PinnedMember-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 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
2 days agoMember-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·6 days agoMember-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
6 days agoMember-onlyNina Kizuizi cha Mwandishi na NimechokaHello Writers, Readers… — Hapana, kwa kweli nadhani ni mpango wa Ponzi. Lakini nimepata pesa hapa. Nina hakika imedhamiriwa kuwa na wengi walipe wachache kama biashara yoyote iliyopotoka ya kibepari. Lakini napenda kuandika, kwa hivyo nitaandika hapa kwa muda mrefu zaidi. Ni aibu kwamba ni mengi ya mpango wa ponzi. Kulikuwa na uwezekano hapa…Money2 min readMoney2 min read
Mar 14A message from an African to Black America: You are Privileged, Enjoy it20619LoudMouth DairiesThis article is why Africans and the continent was conquered and colonized in the first place.This article is why Africans and the continent was conquered and colonized in the first place. No unity of purpose and cause. Divide and conquer, the greatest tool of the West. I am not taking the bait and attack this writer. Africans, no matter where they are, are not privileged…1 min read1 min read
Mar 14Member-onlyLetter to Angela BassettYou are still the best, Sista — After reading Rod Faulkner’s nice essay on your response to the Oscar snub, (see below) Angela Bassett Owes You Nothing The policing of Angela Bassett’s reaction to her Oscar loss is very telling — and par the course in Americarodfaulkner.medium.com I wrote the following response about you not winning an Oscar for your role in Wakanda Forever — She got a right to be hostile, her people are being persecuted….Entertainment2 min readEntertainment2 min read
Mar 14Angela Bassett Owes You Nothing3184Rod T. FaulknerShe got a right to be hostile, her people are being persecuted....She got a right to be hostile, her people are being persecuted.... I am sad for her. Also, I am sorry that she let it upset her. It is a club. A white club. They once didn't let Black people in that club. Overall, it don't mean jack to me…1 min read1 min read
