Stephen A. Smith

Stephen A. Smith gets it wrong again with Ray Rice commentary

ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith has made a second career out of blaming the victim. Or perhaps, he’s too preoccupied with maintaining his “close, personal” friendship with so many notables in sports that he’s become incapable of calling out their nonsense.

Eric Garner, Negrophobia and tax-funded hate crimes

What happened to Eric Garner is indicative of what happens to many black people–particularly black males, but not exclusively–when interacting with law enforcement. More tellingly, it’s indicative of a deeper cultural and societal issue–one that is rooted in white supremacy and is part of the very fabric of the western world