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From Morehouse Collegeās Bookstore to My Gate at the Airport in Under 40 Minutes: An Atlanta Story
Letās just give you all the punchline first: Dear people who live in Atlanta, I made it from Morehouse Collegeās campus bookstore to my actual gate at Hartsfield-Jackson in under 40 minutes, while gassing up my rental car and dropping it off to the facility in between. Also, I have receipts to prove it. Seems…
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5 Black Men React to Netflix's When They See Us, Ava DuVernay's Series About the Central Park Five
On May 31, Netflix released the Ava DuVernay-helmed miniseries, When They See Us, which delves into the case of the Central Park Five, the five black and brown boys who were convicted in 1990 in both the media and the courtroom for a crime they didnāt commit. In 2002, they were exonerated after the actual…
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7 Black-Ass Things I Will Teach My Kids to Make Them HBCU Ready
My daughter is now 10 years old. This means in eight years sheāll be off to Spelman College in Atlanta to become the best she can be at the best HBCU in the country. I remember announcing on this here website that her mother was pregnant. Oh, how time flies. While my daughter can go…
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5 Ridiculous Types of People on an Airplane as You Wait to Deboard
I recently took a trip down to Atlanta for my nieceās high school graduation. Despite the amount of Red Bull I consume (does anybody else think the only reason flavored Red Bull exists is to mix with vodka?), I do not have wings. So I had to fly. There are times when I fly that…
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Sweet Home Alabama?
I have a complicated relationship with Alabama because Alabama is a complicated place. Though Iāve lived less time there than anywhere else in the world that could be considered home (fall of 1993 through spring 1997 and only two summers, ever), it is also the state where I went to high school and where my…
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That Time My Delivered Package Was Held Hostage and Exchanged for a Six Pack of Beer
Iām one of those people who live in a neighborhood where anytime I get an āout for deliveryā email/text/raven for any package that wonāt fit into my mailbox, I know it means itās time for me to head home. I will either receive the package personally or be present to witness it NOT being delivered…
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John Singleton Introduced Me to a World That Changed My Life
John Singleton passed Monday, April 29, 2019. After suffering a stroke that left him in a coma, his family ultimately decided to take him off life support. To say it was a life gone too soon is an understatement, especially for a figure who has had such a tremendous impact on the black community at…
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President Trump Is Personally Trying to Keep Fact Checkers Employed to Boost His Employment Numbers (Thatās a Lie)
Letās just get to the āThis Canāt Be Lifeā punchline first: According to the Washington Postās Fact Checker Database, a directory that keeps track of claims made by one President Donald J. Trump, in the 828 days since heās been in office (and as of April 27, 2019), Trump has made 10,011 false or misleading…
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Soon You Can Get a License Plate in Mississippi that Includes a State Flag Without the State's Racism
When confused philosopher king Kanye West rapped, āracismās still alive, they just be concealing it…ā on āNever Let Me Downā from his debut offering, The College Dropout, he was not talking about Mississippi. Or Alabama or South Carolina or, well, you get the point. Regarding Mississippi specifically, it is the last state in the union…
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Howard U's President Dropped a Statement About Walking Dogs On The Yard; Here's How It Reads In My Head
Washington, DC, is in the midst of a culture war between the new residents who want to mold the city into their own version of VanillaTown and the folks who didnāt ask for any of this shit but now have to defend their ways of life. Yes, weāre talking gentrification. From new residents of Chinatown…
