How I looked forward to Soul Train every week. My father would lay a sheet of plywood over the carpet so I could dance along with “dance instructors” Damita Jo and Don Campbell. Good times.

I knew a retired teacher from a tax-rich community that has the best of the best schools, and who continued to maintain a cache of school items in her basement that she periodically donated to several schools.

Ah, but Jezebel wasn’t godless! Jezebel was a Phoenician who worshiped many gods and goddesses, esp. Baal. Her husband, Ahab, who pulled away from the monotheism of Yahweh and tolerated Baal, had a temple to Baal built so she could worship her deities. Unlike the other foreign brides who assimilated to the Israelite…

This past year has been confusing and inexplicable. Conservatives back the ‘blue’ regardless of their actions. They’ll comb through decades of records to prove the victim got what they deserved in support of cops. Ok, I don’t agree, but if that’s where they stand, then...

Love me some Amber Ruffin! Her ability to smack wypipo upside their arrogant heads with her sweet, lilting voice makes her a GOAT. Gotta buy her and Lacey’s book, You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism.

Critical thinking. Now that in itself should be a required coarse. But it would require school systems’ personnel with amazing self-confidence.

Redlining! When an entire district is undervalued, property taxes drop. Can’t afford decent schools in these districts - and there’s a lot of them. I want to see a state ‘kitty’ for property taxes that is then split equally among the public schools.

It’s a well-known fact that it’s easier to manipulate dumb people than it is educated people in most instances. Reason why the church spoke Latin to their illiterate congregations back in the day. Reason why slave owners kept their slaves from learning how to read. Parents may want their children to receive the best…

Damn! That was close. Glad you caught it in time. 

Aye, unfortunately Teachers are held to a higher standard than just about any other profession in the country.

It was pretty dumb of him to email from his school account, especially since it’s these minor accidents that are the final nail in the coffin when they can’t otherwise be fired. But, it’s obvious by his tenor that he was emotionally reacting to this bullying nonsense rather than thinking clearly about which email…

Is Jones stating facts that Tramp did indeed do a couple good things for the Black community? Yes. But smearing butter cream frosting on a shit cake don’t make it edible. 

Being Indigenous on my paternal side, I know the symbolic and spiritual meanings of hair that differ between the nations. For a Native American, hair is an extension of self, so losing one’s hair would be devastating. For some Indigenous men, their long hair is a contemporary identity - a fuck you to the white men who…

According to this article, Wallen is 27, not 7 yrs old. If he doesn’t know right from wrong, especially after this past summer of protests, then chatting with him ain’t gonna help. He knows right from wrong and doesn’t give a crap. How many times is it necessary to repeat, it’s not the role of Blacks (or IPOC) to…

I’m routing for Mahomes, but he’s between a rock and hard place with Brady. If Tampa wins, he got beat by an old man. If Kansas wins, well, how much pride is in elder abuse? (Remy Ma any day!)

I haven’t bothered to learn exactly what anti-Semitic comments Cannon made because he used the term ‘illuminati’ and that’s just too dumb to continue. He got a pass from a rabbi, so who am I to rake him over the coals.

And, I’m agreeing with you. This absolutely was a poison pill for the GOP to raise hell about. The Dems know damn well that everything they bring to the table will be a source of contention with Republicans, so why poke them with a stick when they need them to sign on? The Dems don’t have a large enough majority to be…

No doubt serving in Afghanistan and Iraq only to return to the good ole racist USA unhinged him. But comparing his lack of contributions to solve “the problem” with monks is a bit off the mark.

To a racist, BIPOC are the bottom rung no matter their annual income or college degrees. In this instance, I think Kerr was referring to the ‘usual suspects’ that cops have to deal with, e.g. the petty crimes committed by the unemployed and low-income wage earners, assaults, rape, etc.

This is a terrible tragedy on so many levels. I can’t imagine being this altruistic while being forced to combat the systemic racism within the police force. I rarely use the term hero, but Deputy Clyde Kerr III was a hero who showed his courage by fulfilling his obligations to his community despite the heinous…