In honor of World AIDS Day on December 1, 2008, Urban Thought Collective brings you a thought provoking series of excerpts from Gil Robertson’s bestselling collection of essays, “Not in My Family: AIDS in the African American Community.”
I know the face of AIDS. I have touched it, kissed it, comforted it, listened to its [...]
HEALTH/MEMOIR
Catch up on part one here
I remember being taken back by the intense sunlight. We all know that jolt you feel when you first wake up to bright light. This was a brilliant, sunny day. Not a cloud in the sky. My friend was on his way to shoot a commercial in central park and [...]
I’m taking a break. No election coverage. No thoughts on the fall television season, the NFL or the upcoming MLB playoffs.
Today I’m remembering September 11, 2001.
I was invited to play in the John Starks celebrity golf tournament. John flew me in from Los Angeles to Long Island, first class, on American Airlines. That night, I [...]
Someone once said that “all good things must come to an end.” Sad, but true.
UTC, I have had the opportunity to do so much while spending my summer here in California. I have been to a couple of parties, one in Compton, one in Hollywood. I’ve been to some nice restaurants, met [...]
I’m not always so fortunate as to get the Hertz car with the Sirius Satellite radio in it during my travels. I have to do as the locals do most of the time, and see what I can find on the FM dial. In some places, you’re actually lucky if there is an [...]