It comes from the Department of Post- Racial America and is used to assure us that “race is a thing of the past.” It’s a clever video and certainly offers another way to look at the incidents of police- related deaths involving unarmed African American men and women against the hope of a post- racial […]
So, it’s not a bedtime story and it’s not a new story, which causes me to believe that somewhere and for some people it is true. I don’t think that you should tuck yourselves in with it and it certainly doesn’t warrant that warm glass a milk. Frankly, I never really understood this request. Still, […]
Many of us are waking up to the news of a shooting in Charleston at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. The shooter, a 21 year old man now identified as Dylann Roofer, actually attended the prayer service with his would- be victims before taking nine lives. One woman who survived the shooting spree said that […]
A recent Facebook posting by a fourth grade teacher in Texas or maybe I should say former teacher of Friendship Independent School District has set off a firestorm. Karen Fitzbiggons has said more than a mouthful in response to yet another example of police misconduct. This time it was in McKinney, Texas at a pool party. […]
Race Together is a new initiative and partnership between Starbucks and USA Today. They are hoping to get their customers talking about race. Race Together hopes to tackle racism through conversation and there is much to talk about with the recent death of an African American Mississippi man, Otis James Byrd, the alleged assault of a […]