Published in Writers and Editors of Color Magazine·PinnedMember-onlyTabloid EugenicsTulsi Gabbard comparing Biden’s diversity policies to Hitler’s eugenics policy is just reckless and depraved — I did a rare thing this week. I responded to a Tweet. I am on Twitter less and less (I wasn’t on there much to begin with) these days. My response was to a tweet about former Congressperson Tulsi Gabbard’s statement on diversity and eugenics. Gabbard, who also ran for…Science4 min readScience4 min read
Published in The Brain is a Noodle·PinnedMember-onlyWe, Poets, We, LawyersThere are millions and we are all different — Roll Call — Reginald Dwayne Betts. Martin Espada. Monica Youn. Edgar Lee Masters. Lawrence Joseph. J.P. Howard. The list is long. Millions worldwide. Poets who are also lawyers. Lawyers who are also poets. It feels like it is not a fit but it is for me. Always fit. For many, like Evie Shockley…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Published in thenext100·PinnedMember-onlyDr. King’s “A Knock At Midnight”My favorite guided spiritual meditation — Many nights, I listen to guided meditations to fall asleep. It is how I am wired. A soft voice to put me in the present and to focus on nothing at all but the immediate. It is how to live. No worries about tomorrow, yesterday, or some bill to pay…Faith2 min readFaith2 min read
Published in AfroSapiophile·PinnedMember-onlyWho’s Afraid Of Critical Race Theory?White Supremacists, Of Course. — “Education leads to enlightenment. Enlightenment opens the way to empathy. Empathy foreshadows reform.” — Derrick Bell Way back in 1995, Derrick Bell, one of the key players in the Critical Race Theory movement, wrote about the attacks on the movement from many different ideological spectrums. This is back when CRT…Civil Rights9 min readCivil Rights9 min read
Published in Ordinary Doors·2 days agoMember-onlyWhat Is Your Favorite ‘Kool and the Gang’ Song?Do Post a comment below & tell us — — I was at a community discussion recently about high rents. You remember that guy: “The Rent Is Too Damned High.” Jimmy McMillan. No one listened to him. Now, it’s now. It’s real. Rent is way too high. He was real. Like, did you know there is not one county in…Social Justice3 min readSocial Justice3 min read
Published in Ordinary Doors·4 days agoMember-onlyKati Ni KashfaThe Autobiography of a worthless piece of writing…enjoy — Kati Ni Kashfa. Kati Ni Kashfa. Kati Ni Kashfa. Kati Ni Kashfa. Kati Ni Kashfa. Kati Ni Kashfa. Kati Ni Kashfa. Kati Ni Kashfa. Kati Ni Kashfa. Kati Ni Kashfa. Kati Ni Kashfa. Kati Ni Kashfa. Kati Ni Kashfa. Kati Ni Kashfa. Kati Ni Kashfa. Kati Ni Kashfa. Kati Ni…Sex3 min readSex3 min read
5 days agoMember-onlyWhat Do We Do About Capitalism That Is No Longer Capitalism?We need agitation now more than ever — Fake Capitalism The latest bank bailout of start up speculators to stop a panic spread at banks again reminds the larger public that today’s capitalism is not capitalism at all. This is a repeat of the bailout of 2008, 2002’s dot com bubble burst, and the rescue of savings and loan banks…Money4 min readMoney4 min read
Mar 22Member-onlyThe Invisible HandA friend’s part time job explains the new capitalism is evil — I have this friend who I am assisting with some legal matters. He has several. I am a lawyer so I can’t say much specifically but can only talk in generalities. My friend was working at a place part time to augment his income and it started out great. He…Science4 min readScience4 min read
Published in Writers and Editors of Color Magazine·Mar 21Member-onlyAfrican American Studies + Queer Studies = Real EducationLet us fight for the truth — “The great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us, are unconsciously controlled by it in many ways, and history is literally present in all that we do.” — James Baldwin If James Baldwin were alive today, I am sure he would be quite eloquent…Culture4 min readCulture4 min read
Published in Momentum·Mar 17Member-onlyMalcolm X Was A Black NationalistA critical analysis of the facts — Nationalism It has been stated over the years by liberals, some white supremacists, and integrationists that Malcolm X was not a Black nationalist when he was killed in 1965. I read it again on Medium recently. I have read it multiple times over the last few years. This is also the…History3 min readHistory3 min read
