GLOBAL CONNECTIONS

BET AWARDS 2011: Bringing Back American Soul Music & Missing the Boat on Truly Representing Global Blackness

BET AWARDS 2011: Bringing Back American Soul Music & Missing the Boat on Truly Representing Global Blackness

As much as most people love to hate on BET or we, Black folks worldwide seem to have a love/hate realtionship with ourselves & those who we pay & are sanctioned to represent us in the world ; I…

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Thanks But No Thanks: Shirley Sherrod Refuses To Be A Crumb Snatcher for the USDA

Thanks But No Thanks: Shirley Sherrod Refuses To Be A Crumb Snatcher for the USDA

I applaud Ms. Shirley Sherrod on refusing the position given to her after she was used as yet another political pawn within a government that bi-partisanly puts politics before the service of its people. Ms. Sherrod decided not to…

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The Black Exclusion In Mainstream Fashion

The Black Exclusion In  Mainstream Fashion

I had to write this blog to give a different perspective of self responsibility and to shout it to Black people & people of color that our power & self worth is not determined by inclusion in the mainstream or…

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