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It appears that as the trial of George Zimmerman moves forward, more and more, a sizable number of Americans are starting to believe that he should have killed Trayvon Martin.  A new Rasmussen Report survey has found that only 24 percent of Americans believe that George Zimmerman should be found guilty of murder.  Also, 40 percent believe […]

You can imagine how quickly my jaw hit the floor when I saw the cover of Vibe Magazine, in which they featured pictures of the stars of Basketball Wives, The Real Housewives of Atlanta, and other reality shows, proclaiming them to be the “new role models.”  Chrissy Lampkin, Evelyn Lozada, Tamar Braxton and Kandi Burruss, for some […]

The unforgettable, yet unforgivable impact of America’s first gangsta rap group is the stuff of legend.  NWA is responsible for prophetic songs like “F*ck the Police,” which told the world about LAPD brutality before the Rodney King incident, but they are also responsible for injecting hip-hop with a dose of toxic violence from which it […]

This week, Fox News’ Geraldo Rivera got even more attention for his racially divisive thinking by picking on dead Black people. Appearing with Bill O’Reilly, another man who has attacked more Black people than any Neo-Nazi in America, Rivera decided to go into his “expert analysis” of the Trayvon Martin case.  Rivera, perhaps thinking that […]

I was just watching a video used as part of the performance in the “Up in Smoke Tour” with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem and Ice Cube. At the end of the video, Snoop has shot another black man who is taking his last breath, with blood coming out of his mouth. Snoop looks into […]

Some very strange things happened in my life this week. Things that turned my whole world upside down.  It was a time when wrong became right and the sun revolved around the moon in a counter-clockwise fashion.  It was a week when the “Basketball Wives” actually decided to act like they’ve got some damn sense […]

According to a new book, Michelle Obama was planning to walk away from her marriage with Barack Obama.  The possibility of divorce was so strong that the author claims that Michelle actually drew up the papers herself.  The new book, “The Amateur,” by Edward Klein goes into detail about the life of President Obama in […]

Let’s be clear:  Millions of Black women are deeply in love with President Obama.  They love the fact that Obama represents the powerful black man who remains dedicated to a black woman and raises beautiful black children.  They fantasize about him in a way that reminds us that love is completely blind:  Policy doesn’t usually […]

When NWA wrote “F*ck the Police” in the late 1980s, they were heavily criticized. At the time, the police brutality that they spoke of was a racial boogeyman that remained hidden due to the high cost of home video cameras.  Rodney King changed all that, and it let America know that the relationship between Black […]

The peculiar debate that has emerged within the black church since President Obama announced his support for gay marriage is intriguing, to say the least.  On one hand, you’ve got Rev. Al Sharpton and other pastors who are close to the president working hard to put out the political fire.  On the other hand, you’ve […]

After reading a peculiar article about the black church on CNN this morning, I admittedly had a moment of pause.  The article seems to imply that the lack of support for gay marriage within the black church is not only unsubstantiated, but further undermined because the bible being quoted is the same book used to […]

I have a confession to make:  I’ve never understood the vehement opposition that the black church has to gay marriage.  Don’t get me wrong, I understand what the bible has to say on the matter, but since when did every Christian live according to the bible?  I mean, seriously, would you take a lie detector […]