Category: Blacks with Power

Some Doitall to be the Chief Rocka, and that’s certainly cool. But once you’ve established your position as one of the illest to rock a mic, what’s next? Once you prove you can move the…

Pledging is the answer for everyone, when that is the choice. No one wants hazing, right? But surely skating isn’t the answer either. Both skating and hazing have produced lackluster brothers and sisters incapable of…

Redemption: thanks be to God, it’s a possibility. I mean, if we’re stuck being the people we once were…if we’re stuck with the reputations we foolishly established, who of us could be good? Right? But,…

Confederate monuments have become a major topic of discussion lately. Some people want to see them come down. Others want to see them stay up. What is the best way forward? I’ve always thought the…

Colin Kaepernick is effectively banned from the NFL – not for criminal activity…not for domestic violence…not even for dog fighting or performance enhancement drugs. Kaepernick is banned for having a conscience and resolving to be more…

Training effectively is the key to being on the top of your game. And, with the racist White Supremacist terror of the past week, I think it’s become clear that we have to change course…we…

“The Real” is a daytime talkshow similar to the View, but features a cast that is all women of color. Shows like this are powerful in shaping popular culture and the discussions that we have in…

Ain’t no reason or explanation for a Black Republican… That’s what many of “us” would say. And as a result, Black Republicans spend their time defending themselves for being Republican rather than sharing how they…

Lee Merritt, the rapper turned poet and Civil Rights Attorney is on the front lines with those being wounded in the struggle for the mattering of Black lives. Marlin Gipson, Jordan Edwards, Jacqueline Craig and…