“Stop being black!” This succinct advice from my father perhaps best summarizes how to protect oneself from hostile encounters with the police. If you can manage to shed your race, then you have already diffused the situation immensely. However,...
To most Americans, our constitution is a sacred document to be revered and followed. Sadly, this president isn't like most Americans.
In an interview released today, the president expressed his intent to essentially abrogate the 14th Amendment through an executive order. Specifically,...
When I first read the headline declaring that Bethune Cookman University, a historical black university, invited the Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to be its commencement speaker, I thought it was a joke. There was no way I could...
Did you watch the Cohen's Congressional testimony today?! Whew Chillay! I thought it would be explosive, and it did not disappoint.
There were many different topics I wanted to cover, but I've narrowed it down to two important lessons we...
I considered writing about the incredible irony that a challenge to affirmative action is being brought by a presidential cabinet made up primarily of wholly incompetent white men whose rise to power was made possible because of their race,...
Let me be clear and unequivocal in stating that I support State Attorney Ayala and her position on the death penalty. While reasonable people can debate her approach, it is undeniable that her stance is bold and courageous. I...
Where do I begin? This last week has been filled with one epic blunder after the other. First there was the Pepsi commercial that was beyond insensitive, and quite frankly, ignorant. Not only did Pepsi trivialize the struggle of...
America likes to think of race and racism in a very simplistic way. However, racism appears in various forms. Below are three types of racist I have encountered in my work as a civil rights lawyer and my life...
Yesterday was the first day in the trial against Officer Jeronimo Yanez, the officer who shot and killed Philando Castile. As you may recall, Castile’s death occurred last summer during a string of police involved shootings that seemed to...
I was tempted to title this post “Is The NAACP Still Relevant?” but that question is almost laughable. I cannot recall the last time the NAACP spearheaded a national campaign addressing a major issue impacting black people. They have...