I CAN DO MORE
As Black History Month comes to a close for the 35th time I am left reinvigorated. The family and I went to Washington DC last week for four days to see the sights. It’s one of those things that I always wanted to do but like so many things in my childhood it was just [...]
Posted: February 28th, 2011 under AAD ON RACE.
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RANDOM? NOT HARDLY.
When I was a young man growing up in 90s Bed-Stuy Brooklyn there were certain things that I eventually grew accustomed to. There was the sound of gunshots in the night. Long hot summers where anything was possible, and violence was inevitable. Conversations that began with “Yo, did you hear about…” And being searched by [...]
Posted: October 24th, 2010 under AAD ON RACE.
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BLACK PARENTS, WHITE CHILDREN
I have several online buddies who are white and have adopted black children. I never think twice about that. Black children are overwhelmingly overrepresented in the child welfare system in general, and in foster care in particular, so I say give a kid in need a good family regardless of race. Children need parents who [...]
Posted: April 24th, 2009 under AAD ON RACE, ARTICLE COMMENTARY.
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HIGHER BUS FARES FOR THIS?
Today the boy and I went on a little outing to the bookstore. I was in the mood for some serious escapism in the form of classic Mr. King and Mr. Kellerman. Sometimes after reading a slave narrative or the life of Medgar Evers you just need something a lot less heavy. My son, a [...]
Posted: March 29th, 2009 under I JUST HAD TO MENTION, POLITICS, RANDOM.
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