To My 27 (Yes, 27) White Friends Who Recruited Me To Fight Their Battles For Them On Facebook:
We have a problem. Part of the problem we both see already: despite repeated evidence of actions towards unarmed blacks, from…
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Jul 6 2016
Feb 29 2016
The Age of Opinion Shaming (or, Why Conversations Fail These Days)
Whatever happened to standards? I’m not old by ANY stretch of the imagination, but this new trend of calling everything “shaming” has reached epic levels of annoyance, at least with me. The term “slut-shaming” is the single most bothersome term…
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Feb 29 2016
A Step(h) Above
Steph Curry’s shooting ability is ridiculous. So ridiculous, in fact, that he has delayed the release of a video game for confusion on high to rate his skill set. Think about that: his gameplay as of late has been so…
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Feb 9 2016
For Non-Colored Folks Who Considered Equality When Privilege Wasn’t Enough (or, I will not apologize for loving my culture)
Apparently, loving your culture and yourself is still something only white people can do in this country without being perceived as a threat. Exhibits B & C of this continuing trend of making white privileged-based thinking uncomfortable occurred this weekend…
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