Bigots used to say (maybe they still do), never give a Negro an inch or he’ll want a mile. They were talking about me. I hope any 'Black Panther' sequel is relevant to the lay of the land – the lay of this 2018 reality in America.
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Some 2016 Election Observations
This election has proven Donald Trump’s contention that he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and not lose any support.
Read More »Black Like Me
That their torments be many and can only be explained in the darkest Yiddish proverbs by the cruses of a thousand rabbis. That the imps of a far-distant abyss visit each of them, every other night, for all the rest of their lives to keep their eyes propped open and their minds restless through the night, so they awaken tired in Hellhelm where there is no mornings. And if this does not get them to change their evil ways – for them I further wish:
Read More »Theater Review (LA): To Be Young, Gifted and Black at Actors Co-op
The production is fine but the content is flat in this portrait of the groundbreaking playwright.
Read More »Nintendo DS Review: Pokemon Black: Version 2
As an improvement or upgrade upon the original, Version 2 succeeds but, as a true sequel, it may disappoint many long time players.
Read More »Book Review: The Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow
A story about a biracial girl who must learn to cope with society's ideas of race and class.
Read More »Movie Review: Runaway Slave – 2012 Style
“Martin had a dream. Jesse has a scheme.” – C.L. Bryant
Read More »A Fashion Dilemma: Is White the New Black?
If white is not the new black then maybe it is just the new white, and that seems to make it okay for anytime of the year.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: Posse (1993)
Mario “The Kiss of Death” Van Peebles strikes again with a half-assed attempt at honoring Black History.
Read More »Book Review: Black Sabbath FAQ by Martin Popoff
A true tell-all book about the one of the greatest names in rock.
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