Quote of the Day: Shantideva

“To cover all the earth in sheets of hide -

Where could such amounts of skin be found?

But simply wrap some leather ’round your feet,

And it’s as if the whole earth had been covered!”

Interpretations, negroes and negresses?

Dating In Your 30s: Is It Too Late To Change?

Brothas and sisters crack me up with their theories on dating. Somewhere along the way, a lot of us got the impression that finding someone for us meant finding someone that does everything the way we want it done. Wrong. Love is giving, not receiving. The same type of love that Jesus and the Buddha [...]

Ban on Gay Blood?

For two decades, the Food and Drug Administration has prohibited gay and bisexual men from giving blood as a precaution against AIDS. But three major blood collection agencies, including the American Red Cross, argue the practice is no longer warranted. The FDA disagrees. Joel Ginsberg, head of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association, says the [...]

Donald Goines: The Father Figure to America’s Lost Generation of Fatherless Black Men

“Machiavelli was my tutor Donald Goines, my father figure/Mama sent me to go play with the drug dealers/So henceforth we thug niggaz” - Tupac, “Tradin’ War Stories.”

My (J) death row client and many other brothers I know LOVE Donald Goines books. In many ways, Goines’ books were the first in the genre of [...]

Kobe Bryant Demands To Be Traded!

The time has finally come. Kobe wants out of the City of Angels. He said so during a radio interview in New York with that annoying Stephen A. Smith. When he was asked if the Lakers could do anything to keep him, Bryant responded, “No.”
“I would like to be traded, yeah,” Bryant said [...]

Our Kids’ Future

When I (rich) was in high school, about fifteen years go, my teachers, magazines, and those claiming to predict the future, all pushed me and other smart kids to be an engineer. I almost went through with it until I actually worked as an engineer during my summers in college. I hated it. [...]

California: Prison Budget Trumps Colleges’

California’s Alcatraz Prison, pictured.
Hat tip: Colonized Mind

“As the costs for fixing the state’s troubled corrections system rocket higher, California is headed for a dubious milestone — for the first time the state will spend more on incarcerating inmates than on educating students in its public universities.

“Based on current spending trends, California’s prison budget [...]

Black Prof: Teaching Children From Low Income Families

Blackprof.com, a site operated by black professors, discusses teaching children from low-income communities and families.
“Everybody has a story about seeing a woman, often black and apparently poor, cussing at her child on the street, or disciplining the little one in some other inappropriate way. Is this how low-income parents are? According to Ruby Payne, [...]

Rep. Parren Mitchell. Dead at 85

Rep. Mitchell was a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus. He represented Baltimore and was elected in 1970. He had been living in a nursing home since suffering a series of strokes several years earlier and died of complications from pneumonia, The (Baltimore) Sun reported.
His brother Clarence Mitchell Jr. helped shepherd the [...]

Isiah Washington’s "Public Service Announcements" Begin to Run

“Grey’s Anatomy” star Isaiah Washington, making amends for his use of an anti-gay slur, cautions in a public service announcement that “words have power” to hurt or heal.
“Washington’s filmed message, which was to begin airing Thursday night during reruns of his ABC show, stemmed from a January meeting with officials from the Gay, Lesbian & [...]