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This is not a poem As much as it is an open letter To the people I have lovedCOVID19 is making loss feel so acute. It has me thinking about love and how I may have loved you in this lifetime. Even now as I go through a divorce, no […]
On July 1, 1799 My Great Grandmother Trasie arrived on America’s shore from the country known today as Cameroon to be sold at the Charleston Slave Market at the age of 17 years old for $300 US Dollars. She was originally purchased by a White Woman Burnadette Martin, the wife […]
This comment is how I landed in twitter jail and the offensive word was “negro.” After receiving this notification I have to admit I had to look the word up. Despite my family’s extremely youthful DNA I am almost 50 years old. Negro is a respectful term that was […]
If you google the word “nigger” these are the first three items to pop up: a contemptuous term for a black or dark-skinned person. The word was first included in a Merriam-Webster dictionary in 1864, at which time it was […]
“First, it appears that the family which evolved within the isolated world of the Negro folk will become increasingly disorganized. Modern means of communication will break down the isolation of the world of black folk, and, as long as the bankrupt system of Southern agriculture exists, Negro families will […]
By 1947 employment in the steel industry had declined by 80 % since 1887. I heard this @NPR story on the radio and I had to give a quick snapshot of what I heard. When you compare steel industry to slavery, more specifically the business of American Blacks as a […]
U.C.L.A basketball players from left, Cody Riley, LiAngelo Ball and Jalen Hill. Lucy Nicholson/ Reuters I have heard a lot of commentary on these young men and the opinions expressed here are my own. My knee jerk reaction to initially hearing this story was their mama’s did not raise them […]
Bottom Line – Tyrese you owe women a sincere apology! Just to think this all started over dinner listening to a group of women tear down what they proudly called “#AintshitMen and said men are all stupid and will sleep with and marry damn near anything? Huh? I just […]
There seems to be a new attack to the feminine from the Transgender community, specifically with Transgender Men that are now “Women” that want to redefine the female anatomy in the name of equality and inclusiveness in feminism. My response to that is hell to the no, GTFOH! I […]
This week I read a beautifully written piece, “Inside the NFL’s Domestic Violence Punishment Problem,” written by Mary Pilon on mag.bleacherreport.com. As a survivor of domestic violence as a child and as an adult the personal stories of these NFL Wives resonated with me. As we prepare for the 51st […]