I remember when chat rooms first became popular. I never joined one because that just didn’t seem to be my thing. However, once I joined MySpace, I slowly migrated over to Facebook then LinkedIn and once I hit Twitter, I was a social networking junkie. No, I don’t have thousands of friends because I hand [...]

During the Thanksgiving holiday, many of us take the opportunity to give thanks for all that we are grateful for.  I think this is great but my only problem with holidays are that they encourage people to do things on one day that they should be doing every day.  For example, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are [...]

In our society the debate over public health care continues because there are many that do not see the need for such a program and many more that are skeptical about its implementation. What amazes me is that most of the people who oppose the plans being presented not only have no viable alternatives to [...]

My high school reunion is coming up soon. I’m kinda nervous. I haven’t graduated from college yet, and I’m afraid they’re gonna look at me funny. Some of them will be married. Some will have plenty of money to take trips and vacations, buying expensive things. I’m still here, hoping this dream grows wings. And, [...]

“i kno u not comin at meh! u shud kno better den dat”
“ain tryna splurge on no real **** so it is wat it is…dey say da cheap **** getchu rt”
“The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me…”
“Yo’ ole father doan’ know yit what he’s a-gwyne to do. Sometimes he spec he’ll go [...]

“My aim is not to provide excuses for black behavior or to absolve blacks of personal responsibility. But when the new black conservatives accent black behavior and responsibility in such a way that the cultural realities of black people are ignored, they are playing a deceptive and dangerous intellectual game with the lives and fortunes [...]