As we all know by now, president Obama has officially come out of the closet with his support of gay marriage. Never mind the fact that he has openly gay individuals in his administration. This post is specifically for my Christian friends who voted for Obama. Today, I’m going to remind you of some of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This picture accurately portrays a mindset I encounter from time to time. There are some people out there who from a mentality standpoint have never left the slave ship and want you to stay chained to it as well.
Just recently I predicted that the mob was going to throw Trayvon’s mom under the bus for suggesting that the shooting of HER son (please note that) may have been an accident. All over the net, folks were cussing her out and disrespecting her all in the name of “justice” (Pronounced: Just-US). Here is just […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Recently, the website theroot.com posted a slideshow of 17 Black men across the country who were also killed while being unarmed. Just as I have said repeatedly in the Trayvon Martin case, we do need to get to the bottom of all of those cases.
Have you swiped your Black card lately? You might be surprised of the value.
For those of us old enough to remember all the drama surrounding the OJ Simpson trial, do you remember when Time magazine stepped into the arena of “colorized” journalism?
This morning I read took the time to read your very moving and personal account of how Black males in this country are oftentimes put under a special microscope because of the color of their skin and oftentimes, just the type of clothing they wear. As a Black male myself, I can personally attest to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When someone feels the need to question your “Blackness” anytime you disagree with them on
People complain all the time that the media is racist, and sites not
Posted on my Facebook page. By now most of us know of the tragic story of young Trayvon Martin who was shot for simply looking suspicious. According to the story, Martin was simply walking home from the local corner store when he
The other night, my son sent me a very long text message apologizing for something he did. He was not prompted by his mother or anybody else. Two things he said in his text just simply blew me away.
I love my people every day of the week and twice on Sunday. But man, I just have to sometimes go somewhere and really pray. On this site I have talked about being
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Reminds me of a Church I Know
by Duane on May 16th, 2012 at 10:40 am“I was reminded that it is my obligation not only as an elected official in a pluralistic society, but also as a Christian, to remain open to the possibility that my unwillingness to support gay marriage is misguided,” Obama wrote in his recent memoir, The Audacity of Hope.