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MY ABORTION STORY

That time I paid for my girlfriend’s abortion…well, sorta

Jun 28, 2022

MY ABORTION STORY

Jun 28, 2022

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Eulogy For Rush

He was an inspiration, of sorts.

Feb 18, 2021

Eulogy For Rush

Feb 18, 2021

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Happy Colin Kaepernick Day

Tonight’s Game Will Be Neither Super Nor Seen By Me

Feb 8, 2021

Happy Colin Kaepernick Day

Feb 8, 2021

WHITENESS

The Privilege Of Being Entitled Yet Feeling Aggrieved

Jan 25, 2021

WHITENESS

Jan 25, 2021

This November Feels Like A March To Me

If Black Lives, Reproductive Freedom And Voter Suppression Matter, Don’t Just Vote Biden and Harris To The White House, Vote Democrats To…

Oct 15, 2020

This November Feels Like A March To Me

Oct 15, 2020

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Kamala Harris Means More to My Daughters Than Obama

The vice president affirms my daughters’ dreams in ways no man can

Aug 16, 2020

Kamala Harris Means More to My Daughters Than Obama

Aug 16, 2020

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Shame on You for Making Me Hide My Blackness

For a single day, I needed that sense of security

May 11, 2020

A multiple exposure photo of a Black man.

May 11, 2020

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Happy Birthday To My Daughters’ Daddy’s Dad

Despite Our Distance, That Day My Dad Taught Me A Lesson I’ll Never Forget

Apr 8, 2020

Happy Birthday To My Daughters’ Daddy’s Dad

Apr 8, 2020

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I Can’t Wait Till Sundae

White privilege isn’t only the caramel and chocolate and cream and cherry on top, it’s also the vanilla underneath.

Dec 2, 2019

I Can’t Wait Till Sundae

Dec 2, 2019

A Love Letter To My Soon To Be Born Granddaughter

Will she grow up to be an angry black woman? God, I hope so!

Jul 18, 2019

A Love Letter To My Soon To Be Born Granddaughter

Jul 18, 2019

To Biden, Civility To The Vile Is Not Only Necessary, It’s Virtuous

When I see Biden hug those who would rather hang me, I question whether I can hang with him.

Jun 24, 2019

To Biden, Civility To The Vile Is Not Only Necessary, It’s Virtuous

Jun 24, 2019

Election Mourning

November 23rd, 2016 as I recovered from November 8, 2016 or so I thought.

Jun 7, 2019

Election Mourning

Jun 7, 2019

Ho-Hum…Another Killer Cop Kills An Unarmed Black Woman

I am crying over the killing of Pamela Turner but why am I crying alone?

May 18, 2019

Ho-Hum…Another Killer Cop Kills An Unarmed Black Woman

May 18, 2019

Happy Mother’s Day To My Favorite President, Barack Obama

Mother’s Day makes me think of my mom, my wife, my daughters and the former president. But for very different reasons.

May 11, 2019

Happy Mother’s Day To My Favorite President, Barack Obama

May 11, 2019

Negro, Please! Stop With The Negro Pleas!

For every thing, there is a season. Owed or not, now is not the season for my reparation. It’s the season for Trump’s expiration.

May 4, 2019

Negro, Please! Stop With The Negro Pleas!

May 4, 2019

What Trump Taught My Daughter Better Than I Ever Could

My Daughter’s Evolution, My Country’s Devolution And The Lesson That Is Best Taught By A Racist President

Mar 9, 2019

What Trump Taught My Daughter Better Than I Ever Could

Mar 9, 2019

True or False: Black Lives Matter: A Pop Pop Pop Quiz

Pop quizzes can be easy. Especially when the questions are always the same. And the answers never change. They are as easy as filling in…

Feb 22, 2019

True or False: Black Lives Matter: A Pop Pop Pop Quiz

Feb 22, 2019

I’m No Patriot But I’m Twice The Patriot You Are, Donald

My country, tears for thee. Sweet land of diminished decency. For thee I weep.

Feb 13, 2019

I’m No Patriot But I’m Twice The Patriot You Are, Donald

Feb 13, 2019

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Two Days Ago, I Feared For My Life

I knew he had a gun. And a nightstick. And a badge.

Feb 11, 2019

Two Days Ago, I Feared For My Life

Feb 11, 2019

Sometimes My Black Life Matters

But more often than not, I wish it wouldn’t.

Feb 11, 2019

Sometimes My Black Life Matters

Feb 11, 2019

Arnold Mays Ragas

Arnold Mays Ragas

A husband. A father. A former member of the Georgia House of Representatives. A former judge. Now, an indigent defense attorney winning unwinnable trials.

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