Adapted from a chapter in Carl McRoy’s Black from the Past. Did you know Langston Hughes wrote his first published poem just after graduating high school . . . on the back of an envelope . . . in only … Continue reading Langston Hughes: Rivers from Eden to America
Which minority should we model? The Wampanoag, who taught the British to plant corn and other crops, saving them from starvation? The Iroquois whose democratic ways inspired Ben Franklin and others? The Cherokee of New Echota in Georgia, who formed … Continue reading Model Minority? Which Model Minority?
Add some color to your carols and learn about the stories behind the songs. Continue reading Dreaming of a Black Christmas, part 1: Chuck Berry & Rudolph’s Run
Add some color to your carols and learn a little about the stories behind the songs. Continue reading Dreaming of a Black Christmas, part 2: Ghetto Claus
Jump into my Hummer, where old spirituals take on new meaning. Continue reading Swing Low, Sweet Hummer EV
This Tweetology of semi-related statements about christian Nationalism and the Great Replacement Theory (GRT) are ready to cut, paste, and post. Continue reading A Tweetology of christian Nationalism
By Dr. Jerry Taylor *Adapted from Dr. Taylor’s dedicatory message at the opening of the Carl Spain Center on Race Studies and Spiritual Action With the blazing zeal of the prophet Amos, Dr. Carl Spain’s prophetic words left a major … Continue reading A Tribute to Dr. Carl Spain’s Prophetic Empathy
Carnal fasting He was running everywhere. He was running from home to school, running from school to his afterschool job, from his job back home. Running while wearing extra clothes, a sweatsuit under a sauna suit. Or was the sweatsuit … Continue reading Empathetic Fasting
. . . like it’s 1899! You might not have seen it coming. Weapons of mass distraction have been cloaking laws of disorder for decades. Now here we are in 2023, with regressive racial policies as blatant as when “Redeemers” … Continue reading Laws of Disorder: dehumanizing through dehistoricizing
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