Today’s "Make Me Wanna Holla" Moment

This is from Bob Herbert of the New York Times.
When 6-year-old Desre’e Watson threw a tantrum in her kindergarten class a couple of weeks ago she could not have known that the full force of the law would be brought down on her and that she would be carted off by the police as a [...]

Imus and "Nappy-Headed Hoes"

Hat tip: Maceo
“Don Imus will appear on the Rev. Al Sharpton’s radio show on Monday, five days after Imus made racially charged comments his own show about the Rutgers women’s basketball team, Sharpton and MSNBC announced Sunday.

“Despite Imus’ scheduled appearance, Sharpton said his position was unchanged: He wants Imus fired and intends to write the [...]

On Harold Ford, Jr.

Denmark Vesey on Harold Ford, Jr.

If you take a big hypodermic needle,

stuck it in a brothers arm,

and sucked all the Hip Hop out of him -

you would be left with Harold Ford Jr.

No flavor.

No sista.

No courage.

Second class white boy.

Post Civil Rights Negro.

Black Chefs

In an age where chefs are celebrities and a regular TV gig turns the classically trained and mere personalities alike into culinary rock stars, the shortage of chefs of African descent is noteworthy if only by their striking absence.
Try to think of some. Even hard-core foodies can name only Ethiopian-born, Swedish-raised chef Marcus Samuelsson, Washington, [...]