What do You Have to Do to Be Called a Racist?

 So one has to wonder is a racist defined by his choice of words? Sure Justin Barnett did not participate in cross burnings or lynchings, but the use of this term is more than a poor word choice or an angry rant. We have a Boston cop who writes a fiery letter and refers to [...]

Rev. Ike the Godfather of Prosperity Gospel Is Gone to the Mansion in the Sky

 In the 1970s we were finally getting used to seeing blacks on television, but we had never seen anything like Rev. Ike. Ike was teaching prosperity gospel when Creflo Dollar and TD Jakes were trying to get senior prom dates. He was bold and brass and he made traditional black preachers very uncomfortable.” Reverend Ike [...]

Boston Cop Calls Henry Louis Gates a “Jungle Monkey” …So why Would We Doubt the Police?

Justin Barrett, a Boston cop sent an anonymous letter to the Boston Globe ranting about the media coverage of the Gates incident. In his letter he refered to the Harvard professor as a “jungle monkey”.  So why would people automatically trust the word of a Boston cop? Barrett has been put on administrative leave with [...]

Fox Network’s More to Love is a Big Disappointment

Last night More to Love premiered on Fox Network and it was a hot mess. American women who are overweight are punching bags for society. Case in point President Obama’s pick for Surgeon General has been criticized because of her weight. So last night instead of a celebration of full-figured women we are shown full-figured [...]

Fox News Allows Glenn Beck to Call the President a Racist

Fox News hates President Obama. It is a 24/7 news cycle of anti-Obama news stories. Glenn Beck had the audacity to call President Obama a racist. He went on to say the president has a “deep seated hatred for white people”. Even his cohorts on Fox News seemed taken aback at his assessment. Beck forgets [...]

Colin Powell Comments on the Gates Controversy and Relates His Own Racial Profiling Story on Larry King Live

We are going into the second week of the Gates controversy. Unless you live under a rock you have heard the facts of the case. Or shall I say the disputed facts. In this case the facts vary depending on whose telling them. Some say the President weighed into the controversy, but I contend he [...]

Does Anyone Really Want to have a National Conversation on Race?

The Henry Louis Gates controversy has rekindled the idea of having a national conversation on race. What does this mean? Will policy makers come together and say racism is wrong? We already know that. Will they say racial profiling is bad? We already know that. Will they say not all policemen are bad? Well we [...]

Morning Joe’s Mika Taking the Heat for Conversation on Race

This morning while watching the Morning Joe I was struck by how this Henry Louis Gates story will not go away. By now everyone knows the story. Black man arrested in his own home by white policemen, but the facts of the incident are still in dispute. The President has said the cops acted “stupidly” [...]

CNN Black in America 2 Celebrates Marriage

Last night was Part 2 of the CNN special Black in America 2. There were several stories that dealt with healthcare and media related issues. The special also examined black marriage and how marriage has also been permanently minimized in the black community, but they highlighted Nisa Muhammad who heads Wedded Bliss a foundation dedicated [...]

The Gates Incident Affirms the Need to Teach Our Black Sons to Comply with the Police

 The Henry Louis Gates controversy has caused America to re-visit the issue of racial profiling. When I initially read the article I thought it was a clear case, but I was surprised at the response of my husband. My husband is an Ivy League graduate and he said when the police give you an order [...]