Chasing Dreams

  IMPORTED FROM MY TUMBLR ACCOUNT   E very now and then I get hit with “are you even black” which doesn’t phase me in the least since this country I love and call home suffers from deep racial scars that imposes expectations based on silly stereotypes . So lemme drop some science, as we used to say back in the day. I’m not now or ever was a thug but I know how to get what I want. I don’t go around saying “can I axe you something” or order skrimps at Red Lobster because I earned a fucking education at an accredited college and not in some prison which has served me well. It may not have been on the streets but I’m wise enough to smell trouble and avoid that shit when I can. I know my past and understand the debate about black people owning the word nigga and as a result removing its destructive power but I prefer to say brotha because when that shit is used casually by everyone and shows up on instagram memes the pain of its destructive power is forg...

I was planning to just post something on Facebook, but this deserves a full on rant and I'm deliberately writing about this and not the Navy Yard shooting because I don't know what to say to people that feel the need to own a gun without significant regulation is more important than keeping them out of the hands of dangerous people. If this statement got you going, read on I got lots more. Ok... so this is in response to the uproar from the right about the NEW beautiful Miss America, Nina Davuluri pictured to the left in her traditional Hindu garb.  A slew of racist Tweets emerged when she was crowned, much like the Tweets posted when Amandla Stenberg appeared as the character Rue in the Hunger Games, remember that?  Even Todd Starnes of Fox News or as I like to call them Faux News adding fuel to the fire with a Tweet about who the "real Miss America" should have been.  So for those out there that feel the new Miss America does not repres...

Ok it's been a few weeks since my last post and it's definitely high time for me to weigh in on this Syria mess. Secretary of State Kerry, WTF man? Allow me to put what I understand so far into context: This bloody sectarian civil war has been waging for years with thousands of casualties , an unfortunate result of the Arab Spring . As many protested and fought for a better life, Syria's leader   Bashar al Assad  manipulated it into a civil war with rebels fighting rebels instead of uniting against him. A skillful execution of divide and conquer. It's been reported that he perpetrated a chemical attack resulting in the deaths of over 1,400 non combatants including women and 426 young children . Babies man! Evidence of this attack has been accepted by not only the US but other nations like France and England while  Russia and China notably have blocked efforts for a strike until the UN inspectors conclude their report.  The situation is much more comp...