Will the Confederate Flag Stay down in South Carolina?
The flag is down South Carolina. A black woman was about halfway up the more than 30-foot steel flagpole just after dawn Saturday when State Capitol police told her to come down. Instead, she continued...
View ArticleConfederate Flag Back up in time for White Supremacist Rally in South Carolina
The flag WAS down in South Carolina for about an hour. Hope of it staying down was dashed pretty quickly. It’s back up. As previously noted: A black woman was about halfway up the more than 30-foot...
View ArticleBiscuits and Ammo: Celebrating Independence with Bullets, Old Glory, and...
My family usually celebrates Independence Day by going to local events. Fireworks at the park, by the lake, or the recreation center. Its a blast. It has a Sarah Palin-esque”real America” small towny...
View ArticleSC Senate Votes to take the Confederate Flag Down, but Hurdles Still Exist
By a whopping vote of 37-3, the South Carolina State Senate approved the removal of the Confederate flag from the State House: Monday’s vote comes less than a week after the 15th anniversary of South...
View ArticleSouth Carolina Votes to Take Down the Flag, Marion County FL Votes to put it up
The South Carolina House just approved taking the flag down. Its coming down, for real this time (probably… as long as the Gov. doesn’t change her mind… again) The South Carolina House has approved...
View ArticleBaltimore PD no longer the Bane of Comissioner Batts Existence
Baltimore terminates its relationship with Commissioner Batts. He’s gone. He got the call Wednesday morning. The mayor, the union, and much of the city lost confidence in his ability to lead, realizing...
View ArticleWhy #BlackLivesMatter Should Matter To Humanists
One of the most frustrating things as a Black Man, a person of color who happens to be an atheist and humanist, is to hear the colorblind argument — especially from many of my secular friends. I want...
View ArticleStraight Outta Excuses: Where Dre’s apology falls short
– Straight Outta Compton topped over 100 million dollars this weekend. For a movie about a bunch of “underprivileged”, street-smart, gang affiliated hoods turned moguls, that ain’t bad. Part of me...
View ArticleThe Dishonest Self-Appeasement of “Not All Cops”
I’ve joined the popular (and sometimes funny) weekly radio show/podcast Dogma Debate w/David Smalley. It’s a show where we explore issues from religion, race, politics, etc., to current events. Not...
View ArticlePalin barks at Obama: Tells Black Lives Matter Dogs to heel
You’d almost call Sarah Palin and the Tea party tone deaf, but they seem to respond exceptionally well to dog whistles. In an address to the Tea Party this Wednesday, Tea Party favorite and Donald...
View ArticleYour Religion Doesn’t Absolve You From Parenting: Kaitlyn’s Story
Again. Another family fractured by religion, again. My heart sank as I listened to the story of Kaitlyn, a 19-year old put out by her Mormon parents for being- an atheist? I have children. I have a...
View ArticleWeeding a Hate Filled Garden with Humanism
Religion is a one of the greatest unifiers and dividers of humanity, yet in the context of hate, it only fuels a fraction of our propensity to abhor one another. History tells us that we don’t need...
View ArticleWhat it’s like being a Black Atheist at a Trump Rally
Terrifying, but for all the wrong reasons. I got the announcement for the event just a few days prior, “Make ‘Merica Great Again” was coming to Ft.Worth. Why not? The apprehension was stifling, I’d be...
View ArticleHow Trump’s Presidency Could Be the Quickest Way to a Functioning Democracy
With the polls showing Trump pulling further ahead of the Republican pack this Super Tuesday, the concern of a Trump nomination turns into to real fear of a Trump Presidency. But is the fear warranted?...
View Article10 reactions from around the world on a Trump Presidency
The Republican and Democratic National conventions are only a few months away and the world is beginning to scrutinize our choices for the highest seat in the land. A recurring theme from Trump...
View ArticleMasculinity Detox: 10 Lessons on Raising Independent Daughters
That noxious scent separating me from my daughters was my manhood, bursting with ego, and rotting with decay from an unknowable distance between us. I learned that the rules of masculinity once...
View Article10 Important Tips for the New Black Atheist
So you’re a new atheist, and you’re Black? Welcome! My name is Alix and I too, am a Black atheist. You’re not alone. In fact, we’re growing at a staggering pace, though you’re not necessarily seeing it...
View ArticleAdvent of the Seventh Day: The Fish and The Poisoned Fruit
Sparing me from the apple revealed to my peers the knowledge of unearned favoritism, further poisoning my stay amongst fellow Christians. My seventh day was far from restful, filled with the anxiety of...
View ArticleDebate Night at Hofstra: How the Candidates Performed on Race
This week’s episode of The Apprentice (Presidential Edition) sucked. We got to hear a screaming Donald desperately try to fire Hillary Clinton for a job she didn’t yet have, a moderator whose...
View ArticleWhat Ruby Bridges Can Teach Us About Racism 56 Years Later
On September 23rd, 2016, I met the little girl most identified with the fall of public school segregation. If you grew up after the seventies, you learned the story of Ruby Bridges. The evening was an...
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