by emctab | Mar 27, 2012 | Children, Community, From BW Writes, Men, Politics, Women
After scouring through pages of info on the Trayvon Martin murder today, once again I noticed a glaring omission. We know what Trayvon was wearing, the hoodie of course, what he had in his possession, Skittles and an Arizona Tea we know that he was suspended 3 times...
by emctab | Mar 26, 2012 | Children, Community, From BW Writes, Men, Politics, Women
As this story has been unfolding over the past month something is being lost in translation. We’re wearing our hoodies, we’re calling for justice and we’re angry that the system has failed us once again. Black activist and leaders like Jesse Jackson,...
by emctab | Feb 16, 2012 | Community, From BW Writes, Men, Politics, Women
The quote for Black people should be; Too Many Indians That Think They Are Chiefs and Not Enough Chiefs for all These Damn Indians. I wholly understand the first quote but over the years I have come to realize that it’s not as accurate as I once thought. The reason...
by emctab | Jan 12, 2012 | From BW Writes, Men, Politics
It just dawned on me what republicans are hinting at when they call Obama a dividing force in America. At first I just listened to the words politically and thought that they were trying to reference the fact that he’s Democrat and they are Republicans. This view...
by emctab | Jan 11, 2012 | Children, Community, From BW Writes, Men, Politics, Women
This post was inspired by a recent article about the new movie Red Tails, and George Lucas’ appearance on The Daily Show. In the article and interview he stated that the movie almost didn’t get made because Hollywood execs didn’t know how to market it due to the all...
by emctab | Dec 15, 2011 | Children, Community, From BW Writes, Men, Politics, Women
http://smileyandwest.ning.com/forum/topics/a-listener-takes-smiley-to?id=6295872%3ATopic%3A8131&page=1#comments I had a chance to speak my opinion on The Smiley and West Show, then I commented on the post afterwords, you can click the link above to hear it and...
