While the risk of sustaining a concussion and the cost of ensuring player safety may affect football participation, it will not affect its popularity. There is a strong possibility that middle class and more affluent families will direct their sons
“They can’t treat us like second class citizens, hunt and gun down our Black children in the streets and expect to get our money too! I don’t support anyone who doesn’t support or care about my people.” –Imani Williams From
As a seventh grader at George Washington Carver Middle School, I was more concerned with getting the attention of Rhonda Butler, Audrey Richardson or Pam Wyatt than participating in a class discussion about To Kill a Mockingbird. And like most
Educators are not raceless, genderless instruments conveying knowledge to raceless, genderless pupils; educators bring their culture, personality and life experiences to the classroom every day, as do their pupils. In fact, the most effective educators incorporate all aspects of their
“I go to the cemetery twice or three times a week just to feel close to him. I am angry everyday. I am always asking God, ‘Why, why, why, why my son?” –Ebonie Martin, mother of Deonte Hoard The Black
The Sunday mornings of my childhood were filled with the sounds of Mahalia Jackson, Andrae Crouch and The Winans. That soundtrack was the preparation for a day of worship at the Delray Beach Church of God. It was on those
A new America was born the evening of Nov. 4, 2008, when Senator Barack Obama won the presidential election. That evening changed the American political narrative to the degree that history books should use B.O. and A.O. to designate all
“We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality.” –Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. There were so many celebratory topics about which I wanted to write. I wanted to
As an African American living in a supposedly post-racial America, I have grown accustomed to the following life cycle: injustice, grief and expected forgiveness. No matter how egregious the offenses against AfricanAmericans are, White America will only tolerate a brief
Jim Crow South continues to haunt Black Americans Thirty-five years ago, I was quite the mischievous second-grader. At the time, dropping eggs from my third-floor classroom on passersby below did not seem like such a bad idea to me, but
“I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me … When they approach me they see only my surroundings, themselves or figments of their imagination, indeed, everything and anything except me.” – Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man Those words
It is safe to assume that most Black artists have grown accustomed to their work being disregarded by mainstream awards organizations, but very few, if any, awards organizations have shown a greater disdain for Black creativity than the Academy of
At the ages of three and two respectively, Maya and Emri are still oblivious to the curiosity and judgment-filled stares they receive when in public with their mothers. What is the reason for such scrutiny? The answer is simple: Maya
