What is Juneteenth Really?
A meaningful and lasting holiday is rooted in and involves some sort of blood.
A meaningful and lasting holiday is rooted in and involves some sort of blood.
For the last seven years, I have arduously marched toward a bachelor’s degree, after restarting study in 2017, slowing in 2019, and finding new drive during the pandemic. One of my heroes looked at me through a YouTube window and said: “If you don’t like where your life is—FIX IT! Work sixty hours a week, …
I’ll Get To It Later And that’s what I told myself. Because, I DID intend to get to it later. The leak got worse. Going up there to look after it was going to be a task that would interrupt my fun on Saturday, my football game on Sunday. Or interrupt the other tasks that …
I have a new neighbor who is a salesman at a Cadillac dealership. He insists the new line of Cadillacs are solid buys so I have had a few conversations with him about getting me into a sedan or coup. I did express my concerns about the Cadillac being notorious for electrical problems, which …
Isn’t this the America YOU chose? As long as I can remember, there has been a common accusation of America being in the pocket of “The Jews”. From the black Muslim movement to the anti-banker complainers, to even the white conspiracy theorists, there have been ubiquitous allegations that America is controlled by “rich Jews”. It …
Watching Everyone Complain About the World They Wanted (Part II) Read More »
Isn’t This the World You Wanted? Over the years, I have humbly shut my mouth on varying topics, only to have actual events later prove I was on the right track. This latest mess with Israel and the Jewish diaspora is something I saw a LONG time ago. I am amazed that American Jews …
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Many of the problems that I hear people complain about, and that I have commented about, come from an avoidance of ‘the work’. This shirking of basic character (and personal responsibility) is at the root of more of society’s ills and people’s individual struggles than we all realize. To have a strong community, there …
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I’m angry with the extremely talented Robert Glasper. I expected better than this. Is it because the art form isn’t making enough money, so the strategy is to bring in this element? I hold him, among others, responsible. This is the work of a heretic. And for him to push during the show, in his between the musical pieces, audio lectures that all of this is ‘Black Culture’ is unacceptable.
I need this clarified. Last week, yet another person (who doesn’t really know me) has recommended that I watch the cable tv show, “Snowfall”. For the unfamiliar, the show is described by the FX network as “A young street entrepreneur, a Mexican wrestler, a CIA operative, a drug-running couple and other characters …
Black America is in a love affair with socialism. This same community intensely desires the power and independence of earned capital. These are contradictory affectations. Like a rebellious teenager who still lives in their parent’s home, Blacks in America are looking for support from a system they wish to be independent from, and New York …