President Bush has embarked on a whirlwind tour of Africa - 5 African countries in 6 days! A few things strike me about this trip. First, how do you visit 5 countries in 6 days? Are you hoping to really visit or just touch down and make a point? For instance, […]

I find it extremely disturbing that Larry Elder has chosen to call his new book “Stupid Black Men”. I have not read the book. I skimmed through it while sipping a cup of tea in a bookstore. I suppose Elder is capitalizing on Michael Moore’s bestseller “Stupid White Men” (the same way Chris […]

Forbes has just published the list of top ten music money-makers for 2007. I excitedly surveyed the list to see how many African-American rappers made the list. After all, throughout the 20th century, Black popular music – and most recently, rap music – affected and gave birth to various manifestations of pop culture […]