As Americans, we love to say that we’re a nation of laws. There’s an implication in that idea that we innately understand what’s right and what’s wrong and that we will do what’s right even and especially when it’s easier to do wrong. Except we’re not a nation of laws. We’re a nation of order. … Read more

The chorus grows louder across the United States for things to return to normal, aided no doubt by the inept, morally bankrupt rube that we call the president. Sadly, this Memorial Day weekend, article after article showed Americans across the country enjoying the unofficial kick-off to summer by doing all their normal long weekend, warm … Read more

We were supposed to stay home until the number of new COVID-related deaths declined for two weeks. During that two weeks, the federal government was supposed to enact a plan that would keep the people afloat and minimize economic damage. This could be done following one of the myriad plans available from various experts or … Read more

The idea of personal liberty in the United States is held tight by a whole bunch of folks, many of whom are way too proud of their guns and, ironically for such liberty-lovers, way too into controlling what other people do with their bodies and way too eager to lock people up in cages. But … Read more

Ever since our phones became video recording devices, we have seen images of Black people being beaten up and murdered. In the name of “awareness,” people—especially those of us who are white—continue sharing these videos across social media. People need to stop. Now. Why must we stop, you might wonder? When you click that “share” … Read more

Last week a video was released of Ahmaud Arbery being murdered in broad daylight. Arbery was killed on February 23, more than two months ago, and the release of this video alone immediately revealed the lies, corruption and cover-ups that usually come along with any examination of white people killing Black people in America. Within … Read more

Violent deaths of innocently minding-their-own-business Black people in America has become somewhat of a real-life version of the old Bill Murray film “Groundhog Day.” in which the main character relives the same day over and over. The plot: A Black person, almost always unarmed and typically innocent of any crime, is killed by either law … Read more

“To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.”- James Baldwin  The insidious reality about racism is that it never takes a break. Regardless of what is happening, racism never sits in the corner for a time out. It never takes a … Read more

Calling All White People, Part 44 (A periodic attempt to mobilize white people for something other than supporting just other melanin-deficient folks and maintaining a status quo of a nation geared toward whiteness as the baseline and the norm) By An Average White Guy TODAY’S EPISODE: White supremacy is truly pathetic rather than powerful [To … Read more

My father was a piano player. I was eight years old the first time I’d heard him play a song that captured my imagination. I begged him to teach me how to play it and he eventually relented. I was not an easy student. He explained where I needed to place my fingers on the … Read more