LOL. I have a causal buddy I’ve known for at least 10 years. We get together one or twice a year and grab a drink or he will drop by. I have no clue about his name. Once of those where someone tells you their name when you first meet, but you forgot and then everyone you see them it’s a “Hey, how’s it going?

Then just ask her.

Have you not considered Mother + first name. 

This is the thing. I have lived in such a building and I also pulled the door shut behind me. In fact, there was a sign from management, asking tenants to please pull the door shut and not simply allow it to close on its own.  If I was walking out and someone was walking towards the door, I still pulled it shut. If…

I agree. I’ve lived in a secure apartment building and I always pulled the door shut behind me even if there was someone standing there to get in. There were a few times that someone reached for the door, but I would pull in shut anyway unless I recognized you. However, there was no point in asking who they were…

Wonderful piece.

He should have contacted the authorities when the guys had been following him all day or either than or simply go back to his hotel. Bottom line, when you are in a foreign country, you do not take matters into your own hands. We can talk about fairness all day, but you have to be extra careful when outside of the US.

I would love to see Tituss Burgess in the role, but Disney won’t do it. They are too afraid that some of the church folk will get upset.

My big concern about civil rights in this country is that many of us have lost the ability to choose our battles wisely. People, choose your battles wisely. If we try to fight every battle, regardless of how small, we might wake up one day to realize we have lost the war. 

Just soap it up and rinse it out with warm water. That's what you are doing when you toss the washcloth into the washing machine.  

This is the thing; it’s not really important in the big scheme of things. Of course, it would be great to have more big budgeted film projects produced by and starting blacks. However, it is a nice to have; not a need. At the end of the day, even if there were a hundred more Black Panthers, how would it actually…

I’m not even sure that is true. There are tons of leaked photos of male celebrities, but no one seems to care. Most of the time it flies under the radar.  

That might be true, but that just a case of shooting the messenger. Just because someone doesn’t like the messenger, doesn’t necessarily make the message false.    

Victims are imperfect, yes, however, there are also going to be bad people in this world. That’s never going to change and it is up to the individual not to do stupid things that result in them being a victim. I think there appears to be a certain subculture developing, especially among upper class white women, who…

But Whoopi is correct. Despite all the privileges that come with celebrity, there are many things that they have to give up that everyday people do. It has happened enough now that they have to know that there is a good probability that the pics will get out. Even the average person has to be careful even though no…

Good piece. However, there are a couple of things that needs pointing out. First, sexuality and sexual orientation are not the same. More and more, people are using them interchangeably. Sexual orientation is define by which gender a person is attracted to (male, female, both, neither). It’s really not that complex.…

I think a lot of black gay people around the country would agree with you about pride events in many cities. That’s why blacks gays tend to have their own pride events. 

I will continue say this. There is no such thing as a gay or LGBTQ community. There are LGBTQ communities. In many cases, communities that don’t actually interact with each other all that often. Black gays, at least those in major cities, typically have their own pride events. I don’t know the proportion, but I have…

This is just crazy. Just yesterday when this story appeared on The Root, there were commenters calling the woman racists and blowing this way out of proportion. As for the celebrities not speaking out more strongly when their rabid get out of control, we need to remember, the main goal of celebrities on social media…

No, I think many of us have little to no knowledge of the history of slavery in the Caribbean and South America