Aug 7Professor of The People: Thank You, Professor OgletreeIn the winter of 1996, I received a call from Professor Charles Ogletree Jr. It was not totally unusual to field a call from the Professor, as I had received them periodically from time to time, simply inquiring as to how I was adjusting to college and encouraging me to…5 min read5 min read
Jul 4Divided We Stand.My relationship with America became strained at the fragile age of ten or eleven while riding my bike down Cambridge Street. A man likely three times my age hurled the N-Word from his driver’s seat, and I knew immediately it would be in my best interest to pedal faster towards…8 min read8 min read
Jan 16The Larceny of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s LegacyOur infatuation with the “idea” of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has stunted our eagerness to lean into the unapologetic aspects of his work. Many have conveniently parceled his thoughts found least palatable by larger society. King’s most popular ideology has been pushed front and center by the very political…6 min read6 min read
Nov 16, 2022The Conundrum of Herschel WalkerThe pernicious banality of racism and white supremacy culture within our political system is not a new phenomenon. Frederick Douglass spoke to this hypocrisy in his transformative speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” & Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. eerily warned us of the moral treachery…5 min read5 min read
Aug 29, 2022Moving from Rhetoric to ResultsOver the last few weeks, I have been grappling with a nagging conundrum regarding the state of activism in our country, as well the City of Cambridge. The advent of social media, coupled with a twenty-four-hour news cycle, has led to many of us either forgetting or choosing to disregard…5 min read5 min read
Jun 28, 2022Clarence (Thomas) is no brother of mine.To be black in America is to keenly understand that at any point your country can and will reveal its corrosive and cowardice head, most often when it’s most opportunistic to legislatively implement archaic policy that will punish its most marginalized and most maligned. I can vividly remember heading…6 min read6 min read
Mar 29, 2022Judge KBJ v. Fragility, Entitlement et al (2022)Unlike several friends and colleagues, I initially opted to refrain from watching the historic confirmation hearings of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. As an African American person, I am keenly aware of the fragility that transformative moments cause insecure white men in spaces they once solely occupied. I choose to forgo…6 min read6 min read
Jan 17, 2022Discarding the Excuses: Honoring King in Faith and WorkAs we celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. this week, we are sure to be met with a cadre of quotes by the great luminary and personal anecdotes as to how King influenced the civil rights ethos of a diverse cross section of our human family. Despite…5 min read5 min read
Jan 10, 2022Covid Confusion calls for Compassionate LeadershipThe last week has been tough to endure as a father to an energetic nine-year-old. Like a slew of parents across the country I am not only anxious about what appears to be cloudy and incongruous guidance of The Centers of Disease Control (CDC) but acknowledge the nagging fear that…5 min read5 min read
Nov 3, 2021The Revolution Can No Longer be Delayed: Political Expediency is Required in this moral moment.The Revolution Can No Longer be Delayed: Political Expediency is Required in this moral moment. The votes have been tallied and new faces have emerged from the respective City Council and School Committee fields. For some, the idea of discussing the next term is premature. For others, like myself, the…4 min read4 min read
