To be real about resilience
I’ve listened to many keynote speakers, presenters and panelists talk about the importance of resiliency over the years for Blacks, […]
I’ve listened to many keynote speakers, presenters and panelists talk about the importance of resiliency over the years for Blacks, […]
Sorrow and incredulity rose in me as I watched a discussion recently on a local television show whose panelists discussed […]
Note: I posted this piece in 2009. It bears repeating because of the recent brouhaha over Beyonce’s blackness. It has […]
“This town needs an enema,” the Joker’s character played by Jack Nicholson says in a Batman movie. He was referring […]
Soul Food in Boston…not. A recent article in the Boston Globe, Savoring a healthier, revitalized soul food by Peggy Hernandez […]
“It’s got to be real. To be real. It’s got to be real.“ The chorus from Cheryl Lynn’s 1978 disco […]
I had originally hoped to post a poem a day during Poetry Month (April) which has officially ended although there’s […]
It is downright unfair to pick a couple of poems from a prolific poet to represent them. In each of […]
Clarence Major is a poet, novelist and painter. I have a tattered copy of Swallow the Lake, a volume of […]
One of the poets I love the most is Langston Hughes. I read his book, The Sweet Flypaper of Life, […]
I wonder if I should even bother with this post. After all, the Black men I know personally are positive […]
Reading obituaries on a regular basis introduces me to all sorts of people of local, national and international renown who […]
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander (Copyright 2010, 2012 by Michelle Alexander, […]
I have an old acquaintance who types all of his emails in capital letters. They all begin, GREETINGS, and they […]
Awards are given to recognize work above and beyond the call of duty, beyond the usual. Right? The Encarta Dictionary: […]
Having recently attended panels that convened some of the usual presenters for businesses owned by Black (and other people of […]
Social justice is the view that everyone deserves equal economic, political and social rights and opportunities. Social workers aim to […]
“I know you got soul, if you didn’t you wouldn’t be in here.” These lyrics by Bobby Byrd featuring James […]