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
What Does it Mean to Be Suspicious?
Just today, my co-blogger fivefifths wrote eloquently about the nature of suspicion of Black men in the United States. What was most poignant about that post was that it raised many salient points about just what arouses suspicion of Black men in the minds of so many in this country. What about us is so … Read more
Judge not . . .
As a law student here in the District of Columbia, I am acutely aware of just how important the Justice System is to proper governance. We all expect that should we ever be haled into court, we will get a fair and impartial man or woman who will assess the case based on the relevant … Read more
Black Women: Heavier and Happier?
I’d like to begin by saying that the creation of this article is in no way meant to express my personal opinion on my ideal woman. That discussion is best left off the blog. This post is merely in response to the recently-published Washington Post article that coveys the results of a survey focused on … Read more
There’s a First Time for Everything
It’s taken me a while to throw my hat in the ring for this year’s Black Excellence Month series. At first I was trying to make a post out of whole cloth. I was wracking my brain on things to highlight about Black folk that wouldn’t be redundant and would pique you folks’ interest. Needless … Read more
Things Black Women Hate
This post was inspired, as many great things are these days, by a discussion that was had on my Twitter page. Let me set the record straight and tell you that I love Black Women. I also love women of other ethnicities, but Black Women the most. Thing is, Black Women have their quirks. Whether … Read more
1 Year
Well we made it. 40 Acres and a Cubicle is now one year old. A hundred and change posts later, we’re still here and going strong. And it’s thanks to everyone who’s ever read one of our posts. We really thank you guys for supporting, and we hope for another year of humor and discussion. … Read more
Red Tails
There are only so many chances we black folk get to play roles of significance in major Hollywood films. I know what you’re thinking: “But Blog-writer, I can’t help but watch Halle Berry in the role that made her career whenever it comes on TV. “BAPS” was my shit.” My response would be that I’m … Read more
Five things black folk should NOT put on the new Facebook
Social media was perhaps the defining element of the first ten years of the twentieth century. Facebook came along in 2004 and changed the game. Quickly displacing older sites like Black Planet [you remember it, you had one in middle school] and MySpace, right now it claims somewhere around 800 million users. That’s 800 million … Read more
[Clever Title Beginning with "If I . . . "]
If I were to write a blog post in response to Gene Marks’s blog post, then I’d be just like hundreds or even thousands of other bloggers out there, including one of my own blog co-authors, fivefifths. As if this topic hadn’t been commented-on to death at this point, we’ve seen new posts almost daily … Read more
