Mar 29Judge 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 read
Jan 17Discarding 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 read
Jan 10Covid 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 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 read
Oct 18, 2021Anti-Racist ideals falter without recognizing CRTIn a couple of weeks several communities across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will cast their vote in what is arguably the most important recent election since last year’s Presidential election. While the Commonwealth’s largest city, Boston will make history with the ascension of its first democratically elected woman mayor, it…4 min read
Jul 26, 2021The Cambridge ParadoxThe normalization of failure that has proliferated my hometown has broken my heart and is deteriorating our communal ethos. Over the last six weeks we have been plagued directly and indirectly, by the virus of violence emblematic of a national problem. One that can be attributed to our collective impotence…4 min read
Jun 19, 2021The Black Paradox in AmericaThe Black Paradox in America There is a fundamental difference between being a slave and being an “enslaved” human being. Words matter. Several days ago the gatekeepers of our democracy voted to make Juneteenth a national holiday, however, it is critically important that we not bask in this cosmetic achievement as many of these same…5 min read
Apr 22, 2021A GUILTY VERDICT DOES NOT MEAN WE ARE AN EXONERATED COUNTRYThe story of George Floyd is reminiscent of the story of my ancestors, although he and I belong to the same generation. A generation that learned of the danger for Black men in America through the music of Public Enemy and through the brilliant visuals of John Singleton and Spike…5 min read
Jan 16, 2021Dr. King Warned Us!Throughout the draconian presidency of Donald J. Trump, he has also served as executive branch of racists and the white supremacists that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke to and fought against throughout his painfully short, yet prophetic, 39 years. The narrative of dread and deception, fear-mongering and political neglect…4 min read
Dec 8, 2020Reframing “Defund The Police”The firestorm over former President Barack Obama’s recent comments questioning the semantics and sentiment of “defunding the police” have led to a call from activists and politicians for him to rethink his stance and retract his statement. However, these criticisms are misguided in that they assign a left-of-center political…7 min read
