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
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
Race & Religion, a Rock & a Hard Place
Hello brothers and sisters. I would like to thank you for your readership, support and interest in my posts. I greatly appreciate your perspectives, beliefs and opinions. I love my people. They are what motivate me to research, write and share. I’ll gladly and respectfully debate any individual who contests statements that I make on … Read more
Taking BET to Task
Look. To begin, this isn’t a wrathful indignant attack on BET’s programming or how they “poison our people” by some overzealous Black righteous type. I’m pretty sure you can find enough of those on the internet. The programming on BET isn’t more ignorant, terribly done or shameful to people in general than the programming on … Read more
2012
What’s up guys! I know we’ve been gone for a while, but I was too busy celebrating Kwanzaa to really post much. Just kidding, but I have really been working to come up with ideas to expand the site a little. There are a lot of places I think we can go with what 40 … Read more
The Rise and Fall of Herman Cain
Look, I love Herman Cain. If not for anything else, than for the multitude of content that he gave us. I actually considered making a Herman Cain category on the blog. It’s that serious. The man is a freaking gold mine. From wondering if we should have some weird mixture of pride and hate towards … Read more
Occupied!: A Banker’s Perspective
**Editor’s note: this is our first guest blog in our Occupied! series. This is from a good friend of mine, @ColdSkrilla, who is a Spelman alumna and is in investment banking in Chicago. This is a bit different perspective for us, and I think it offers a lot of balance to the conversation. Remember, if … Read more
Take the Race Card Back
Let’s get this out of the way first. Ann Coulter looks like a horse. More specifically, Ann Coulter looks like Mr Ed Her face is longer than Kim K’s marriage. But I digress. Earlier this week, Ms. Coulter set off a bit of a firestorm earlier this week when she claimed that claims of sexual … Read more
