As happy as I am that I’ve witnessed the election of a Black president, the struggle is FAR from being over! My primary concern and fear is that the number of people who were finally energized to actually go out and vote, will feel like their job is done and they can become complacent. […]
POLITICS/SOCIETY
I’ve been watching the Bush to Obama transition of power with a fairly close eye. I believe it has been one conducted in the spirit of progress and commitment to solving the issues that plague us, “the real Americans.”
Yet, there is one thing about this selection process that I just can’t get […]
OBAMA KILLS STEREOTYPES
A recent Los Angeles Times article asked if having Barack Obama in the White House would change negative stereotypes about black men. Well, I don’t think it will change a thing. Anyone who is prejudiced enough to believe that the majority of black men are dangerous, unintelligent, lazy, immoral and predisposed […]
Sometimes when you are in the midst of watching an historic event unfold, you don’t know what or how to feel. Such was the case for me as I watched the culmination of what was nothing short of miraculous: an African-American male became the 44th President of the United States.
As the build […]
The question has been out there for months. What will people watch when the election is over? Before I answer that question for myself, let me offer a suggestion to the Obama transition team. With all of the grim economic developments, consider creating a government rehab facility for those who have become addicted […]
By now, I am sure that you are aware of the fallout over the Nov. 4 election results that passed Proposition 8, an amendment to the state constitution to make marriage legal only between one man and one woman. And I have no doubt that many of you reading this op-ed were a part […]
“All the white people she has ever met needed, in one way or another, to be reassured, consoled, to have their consciences priced but not blasted; could not, could not afford to hear a truth which would shatter, irrevocably, their image of themselves. It is astonishing the lengths to which a person, or a […]
I know I’m on the late freight, everybody and their mother has weighed in on this historic election, but nonetheless, I couldn’t let this moment pass by without adding my ten cents (in this economy two cents ain’t worth what it used to be).
Lincoln once said, “Victory has many fathers.” Had he not […]
The right to marry does nothing to address the problems faced by both black gays and black straights.
I am a perfect example of why the fight against Proposition 8, which amends the state Constitution to ban same-sex marriage, failed to win black support.
I am black. I am a political activist who cares deeply about […]
The election of Barack Obama to the Presidency of the United States represents a major, attitudinal shift in America with regard to race. Bigotry and racism are still alive in our nation (on both the individual and institutional levels), but Obama’s victory proves that most Americans want to move past the divisive and oppressive […]