Yep, YOUR Free Speech Americans absolutely revere the First Amendment to the Constitution, or at least what they believe they know about it. Just for reference, here it is: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of…

AKA, “Did You See That?” — White people like to insist that they are not “racist” because they personally do not engage in racist acts. They insist on relegating racism to the past, thus absolving themselves of present responsibility, and they deny their inherent privilege because that would confirm that there is, in fact, a “system”…

He Could Never Live up to Him Oh, the 60s and the 70s! The way we youth flung that name around! Uncle Tom. “You’re an Uncle Tom.” Our parents were Uncle Toms. Any older people who still said “Negro” were Uncle Toms. …

One day of “Memory” is not Good Enough Protesting school integration in Montgomery, Ala., in 1963 | Photo Credit | Getty Images It’s mid-January, our thoughts segueing their way to February and African-American History Month, formerly Black History Month, formerly Negro History Week. Libraries, bookstores, and businesses are unpacking their “African-American Interest” paraphernalia. Schoolchildren memorize segments of King’s…

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s words “…that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character” used to represent a sentiment that genuinely well-meaning people understood. In the…

“Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” Needs to Come In — It’s not What You’ve Been Told It Is “Baby, it’s Cold Outside” is an evergreen seasonal favorite, and deservedly so. Sometime during the “Me Too” movement, though, it has been put on Santa’s “Naughty List.” …