I just saw another t-shirt, poster, and calender with Obama and King on it... ARRHHH! Stop comparing Barack Obama to Martin L. King. They are not remotely same and political they are opposites. They do share one thing though they both are Black. Ok, they share two things, they both have Black wives but that is where the bus stops. Now passengers please watch your step as you exit. Simply put, King was a revolutionary, Obama is a politician. King forced political change in America, Obama hopes for change in America - a change in skin color but not policies. Before he was killed King’s last hope was the end of capitalism. How many racist think this automatically made him a communist but this was not the case he was against that too. He recognized...

If you are Black do you really HAVE to vote? The answer is no. This may be a shock to many Black folks but we don’t have to do anything but stay Black and die – remember Joe Clarke in Lean on Me. I don’t try to convince people whether they should vote or not anymore but when I did, I’ve heard the craziness things. If you are like me you’ve heard this before many times, “What! Your ancestors died for the right to vote!” Or how about today with the Barack Obama celebrity fan base, “We’ve worked so hard to get a Black man who can become president you talking about not voting!” It’s always funny to me when I hear these things. Why? Well first who worked so hard? But let’s break down the #1 statement used to convince Black folks to vote for some...

I was reading the book, The Teachings of Ptah-Hotep, which is considered the oldest book in the world. This book comes out of Egypt from Ptah-Hotep who is a Pharaoh trainer to put it simply. It’s amazing that the oldest known book to man spokes about righteous. Anyways the point I wanted to draw attention to is his first teaching/instruction to the Prince (the king’s son) was:

Don't be proud of your knowledge, Consult the ignorant and the wise; the limits of art are not reached, no artist's skills are perfect; good speech is more hidden than emeralds, yet may be found among maids at the grindstones.

If this is what was being taught to the soon to be highest person of the ancient Egyptian empire, which was roughly the size as modern day Egypt,...

Feb 1, today marks the start of Black History month. This is the month to hear about Black inventors, social figures, and Black first. While I had intentions of posting something else about Black History, and maybe I’ll get back on that subject, but the phrase, “Black first” quickly made me think of that Malcolm X speech Message to the Grassroots speech where he says,

“This modern house Negro loves his master. He wants to live near him. He'll pay three times as much as the house is worth just to live near his master, and then brag about ‘I'm the only Negro out here.’ ‘I'm the only one on my job.’ ‘I'm the only one in this school.’ You're nothing but a house Negro. And if someone comes to you right now and says, ‘Let's separate,’...

Matthew 7

"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

"Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to...