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Killing in Self-Defense: You Better Be White
(The Root) — It doesn’t hurt to have a little white privilege on your side. If you can get it. And George Zimmerman got the most out of what privilege he had after being found not guilty in the murder of Florida teen Trayvon Martin. After the verdict, Zimmerman’s attorneys held a press conference, and…
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Death to All Panels
Operating on no coffee and five hours of sleep, I attempted to survive a three-and-a-half hour series of panels on new media during the Congressional Black Caucus’ annual conference and failed. It wasn’t for a lack of effort on the panel members’ part. Robert Townsend bounded around the room trying to sell me on his…
Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
