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Not Voting for Hillary Because You’re Petty? Get Over It
To all those people of color who call themselves progressives and are “Bernie or bust” supporters, I’m really going to need you to wipe your tears, get your life right and get this through your head: Brown people do not have the luxury of living under a Donald Trump presidency. And that means you do…
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Donald Trump Scared the Hell Out of My Wife
About an hour after Donald Trump ended his speech last night, I looked over at my wife. The look of disbelief was still on her face. It was a look I had not seen since the jury read the “Not guilty” verdict in the Trayvon Martin several years ago. I asked the obvious question, because…
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White Privilege Isn’t Tainting the Criminal-Justice System. It Is the Criminal-Justice System
A lot of people are saying that white privilege is rampant within the criminal-justice system. Let me correct that. White privilege is the criminal-justice system. And the recent case involving a privileged college student convicted of sexual assault with a whiny father is just one of many of white men getting the benefit of the…