Life Abroad

Italy’s race relations between white Italians and its African migrants and black Italians, while not stellar, may not be as dire as race relations in America, but economic opportunities afforded …

I stood anxiously before a 4-man jury of my prepubescent peers. Mentally preparing to regurgitate a melody that would either seal my fate or catapult me into the upper echelon …

E pluribus unum, means “out of many, one.” This is my young cousin. His parents are immigrants from Nigeria. As you can see from the photo, he serves in the …

Civilized people understand that freedom of speech has its limits I am always so grateful to my maker, my family and all my experiences that have given me opportunities to …

“For my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.” (Hosea 4: 6) Curiosity: Why is it that your party is against social reform policies for the poor, weak and vulnerable …

We should be outraged by intolerance and racism towards kids  So, I am going to get personal here. First, let me state that almost every culture has elements of ethnocentrism, …

Looking at the spate of rape allegations in the halls of power and trust – is it starting to make sense now? I wrote a piece on bullying a while …

Having more black lawyers may save black men from jail Blacks are being incarcerated at disturbingly high rates for seemingly minor infractions. The cost of posting bail is often relatively …

From each according to his ability, and to each according to her need, because some folks have just way too much than necessary…  Concerning those opulent hierophants that complain about …

These immortals have been men after all… I lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where number 44 once lived as a student at Harvard Law School, on the night he became the …

Because you do not have to be misrepresented by a false name. I had just finished watching another interesting episode of Third Rail on OZY with Carlos Watson, and I …

From its inception, the United States Presidency has been considered a noble office and its occupant, has been correspondingly as noble in character. But something went wrong in 2016, and …

Because tenable gun control laws, reflective of advanced civilized societies, will engender safe spaces for those uncomfortable conversations that are long overdue. I am often irritated, when one’s discourse is …

I am watching a CNN reporter, broadcasting live from Lagos. His location is backdropped by modern buildings, modern cars and tarred roads. This is Lagos, a city in Nigeria, where …

[Texas] “is no longer a mere geographical space”— John O’Sullivan, 1845 ‘[I]n my early youth,’ as a kid, two books I won in a competition brought some locations in America so close that I …

Colin Kaepernick’s courageous stance (kneel) is moral and not for self-aggrandizement. Alternatively, had he chosen the hypocritical path and winked at racial injustice, he could have served as the poster …