Black Excellence: Mammy
I’ll be honest, when I got to work this morning I had no idea that it was the last day of Black History Month. It wasn’t until my coworker came up to my desk at 5 o’ clock and said, “Happy Leap Day!” that I realized that it was the last day of the longest … Read more
Excellence Unveiled
The United States is one of the most diverse countries in the world. If you walk into a random stranger on the street, they’re likely to have religious, political, and social beliefs that are different from yours. It’s the norm here in America, but there are many places in which perspectives get pretty homogeneous. But even with the … Read more
Half a Mile From Heaven
Today’s #BlackExcellenceMonth post will be a special one. Since I know everyone is all worked up over Valentine’s Day (Michelle O hasn’t yet responded to my request for her to be my Valentine that I put in in ’09 but it’s just a matter of time), I wanted to give you guys something special. One … Read more
Jesse Owens: Marvelous Colored American
Black Excellence is everywhere around us folks. It exists today, and it has existed in the past. Far too often, we forget just how tough it was for our Excellence to shine through in days-gone-by. For every star athlete you see swagging today, in reality TV and on ESPN, there were so many more that … Read more
Cold World
In celebration of Black Excellence Month, some of my crew and I went on a snowboarding trip to the location of a U.S. Civil War Union victory. Of course it wasn’t advertised as such, the pamphlet just said The Smokey Mountains. I was extremely excited to shred some fresh powder with my people, destroying stereotypes … Read more
The Train
Since today is Hump Day and in light of the recent news of the sad passing of Don Cornelius (now officially ruled a suicide), I wanted to do something a little different for today’s #BlackExcellenceMonth post. I had another 1000 word post in the works but I figured today I’d just give you some of … Read more
The Freedmen’s Epistles
In today’s #BlackExcellenceMonth post, I bring something both old and new that’s pretty exciting to me. Letters from a former slave, Jourdon Anderson, to his master have been circulating around the internets for a few days and they struck me as pretty amazing. If you haven’t seen it, I hate taking up so much text … Read more
A Disdain for Black History Month?
I was talking to my mother on the phone yesterday. She lives in New England and she was recalling all of the times that she’s had to shovel her way out of the house to get to work this year. While I listened, I made sure not to gloat over the fact that it has … Read more
Black Excellence Month
It’s Black History Month. And you know what that means. School reports on your favorite Black somebody, or if you’re White, Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks. This is the month where we get to celebrate the entire centuries-long legacy and history of our race via specials from McDonald’s and Very Special “Soul Food” cafeteria … Read more
Happy White History Year!
Black History Month, we hardly knew ye. Perhaps it’s because you’re the shortest month of the year. Perhaps it’s because some people purposefully “celebrate” it in the whole wrong month. Regardless, in our celebration of our rich history stuffed into an action-packed 28 days highlighted by McDonald’s commercials, Oscar snubs, and countless elementary school projects … Read more
