Share Yesterday, while traveling on a bus, I found myself being the mediator of a heated argument that almost turned into a fight. The young black lady sitting next to me had been listening to music on her headphones, but it was so loud that she may as well have been playing it out loud. [...]
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Share Happy Martin Luther King day! I wrote a piece for The Guardian – “King dream meets Obama’s reality” - on Obama’s first year in office and what it means for Martin Luther King’s vision for America. The crux of the piece is that one person cannot singlehandedly change everything, particularly in the space of one [...]
Share This evening President Obama made his highly anticipated address to Congress. With the healthcare reform plan having come under so much fire in recent weeks, the president had a great deal of work to do tonight. He did a great job in clarifying his proposal and came out strong in setting out his vision [...]
Share I’ve been away on a hiatus… but I’m back in force. I must admit that I have been sucked into the abyss that is Twitter (follow me!) and am just dragging myself out. There really is something to be said for micro-blogging. In any case, I have still been writing. So here are some [...]
Share I have been accused of being an Obama butt-kisser. Apparently I am not critical enough of him. There have been some people, especially in the black community, who feel that it is their duty to criticize the president at every turn. This, they believe, keeps him ‘accountable’ and helps him to do his job [...]
Share I have a lot to say about Sotomayor and the whole ‘identity politics’ debate. Personally I think the whole ‘identity politics’ argument is BS and I wish her all the very best. For now, watch me debating the issue on CNN. A post on identity politics is to come… Embedded video from CNN [...]
Share I want to hear your views on these issues! Let me know your thoughts! Here are a few interesting articles/comment pieces that have come to my attention in the past couple of days… From the UK: The Guardian: “Don’t Leave Migration Policy to the BNP”. For those who don’t know, the BNP stands for [...]
Share Racial over-sensitivity? In this story, a company that made a special edition Obama doll which sprouted grass from its head (see picture) was shocked to find out that the doll has been pulled from the shelves at Walgreens stores in Chicago and Tampa after customers complained about it. Apparently some people thought that the grass [...]
