Watershed Moment
As reported by Politico and other news outlets, according to Census reports for the first time in history, minority births outnumber those of white births. The significance is simple. More babies in Black, Hispanic, Asian, and other ethnic groups are now being born than White babies, and given the still-growing number of Hispanic immigrants, this … Read more
“The Announcement”
The past couple days have been pretty hectic in politics, especially in the arena of gay rights. First, Joe Biden expressed his support of gay marriage, then the controversial Amendment One was passed to the North Carolina State Constitution (prohibiting legal recognition of and special privileges for any relationship/union other than a marriage between a … Read more
True Grit[s]
Here at the Blog, we often discuss issues of great import to the Black community. We talk about the urge to assimilate. We ponder the imponderables of which Aunt Viv was the better Aunt Viv: the dark-skinned one, or the light-skinned one. Kobe v. Lebron. Jordan v. Kobe. All of these issues divide the writers … Read more
Finally Getting My Cubicle
This blog has a rather apropos name: 40 Acres and a Cubicle. In case you don’t get the reference, [read in case you're not the sharpest knife in the drawer] it refers to General Sherman’s Special Field Orders, Number 15. Issued on January 16th, 1865 – shortly after, I’m told, the birth of esteemed actor … Read more
The Brooklyn Nets Feed the Post
If you didn’t know yet, the New Jersey Nets have become the Brooklyn Nets and are embarking upon a slight rebranding campaign based in hip-hop imagery and a sleek Black & White frills-free design template allegedly designed by the (minority) boss himself, Jay-Z. Personally, I think it’s pretty cool. You got the home of hip-hop … Read more
Wake Up Mr. West!
Thanks for continued visits to the site even in our recent downturn in content. Turns out when you have a writing core of graduate students, things get kind of…..hectic around finals time. It’s been crazy because some of the BEST news items came across my desk when I was working on my thesis. This guy, … Read more
The Amazing Mr. Booker
At this point, the legend of Cory Booker is getting a bit far-fetched. This guy played D-1 Football at Stanford, studied at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, got his JD from Yale (where he set up legal clinics for poor Black folks and was a Big Brother), and at the age of 36 became the … Read more
Talk on “the Talk”
After the Trayvon Martin case came to national prominence, there was much discussion about the “Talk” that every Black boy gets from his mother or whomever that contains time-honored instructions to be successful as a young Black man and fly below the radar of majority stereotypes and racism. We talked about it here (proudly, may … Read more
Justice for Trayvon
In my opinion, there has been a disturbing trend in the discussion surrounding the killing of Trayvon Martin. What began as a call for the arrest of the assailant, George Zimmerman, has now become what I fear to be a modern day lynch mob. The first rumblings of the case outside Florida painted the picture … Read more
Rue This
The non-Trayvon Martin-related racial issue (I stopped writing about it for a while because the absolute clusterfuck of misinformation, stupid opinions, and racism out there on it is kind of irksome) of the moment is the controversy over the race of a fictional character in a movie. As you probably know, a lot of the … Read more
