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July 2016

July 08, 2016

Midnight in Dallas: What’s going on?

Mother, mother There's too many of you crying Brother, brother, brother There's far too many...

February 2016

February 16, 2016

A Half Century of Being Black in America: A letter to my children

My babies: Today, I turn 50 years old. I have just come from turning off...

October 2015

October 27, 2015

No You Can’t: Rules for White People and Halloween Parties (and Other Social Engagements)

While everyone has the freedom of speech, no one has the freedom from the consequences...

August 2015

August 31, 2015

Hurricane Katrina: The Day that Uncle Sam Died

For all my bluster of critical scholar this and critical scholar that, I am a...

June 2015

June 08, 2015

Waffle House and the McKinney Police: A Runaway writes home

"I do know this. It's the things we run from that hurt us the most."...

September 2014

September 23, 2014

Sorry Mrs. Rice, We Just Don’t Care: Hypocrisy and Domestic Violence

Dear Mrs. Rice: I thought I would write to tell you how sorry I am...

February 2014

February 10, 2014

No Offense: Hating Black History Month

I’ve written this blog about 4 times. Yet each time at its end,  I hit...

August 2013

August 25, 2013

A Dream Deferred: Christopher,Terrell, Trayvon and the Outrage of Silence

He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps...

July 2013

July 12, 2013

Florida Juice: Thoughts Before the Trayvon Verdict

One of the best things about being in Europe the last month and a half...

June 2013

June 26, 2013

Saying Grace: Paula Deen, Progressives, and Race

I am sure that it had to be hard for them. After all, it was...

November 2012

November 04, 2012

Unchecked: Why you should vote for Obama and why I won’t

I am a daughter of the American South. My family story is like many African...

October 2012

October 23, 2012

Me, Myself, and I: Sorting through the issues of Campaign 2012

For four years, I have been in a silent war. While not fought with ‘horses...

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