One year ago today Barack Hussein Obama stepped in the presidential spotlight and extinguished racism forever, amen.  One year ago the memory of American slavery was erased, field hollers and spirituals were considered obscene, and white people stepped into the role of the new black—urban, hip and the only authentic interpreter of that old throwback…

The November issue of Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine released harrowing findings from a 30-year study: 90 percent of African-American children will be on food stamps at some point. The recent recession could force those percentages higher.  AP medical reporter Lindsey Tanner digs a little deeper about the findings and reports: “The estimate comes…

I’ve always been intrigued by adults who never leave their parents’ home.  There was something mysterious about that extra room in a friend’s basement where some 30 year-old son was living and eating up their momma’s grits and eggs.  I wasn’t old enough to appreciate any type of economic/emotional disability associated with these dead beat…

Will someone explain why dozens of teenagers watched a 15 year-old Richmond, California high schooler get gang-raped?  After you explain that, then explain why there appears to be some new fascination with the cultural tradition of watching (and egging on) violent acts.  Honestly, what’s the answer to this lunacy? Less fast food? Internet access? Grand…

New York City Coalition for Reason, an organization that works to increase awareness about the secular-minded, starts an atheist ad campaign in the NYC subways today.  Uh oh.  Hold on to your faith and your grandmomma’s Good Book.  The ad reads:  A Million New Yorkers Are Good Without God.  Are You?  That’s certainly a catchy…

Writer/blogger Ta-Nehisi Coates reminded me of an interesting cyber-discussion happening right now over at New Geography.  And you know I love a good cyber-chat to fill up my think tank before the weekend.  If you don’t know already, writer Aaron M. Renn scribed a great piece called “The White City”.  It examines the rise in…

Let me just jump right into it:  a Facebook friend posted an update that read Malcolm is Bisexual. Get Over It.  After I blinked and then squinted, I clicked on the link and I was directed to the Guardian where Peter Tatchell wrote a piece about Malcolm and the “history of his same-sex relations”.  You…

I know that Halloween is upon us.  Folks are flocking to every costume store looking for the most outlandish Obama mask, Michelle Obama mask, or Balloon Boy Puking on GMA mask.  Hey, this year I might just get crazy and pull out my Black-Man-Thinking-Deeply-When-Warned-Not-To mask and stir up some good old-fashioned trouble.  I may even…

On Friday Ta-Nehisi Coates over at the Atlantic dug up Queen Latifah’s SNL Excedrin for Racial Tension clip.  That popular faux commercial about the nagging pain that accompanies curiosity-driven whites.  Don’t act like you don’t know what I’m talking about.  Those “can I touch your hair?” “do you wash your hair?” “where can I get…

Justice Keith Bardwell of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana doesn’t believe in race-mixing. Don’t get it twisted, he likes black folks.  He has piles and piles of them. He even lets them use his bathroom where one of his likable black folks could easily leave some residue black on the toilet seat.  That’s saying a lot.  I…