“Precious Puritans,” a song written and performed by rap artist Propaganda, is drawing both criticism and praise from Christian leaders. While I am not a fan of the genre or in agreement with some of the language employed, I can appreciate his attempt to discuss the lack of confrontation regarding one’s allegience to race through an uncritical use of […]
Living the racialized life calls for twenty- four hour surveilance as there is always something being said or not said, being done or not done on the basis of race. All verbal and nonverbal communications, actions and reactions must be scrutinized for potential harm to us. We must always be ready to defend and thus, […]
I am utterly dumbfounded after reading the recent report of a Louisiana woman who accused three men of setting her on fire and writing racial slurs on her car. It was later determined that the “hatred” that twenty year old Sharmeka Moffitt experienced was self- inflicted. Did race make her do it?
Washington City Paper has decided to no longer refer to the D.C.’s NFL team as the Washington Redskins. Their new name? The Washington Pigskins. I think that it has a nice ring to it. What about you?