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  • CNN: Black Men and Mental Health

    Let me set the record straight.  I am an advocate for spiritual and mental well-being.  I will do anything in my power to help Black men look at themselves, recognize the spiritual and emotional potential, and create healthier lifestyles.  Ask ANY of my friends.  Last night CNN’S Black in America 2 touched on a very…

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  • Joe Jackson Wants to Put MJ's Kids on Tour

    First Joe Jackson promotes his new record label during the BET tribute to his deceased son Michael.  On Friday Joe Jackson told Good Morning America that his grandhildren, Paris and Blanket, have “talent” and could step into their dad’s footsteps. Now tabloid rumors are spreading that Joe’s trying to package Michael’s children as the Jackson…

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  • Grave Robbers in Chicago – What Next?

    So let me get this right.  Because this is some deep crazy and I need to be clear before I start my attack.  Four cemetery workers in Chicago, all African-American, dug up nearly 300 graves, dumped the remains and resold the plots?  And this isn’t any old cemetery either? This is Burr Oak, the resting…

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  • My Eulogy to the King of Pop

    A Eulogy for Michael. I never wrote to you as a kid.  I didn’t take the moment to stick a letter in the mail week after week like my cousin Mechell.  I was never pulled into the kitchen by my parents and sat down and told you would never respond to any of those letters. …

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  • Michael Jackson: Genius or Pariah?

    I woke up this morning feeling honest. I’m shocked by Michael Jackson’s death, yes. I’m numb and sad and anxious.  However, here’s the deeper truth:  Michael Jackson had not been part of my daily consciousness in years.  I removed him.  I removed his so-called ugly from my so-called clean mind.  The removal started when MJ…

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  • Michael Jackson: I'm Speechless

    The news is official. Michael Jackson is no longer with us. I’m shocked, anxious and shocked.  I actually need the night to absorb the news and have something clear to say.  However, I will leave you with this: Off the Wall is my all-time favorite Jackson single.  Off the Wall completely opened my door to…

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  • Post-Racial, Still Racial: Has Obama Really Helped?

    A recent poll conducted by CNN/Essence Magazine claims 55 percent of African Americans believe racial discrimination is still holding court in Obama’s America.  That’s up from the 38 percent during November’s election.  I don’t know about you and yourn, but brother here still feels the sting of daily discrimination, white liberal arrogance, conservative snobbery and…

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  • Martin Lawrence Makes a TV Comeback

    Martin Lawrence may be the saving grace of black TV, or not.  Yeah, I said “or not”.  Lawrence is in development with three projects for TV.  The first is an animated comedy loosely based on Lawrence’s pubescent years in D.C.  The other is a comedy based on the life of comedian Gary Owen.  It will…

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  • Michael Thomas Wins Impac Award But Questions Why

    Brooklyn writer Michael Thomas recently won the Impac Dublin International Literary Award. He was nominated for his novel Man Gone Down by the National Library Service of Barbados.  He also beat out Pulitzer-winner Junot Diaz, among others.  If you don’t know, Man Gone Down is this amazing, edgy piece of fiction that examines the life…

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  • What Blacks Can Learn From Iran

    I have to honest.  I envy the protestors in Iran.  I envy their relentlessness.  I envy their willingness to put their lives on the line for democracy even after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has recently warned against it.   I’m not advocating for violence or death, but I do feel black Americans can re-learn a thing or…

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