One day, when I was about 14 years old I was parading around the mall with some of my friends. I remember seeing an interracial couple and commenting how I could never date the opposite race. At that time, I hadn’t ever had a real girlfriend so what did I…

I’ll never forget how I went to bed the night of November 8, 2016. My wife and I had allowed our five-year-old daughter to stay up with us to watch the first woman to ever be elected President of the United States. I knew my daughter wouldn’t understand how significant…

I was recently out with other contractors in a predominately-black, working-class neighborhood of West Baltimore assessing a potential development site. The contractors were white architects who have worked in similar neighborhoods before. …

My daughters have a very different childhood than I did. My goal often times has been to give them everything I never had. Because of this, they enjoy an abundance of material items that I never had. But that comes at a cost; when am I giving them too much…

I started my professional career right after college and I immediately recognized in my industry of planning and engineering, African Americans were far and few between. In a city like Baltimore where over 60% of the population is African American I’d think we’d make up more than the handful of…

A few years ago when Lamar Odom famously was found unconscious and almost dead at a bunny-ranch outside of Las Vegas, I remember the media response was brutal. As reports rolled in, most of the stories dealt with the hard facts but as the days wore on, the commentary piled…

Me and the Cops Not too long ago I was sitting at a picnic table outside of my daughter’s gymnastic practice in suburban Maryland. As I sat there with my headphones on and hoodie up, I began to wonder, am I being smart? …

Every day we make decisions that have short and long-term consequences. Often times when you’re in the heat of the moment, the choices you believe you have are clouded by emotions. This is the realty that so many of us deal with when an unexpected pregnancy occurs. When I was…

So there are two ways I look at acceptance. The first way is when I want something to be accepted. Maybe I’m buying a house and want my offer to be accepted. Or maybe I made a mistake and want my wife to accept my apology. The second way I…