Since the first part of this conversation, I’ve been letting your thoughtful comments simmer in my mind. I’ve got more to say, but we’re moving tomorrow and I want to give this conversation the full attention it deserves. So, I promise we will pick it up on Monday.
But in the meantime, please think about and [...]

Well it’s Wednesday, which means another sports journalist has been suspended for lacking the most basic understanding of historic atrocities and their present day reverberations.

I am trying to write tonight, but I am completely distracted, entranced by an HBO documentary that’s on right now called “Resolved.” It looks at some superstars of high school debate competition. But the twist is that one of the teams is a black team who are arguing (debating?) to change the whole way debates [...]

I urge you to watch this speech in its entirety. You will be moved.

We the people of America cannot settle for racial politics as usual. Not this time.

Here is the text of his speech “A More Perfect Union”:
“We the people, in order to form a more perfect union.”
Two hundred and twenty one years ago, [...]

hat tip - Nah Right

The Golf Channel has taken the appropriate step of suspending Kelly Tilghman for two weeks following her on air remarks.
Nick Faldo’s co-host on the Golf Channel’s coverage of the US Tour has been suspended for two weeks following a remark she made about Tiger Woods.
Kelly Tilghman and European Ryder Cup captain Faldo were talking on [...]

The ‘Great Debaters’ has been nominated for a Golden Globe award in the Best Drama category.

Yay! Very exciting.
I’ll write more about this film directed by Denzel Washington and produced by Oprah Winfrey closer to its release date - Christmas Day.

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 [...]

Contributor Andrew Padula has been in situations throughout his life where he has felt compelled to address racial issues from his unusual perspective. Andrew is a white, politically conservative, blues musician who has been teaching and touring the U.S. and Europe since 1993. He can be seen with blues legend Bobby Parker on B.E.T. Jazz [...]

Justice is a cornerstone of the American ideal. Justice is the bedrock of our Constitution:
We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, [...]

I had decided to let the debate about whether or not the brutal, stomach turning murders of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom warranted a “hate crime” designation, roll on without any more comment from me. I was pretty clear in June when I wrote:
I am still not convinced that the torture and murder of Christian [...]

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 [...]

Recently, I’ve been asked both directly and in roundabout ways, “When do we get to press the racial reset button?” The people who’ve asked this question seem to feel tired of dealing with racial issues and in particular are frustrated by the level of “black anger” they encounter. Those who ask this question want to [...]

When you talk about race, there are times when you just want to pull your hair out because you want everybody to see what you see. You believe if everybody could just see what you see, then everybody could agree on the problems and then maybe even agree on ways to solve these problems. A [...]

The NAACP held a large, mock funeral yesterday. They buried the N-Word. Sure the NAACP’s burial of the N-word got plenty of media coverage and maybe even stimulated further debate about the use of “nigger” within the African American community. Frankly, I wish to God that they had chosen to bury another of the ills [...]