Posting problems galore. Sloppy, slow, inconsistent internet connection over here. Still on the road.
Boo!
I’ll keep trying to get some posts out.
Happy Halloween!

Contributor Carole McDonnell’s short stories and essays appear online and in print, in speculative fiction, ethnic, and Christian publications. She lives in New York with her husband, two sons, and their pets. Wind Follower, published by Juno Books, is Carole’s first novel. Her voice adds plenty to our discussion, so I welcome Carole and her column Faith in Color to Allaboutrace.com.
I got up this morning thinking of Truth. I suppose it popped into my mind because I’ve been trying to live a life of truth.
For me, Truth involves so …

UPDATE: Looks like things aren’t nearly as positive as initial reports and images suggested. Read this and weep.
It should be noted that it was not just immigrants, but other persons of color who were harassed and suspected of looting. An African American woman was harassed for making two trips with a baby stroller filled with items (I witnessed this one). She attempted to register a complaint with the police officer in charge who treated her poorly and refused to process a complaint. We took a written statement. She was so …

UPDATE: Looks like things aren’t nearly as positive as initial reports and images suggested. Read this and weep.
It should be noted that it was not just immigrants, but other persons of color who were harassed and suspected of looting. An African American woman was harassed for making two trips with a baby stroller filled with items (I witnessed this one). She attempted to register a complaint with the police officer in charge who treated her poorly and refused to process a complaint. We took a written statement. She was so …

Multi-platinum selling hip hop artist Nas has decided to name his upcoming album Nigger. And he doesn’t want to hear about it from the likes of me.
“We’re taking power [away] from the word,” he added. “No disrespect to none of them who were part of the civil-rights movement, but some of my n—as in the streets don’t know who [civil-rights activist] Medgar Evers was. I love Medgar Evers, but some of the n—as in the streets don’t know Medgar Evers, they know who Nas is. And to my older people …

Every night, hubby and I listen to the Bible on tape. It’s part of our nightly devotions, which includes singing hymns, praying for our friends and family. (Okay, I don’t like praying for his mother and scorn fairly drips from my prayerful lips when I ask God to “bless her” but other than that…) When the light is turned off, we dip our hands into the box of tapes and put whatever tape we grab into the tape deck.

An AllAboutRace.com reader is working on a project and would like your help. I do not know her personally and I am not endorsing her or her project, but after exchanging a couple of emails I feel that her efforts are sincere and I am comfortable passing along this request:
“Are you a person of African decent who has worked hard to achieve the
“American dream”? Did you work hard in school, get into to college,
graduate, and do all the “right” things, but still found yourself
struggling professionally? Have you gotten …

Bill Cosby is right. He may not be right in every little detailed observation of the intra-racial problems plaguing the black community, but his overall picture is true.
MR. COSBY: Let’s deal first with what people call the systemic—the, the racism that exists in this country, which is absolutely for real. But people just say it. They say, “Well, there’s systemic and institutional racism.” “What do you mean by that?” Well, what I mean is that the power structure can stop a person from getting …

I’ve been working myself into a knot thinking about the latest proliferation of nooses and the recent regurgitation of racial hatred taking place all over America. Racism is a virus, you know, seemingly impossible to cure completely. It lives in the spine of the American soul as a retrovirus, always waiting for the next trigger, the next opportunity to flare into full blown, incapacitating disease. The September 20th march in Jena was the trigger some white Americans had been waiting for. They cite that peaceful, massive march as an …

As always, Howard Witt of the Chicago Tribune is right on top of the latest news related to the Jena situation. In his coverage of today’s House Judiciary committee hearing looking into the Jena 6 case, Witt reports that US Attorney Donald Washington has finally acknowledged what many legal experts, and bloggers of color, have been saying all along:
“Yes, hanging a noose under these circumstances is a hate crime,” Washington, the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, told a House Judiciary Committee hearing convened to examine the Jena …

Megan Williams, the young black woman, who was kidnapped and tortured by at least six white residents of West Virginia, continues to speak out about the crimes perpetrated against her. In a revealing interview given to ‘Final Call,’ Megan Williams and her mother offer a more complete picture of the horror that Megan endured. Megan also details how she found herself in that remote shack and how police came to know of her imprisonment. It is a compelling account. And learning of the person who called the police restores ones …

Contributor Carole McDonnell’s short stories and essays appear online and in print, in speculative fiction, ethnic, and Christian publications. She lives in New York with her husband, two sons, and their pets. Wind Follower, published by Juno Books, is Carole’s first novel. Her voice adds plenty to our discussion, so I welcome Carole and her column Faith in Color to Allaboutrace.com.
Today I want to praise the inner strength and the external beauty of black women. We’re a strong, patient bunch. Honestly. I suspect if non-black Americans knew how much grief …

Why am I not surprised that the Louisiana District Attorneys Association is defending Judge Mauffray’s secret hearing and decision to end Mychal Bell’s probation?
…Pete Adams, the director of the Louisiana District Attorneys Association, said Bell’s is a routine case, and “that’s all it is.”
“It’s not being handled any differently than any other case in which there was an offender that was charged and put on probation and then committed another crime,” Adams said. “His probation was revoked, and his pending crimes were considered. Under those circumstances, any other case …

As the facts come in, the situation becomes clear. Judge J.P. Mauffray appears to be using his position on the bench to pursue a personal vendetta against Mychal Bell and perhaps all of us determined to fight for justice for all defendants in the Jena Six case.
Mychal Bell, 17, was unexpectedly sent back to prison on Thursday after going to juvenile court in central Louisiana’s LaSalle Parish for what he expected to be a routine hearing, Carol Powell Lexing, one of his attorneys said.
Instead, state District Judge J.P. Mauffrey Jr. …

A noose was found hanging on a lamppost outside the Church street post office in New York City. It is located at Ground Zero and was closed for nearly three years following the attacks in 2001. It was our post office and when it reopened, we felt like we could finally begin to embrace the new normal of life downtown.
I am thankful to have lived at Ground Zero and been right there during the attacks. Despite the almost indescribable death, sadness, fear and destruction, I witnessed strength, faith, resilience, generosity …