“So, are you saying that you are voting for Obama because he’s black”?
In the year 2007, Barack Obama announced to America that he was running for president of the United States. Obama was not the first...
Blackface
Blackface was a form of theatrical makeup used predominantly by non-black performers to represent a black person. The practice gained...
Malcom X and Me
While discussing the Ballot and the Bullet in class, it seems as though many ideas called out to me. First thought was, I have never seen...
Dreadlocks and culture appropriation
This blog entry will be in response to an aspect of African American culture, dreadlocks, and to the appropriation of it in white...
War on Drugs
Let’s talk about the war on drugs, loosely coined. This post is going to be heavily statistic and fact based, and while that may seem a...
White Washing
A man asked me, in an argument last week, "what did Martin Luther King Jr. do?" The man asking this question was middle aged, he was...
4 Things You Heard While Growing Up Black
I think one of the special things about being black, specifically in America, is this seemingly one experience we all shared while we...
I Wonder if the Lighthouse Will Shine on Me?
To know me is to know how much I love God and how much I value my relationship with Him. I was fortunate and blessed enough to be raised...
This #BlackBoyJoy I Have
"Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.” – Carol Moseley-Braun I think...
Has Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream been Realized?
When you think of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States, one of the first people that comes to mind is Martin Luther King Jr....
