I used to play a lot of email chess against an older gentleman from England. We used to talk about a lot of different topics, and pretty much nothing was off limits, though we’re talking about political and religious topics. Then one day he surprised me with an intriguing question: Do black people celebrate the […]

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Last night I had a pretty good honor bestowed upon me without anyone really noticing it other than me. I went to a political fundraiser, which doesn’t happen all that often, and it was at someone’s house, which would be even rarer. The only other political fundraiser I’d ever been to was held in the […]

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It’s been an interesting week, for sure. We had the passing of Michael Jackson, my favorite musician of all time, and someone who was able to break down the barriers of race and potentially bring people closer together around the world. But the week began with a poll conducted by CNN which indicated that blacks […]

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I am an independent consultant. I also have a business license and a federal tax ID number. This means I’m actually a corporation, a legitimate business, and not just a temporary employee for anyone. I state this because in the last week I’ve talked to two companies, one that contacted me first, and one that […]

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The word “racist” has been thrown around a lot lately. Yesterday it was being used all day when a deranged 88 year old man decided to go into the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. and start shooting, killing one of the guards there. Supposedly, once they looked into the man, he was a self described […]