The New Black Fest
As a contribution to the current nation-wide conversation and activism to combat police and societal targeting of the black and brown male body, The New Black Fest commissioned six black male playwrights to write monologues and performance essays reflecting on these issues.... Read More
Racism
The African American impact
THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN IMPACT — Welcome to the new plantation. Instead of Blacks picking cotton they’re picking leather now. I guess someone realized if you got a good horse you run it.... Read More
The Whitney Museum Black Male Exhibition
In 1994, I was very disappointed with this exhibit and its portrayal of African-American men. Do you, the reader, think this exhibit's portrayal has contributed to the ever present mistreatment of the African-American male? Watch the video. What do you think of the justifications for the exhibition offered by this panel of esteemed African-Americans? —RonnBunn... Read More
Quotations of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.... Read More
Colonialism Attitudes and African American Hair styles
I dislike having to belabor a subject, but, I was just walking through one of the busiest streets in Munich, Germany and I saw a photo... Read More
When America Goes Blind
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This column is a bitter sweet one for me to write about because it deals with blinding and escalating scourges that exists among some of... Read More
And Now What
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The political elections, including the big one, are now over, and I’m sitting here wondering after all the polarizing debates and heated verbal skirmishes, what’s... Read More
Here It is with an African Mindset
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It’s a grand occasion to recognize that the spirit of peaceful unity among many, diverse ethnically conscious-minded folk is on the serious rise, and it’s... Read More