Barracoon – Know Thyself – #AmericanDOS

OLUALE KOSSOLO  Reading Zora Neale Hurston’s Barracoon is a life altering experience. I do not know if you can read this cultural diamond and not be both wounded and wrapped in a healing salve at the same time. The narrative of Oluale Kossolo’s life known by the American Tongue as […]

The American Presidency and The Negro – Part 1

  “First, it appears that the family which evolved within the isolated world of the Negro folk will become increasingly disorganized. Modern means of communication will break down the isolation of the world of black folk, and, as long as the bankrupt system of Southern agriculture exists, Negro families will […]

Speak on UCLA 3

U.C.L.A basketball players from left, Cody Riley, LiAngelo Ball and Jalen Hill. Lucy Nicholson/ Reuters

U.C.L.A basketball players from left, Cody Riley, LiAngelo Ball and Jalen Hill. Lucy Nicholson/ Reuters I have heard a lot of commentary on these young men and the opinions expressed here are my own.  My knee jerk reaction to initially hearing this story was their mama’s did not raise them […]

The Masculine Influence of Transgender Women to the Detriment of the Female

  There seems to be a new attack to the feminine from the Transgender community, specifically with Transgender Men that are now “Women” that want to redefine the female anatomy in the name of equality and inclusiveness in feminism. My response to that is hell to the no, GTFOH! I […]

“New Deal for Black America”

Congresswoman Karen Bass wrote an article in the Thursday, January 12, 2017 edition of the L.A. Watts Times, the issue released the weekend preceding Martin Luther King Day. I stumbled upon this paper at the Wingstop located on Crenshaw and Coliseum in Los Angeles one night that I wanted some […]

Open Letter to My 2016 Elected Officials

President Elect Donald Trump US Senator Kama D. Harris US Representative Karen Bass CA State Assembly Member Sebastian Ridley-Thomas LA County Superior Court Judge Debra R. Archuleta LA County Superior Court Judge Efrain M. Aceves LA County Superior Court Judge Susan J. Townsend LA County Superior Court Judge Kin L. […]