Society
Happy Martin Luther King Day and why we must keep on dreaming
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 year. We [...]
The haves and the have nots
Last week, while I was on Reverend Al Sharpton’s radio show, I got into a discussion, both on-air and off-air about whether or not there will always be ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’ in society/the world. I was discussing why that notion is so ingrained and believed to be just the way it is and what [...]
Opinions, opinions, opinions: what’s the point of them?
Recently, I have been thinking a lot about my role as a writer particularly when it comes to commentary and op-ed writing. I am always asking myself if my writing is part of a solution, or part of the problem – the “problem” being a society in which everyone has something to say, but few [...]
What happened to politics for the people?
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 and [...]
R.I.P. Michael Jackson
I haven’t posted for a while… but I couldn’t not post today. Michael Jackson’s impact will probably only really hit home now, posthumously. But this is the man who was the first ever black person to be played on MTV, in the days when MTV wouldn’t play black music. This is the man who made [...]
How to hold Obama accountable
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 properly. Except [...]
Sonia Sotomayor: How can you judge her when you don’t know what she said?
In life, the context is decisive. That is, things only truly make sense based on the context within which they are said. If you don’t know the context to something you cannot accurately understand it. It’s really that simple.
People are still banging on about Sonia Sotomayor’s comments infering that she is biased/prejudiced/racist for saying that [...]
Black Abortion: is it genocide?
African-American women are disproportionately more likely to have an abortion than any other racial group. While abortion among white women constitutes around 10 in 1000 cases, with black women it’s around 50 in 1000.
With centres like Planned Parenthood moving into urban areas and focusing more on African-Americans, some have claimed that this is a form [...]
Why is racism still thriving in sports in Europe?
Yet again racism rears its ugly head in the world of European sports as a Spanish a man in black face appeared to be imitating Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton at the Grand Prix in Spain.
This has happened before, and no doubt it will happen again. And of course it’s not just in F1, but [...]
Kenyan Women Say NO to sex – Are black people 8x more criminal? – British Far Right party threat
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 British National Party – it’s [...]