Rand Paul Said, “I don’t want to promote (marijuana), but I also don’t want to put people in jail who make a mistake.”
Mexico Has a New President. So What?
December 1, 2012 By 1 Comment
Most Americans consider our neighbor to the south a drug infested home of violence. But there is a lot more to what is going on in Mexico.
Racialicious on Walking While Black
April 27, 2012 By 15 Comments
Racialicious has an excellent post on walking while black. I have felt like Trayvon Martin. Many many times while walking at night, being pulled over by police, being told that I’m not supposed to ‘be.’ My ‘being’ in a space has caused questions, concerns, suspicions. In the back of my mind I always wondered if there [...]
The Prison-Industrial Complex Is Anti-Man
April 22, 2012 By 11 Comments
This article in AlterNet makes a compelling case for a new American racial caste system built on the back of the drug war. Where Americans comfort ourselves that we are a post-racial society due to affirmative action, black CEOs, and Obama, in reality the average black person is at a far higher risk of being imprisoned [...]
Womanist Musings on Black Men and Police
December 13, 2011 By 25 Comments
Womanist Musings discusses the relationship black children have with the police. I have written previously about why I disagree with schools teaching kids about officer friendly. To be clear, cops have a long history of targeting people of colour for arrests, violence and death. What they may be willing to let go from a White [...]
“It’s a woman’s job to make her man feel safe — a safe place that doesn’t expect him to do brave things just because he’s a man.”
This is a comment by Kat on the post “A Husband’s Job Is To Create Emotional Safety”.