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Alternate Universe for Real

May 23, 2017July 24, 2009 by shay subscriber

Back in 1995, a little movie came out that at the time seemed a tad far-fetched…imagine a world where Black folks were in the ruling class and well white folks by and large were not with maybe a few exceptions. White Man’s Burden at the time it was released seemed like some sort of fantasy…of …

And we wonder why we are still talking race in post-racial America

May 6, 2020July 20, 2009 by shay subscriber

If you are sensitive to discussions about race, do me and you a favor and just skip this post…I am talking race today and it might start feeling a smidge uncomfortable. What you are about to read is a column I wrote for a local publication that was rejected by my editor on the basis …