural motivational speaker and I can breathe life into anyone’s inspirations. My knack for law enables me to beat cops and government authorities in the courtroom constantly. When people I know learn of these talents their first … [Read more…]
President Biden will nominate America’s first Black woman Supreme Court Justice. This opportunity will give us a chance to see America’s racism as it occurs. America was a racist country from its inception and is still racist enough to be very effective at hindering black people’s full participation in the American experience. Rather than work … [Read more…]
Many African Americans say “Barack Obama didn’t do anything for Black people.” This talking point reeks of a propaganda campaign rather than a view genuinely coming from the Black mindset. Given that we began in America as slaves, having a Black man take Western society’s highest seat of power means some degree of progress. Having … [Read more…]
It’s funny how in the face of a deadly disease, American citizens, the richest and smartest people in the world, cannot unify on how to best protect ourselves from a biological crisis. We are so socially inept and our social model subsists on such a high degree of superficiality, that we cannot produce the candor … [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…]
I learned a lot about myself when writing To Pimp a Nation. The thought of exposing my views to others shaped and refined many of those very views. Cultivating my beliefs for public scrutiny wrangled in a lot of incomplete notions in my mind I felt strongly about; it put them in check. I realized … [Read more…]
I don’t think America is going to get much benefit from the Bill Cosby release because the subject is so polarizing people close their ears, open their mouths and both sides of the debate go back to their corners declaring their view was “right.” With so much black support for Bill Cosby, much of America … [Read more…]
How Magic Words Evade Discomfort but Tear America Apart. A very effective tool for hiding truths is the “Evasion Label,” a tool that immediately ends constructive dialogue and puts the person seeking understanding on the defensive. Words like “racist,” “Anti-Semite” and “sexist” pit societal norms against curiosity and inquisitiveness. Being that society is more … [Read more…]
Disclaimer: More often than not Americans bury important subjects by exploiting generalizations that make it impossible to make points about groups if there exist exceptions within that group. “Black people have high crime rates,” “white people can’t dance.” Through mandatory absolutism one can bar a subject from discussion and thus stop exploration of unwanted subject … [Read more…]