by admin | May 16, 2007 | Black Family |
My kids asked me the other day to eat dinner with them. I begged off. “No thanks.” I said. It isn’t like I don’t love my kids. I do. But what I’m looking for come dinner time, is decompression. And it’s difficult to get...
by admin | May 8, 2007 | Announcements, Black Family |
Fourteen years ago today I married Shawn Mason. Five kids two states two degrees and two schools later, here we are. Before I got to the yard this morning I checked out Ebony Mom, because I saw she peeped her head in (myblog.com is the bomb!), and noticed that one of...
by admin | Mar 4, 2007 | Black Family |
Remember this? Well check this out. Now truth be told we’ve been heading down this road for a while now…and as usual the trend hits vulnerable populations first, then spreads outward. The key here is the historical piece. How long has marriage really been...
by admin | Aug 21, 2006 | Black Family, Gender and Politics |
Some years ago I read a piece in Rolling Stone on Thailand, on its burgeoning (sex) tourist industry. There was one quote that stood out to me: “Thailand is the last place on Earth where you can be a White Man.” If that’s true, then Brazil is the...
by admin | Aug 13, 2006 | Black Family, Urban Politics |
Woke up this morning, putzing around on the desktop. “There was a car crash this morning.” What? “A car crashed into a motorcycle. The rider hit the windshield and was thrown across the street!” Damn. My daughter heard it–it woke her up....
by admin | Jul 31, 2006 | Black Family, Neoliberalism, Racial Politics, The Mass Media |
In today’s New York Times, they acknowledge one of the hidden realities of the current economy–the growing number of men who have dropped out of the economy totally. But because the population is largely white, there isn’t even a hint of the venom...
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