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Continue reading →: Patti LaBelle, Diamonds and Spinach – It’s Not What You ThinkActually, now that I look at that title, I don’t know what you might think about that interesting pairing LOL, but it’s not as weird as it sounds. Jill Scott released a little video on the ‘Gram yesterday, and I want to comment on it because it’s light and heartwarming…
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Continue reading →: Ahmaud Arbery and the Legacy of Inaction, Injustice and Tragedy Porn for Black PeopleSo, the past week has been interesting. I say interesting because everything that’s been happening should have already happened on or immediately after February 23, 2020. That’s the day Ahmaud Arbery was murdered while taking a jog in Georgia. But it was only this week that his murderers, father and…
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Continue reading →: In the Age of the ‘Rona It’s Mask or Die: But If You’re a Black Man, Apparently It’s ComplicatedI was out for one of the two walks I’ll take today when I saw an older black man get extremely startled. He was edging his lawn and didn’t see a woman walking behind him in the street until she was quite close. Not too close, mind, but he jumped…
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Continue reading →: Sarcasm, Bleach and Sunlight: I Think I’ll Just Sleep Until Times Get BetterSo, I saw an article on Fast Company today, “5 reasons we need emotionally intelligent leaders in times of crisis.” Are you nodding? Yeah. Me too. Day to day people are struggling. I mean, they’re really struggling. At last count, some 26 million Americans applied for unemployment in the month or so.…
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Continue reading →: What to Do When You’re #blackAF and a Walking, Hilarious StereotypeOkay, so I started watching #blackAF because who wouldn’t want to watch a Netflix original series about a family of black people struggling with something other than sports injuries, being broke, abuse, being chased by police, drugs, booze, sex or gambling addiction, and/or trying to survive in the face of…
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Continue reading →: If a Felon Had Key Info That Could Aid the Fight Against Coronavirus, Should We Forgive Her?It’s an interesting question, with long reaching implications into too many industries and areas to comfortably count. But brass tacks, people are dying right now due to the coronavirus. We’re in the midst of a global pandemic. If there is a woman who has something, anything, that could make a…
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Continue reading →: After It’s All Said and DoneI left the house today. I went out for roughly 20 minutes to help my mom at her other house. On the way home I saw this girl walking on the street. She was wearing a long flowing black skirt, combat boots and a mask, and I thought, damn. She…
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Continue reading →: Trump, Tea Leaves and Tragedy: What Makes a Good Leader?I think it was Reuben, played by Elliott Gould, in the movie Oceans Twelve who said, “Didn’t you see the signs? I saw the signs.” He wasn’t talking about forecasting the future via crystal balls or tea leaves. He was saying, because of the nature of things, common sense suggests, X, Y…
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Continue reading →: First World Problems, aka Being Petty in the Midst of a Pandemic, and a Boring but Worthy List to Combat the AngstI don’t know about you, but I have been suffering from anxiety messing with this coronavirus. It’s not staying in the house that’s doing it, at least, not entirely. I’m always in the house anyway – I work from home. But being advised/required/forced to stay here is messing with my…
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