Black people are not a monolith. How many times have we heard that statement? While it’s true, most often we hear it within the context of noting that we have a variety of different interests, opinions, thoughts and ideas. I’m with all of that and I’m also with emphasizing that…

One bad habit, 4Chan and seven innocent people framed… Happy Saturday, everyone! What are you all up to? Any special weekend plans? I’m chillaxing day and here are six things I’d like to share with you from my week: 1. I Need Tab Rehab I’m not even kidding, it’s really bad guys. I work on…

For data purposes, of course — By 2024, all state agencies in California will be required to determine which of their employees descend from Black people who were in America before 1800 and which ones do not. The Golden State will be the first to require its agencies to collect such information with the hopes that…

Segregation by any other name is still segregation In 2020, eight correctional officers working at the Ramsey County Adult Detention Center were told they could not be anywhere near where former police officer turned murderer Derek Chauvin was being held at that time. Chauvin, a White man, has since been…

Trained in Africa, chained in America — A real-life “human calculator”, things like multiplying two nine-digit numbers came with ease to Thomas Fuller. At just 14-years old, before young Thomas ever stepped foot on American soil he’d been trained in various mathematical operations, could easily solve complex math riddles in record time and was able to do…

Please explain the difference — From slave patrols to local policing, Black people have a long, ugly history with law enforcement in America. We’ve been complaining about it forever and videotaped evidence has repeatedly proven that we’re not just making any of it up. American policing most definitely has a problem. Scrolling Twitter, I watched…

Serious replies only, please. — Most who’ve grown up in America have heard biracial people complain about not being fully accepted by “either side” as in Black people or White people. In this day and age, however, biracial children are more common in society (and I’m mostly referring to those with one Black and one…

Thanks to a couple of bad apples, now no one has a job — A small town of about 2,000 people, Vincent, Alabama has shut its entire police department down. I can’t imagine there were that many officers in such a small town to begin with, but no matter how few there were, there are zero now. …

And why are many of Africa’s ancient artifacts in Europe? — As I learn, I like to share. Last week, you’ll recall I wrote about fractal geometry in Africa. This week, I’ve discovered that the oldest mathematical instrument known to man, the Lebombo bone, was discovered in southern Africa by archaeologist Peter Beaumont sometime in the 1970s. Scientists who’ve studied the…