Full disclosure; I’ve never played a down of organized football in my life, but dammit I love it. I love football. I love the game. I love everything around the game, the crowds, the shit talking, the walking in the office on a Monday morning after my team wins and basking in the feeling … More Why I’m Quitting Football
As parents, one of the most challenging balances that we often have to strike is finding that harmonic convergence between imposing limitations while also instilling confidence. It’s the battle we’re fighting right now in our house in trying to get our 5 year-old to break out of some of her little-kid comforts and push herself … More LaVar Ball Might Just Be The Prototype for Black Fatherhood…
It’s like clockwork. Every night, we put food in front of my 5 year-old daughter and every night, she takes somewhere between an hour and a half to two hours to eat it. This is a process that involves begging, cajoling, bribery, threats, and eventual bargaining all buoyed by mutual dishonesty. From her… “I’m not … More Raising Honest Black Girls in The Era of White Male Fraudulence
I was raised by a single mother. My grandmother was one of my greatest influences on who I am today. I am married to a woman. I am raising two daughters. At the time of publishing, I work at a company owned and run by women. I’m friends with women. I dig women. I’m … More I Can’t Have A Day Without Women. I’m Surrounded By Women.
For those of y’all that have been following along at home, you may recall that my 5 year-old daughter has an imaginary brother. This imaginary brother has been a benign nuisance who, from time to time, pops up on a couch, in the back seat of a car, needs a hug before bed, or is … More My Daughter Has an Imaginary Brother Pt. II: Apparently, Today is His Birthday
I am a proud graduate of a Black college. I am the product of two parents who are Black college grads. My grandparents were also graduates of HBCUs. I grew up on an HBCU campus and always knew I’d probably attend one myself. I love HBCUs and all that they do and have done to … More I Don’t Want My Daughters to Have to Attend an HBCU…
This week, the Era of American Deenlightenment rolled on with our “President” signing an executive order rolling back federal guidelines for schools in regards to transgender students and their access to restrooms. America, it seems, in its rush to “fix” an ailing educational system has decided that issues like inequality in school funding, the re-segregation … More Transgender Children at Your Kid’s School Aren’t a Problem. Jameis Winston Is.
Let me start this whole thing off by saying clearly, firmly, resolutely, and without any ambiguity; my wife is totally not a Black woman. This is not meant to be a statement of value or worth, a pro or a con, or any kind of point other than to establish a fact. My wife, Mrs. … More My Wife Is Not Black, But Our Family Is…
A week or so after our daughter was born, back in January, my wife (who knows I hate getting shots) decided to make a spectacle of me in front of the doctors and the nurses by snitching and announcing to everyone that would listen that I didn’t get a flu shot because I was scared. … More My Wife “Shot Shamed” Me…
Everyone with children under a certain age has a space in their home that they’ve just given up on. For as much as my wife likes order and insists on keeping the house clean at all times, over the past two years she’s slowly ceded the 4ft.x 6ft. area behind the sofa to the unwieldy … More The Area Behind My Sofa is a Pink and Purple Glittery Cemetery for Toys
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