Friday, November 22, 2019
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Sunday, November 17, 2019
Saturday, November 16, 2019
Does It Matter? Should It Matter?
An excerpt from the Undefeated -
What does it mean that the best HBCU quarterback is white?
Florida A&M and Ryan Stanley say they don’t see color in the historically black program
By Martenzie Johnson
BALTIMORE — When I first approach Ryan Stanley in the lobby of the Marriott hotel near the city’s waterfront here, the Florida A&M senior quarterback reaches out to shake my hand.
But seeing as I only consider myself professional in age only, I quickly dismiss his handshake and instead extend my arm at a 90-degree angle, hoping — or expecting — Stanley to catch onto the context clues. He does, our palms clasp like a chin strap buckle and we both bring each other in for a hug. The dap takes less than two seconds. We move over to a table in the back of the hotel lobby and commence our interview.
If this story were about almost any other quarterback at a historically black college or university (HBCU), our brief salutation would not be noteworthy. But Stanley, a tall and slender 22-year-old, is a white man playing a predominantly white position at a predominantly black school. And, well, that is noteworthy for a plethora of reasons, no matter how much Stanley — or his teammates and coaches — tries to downplay it.
https://theundefeated.com/features/what-does-it-mean-that-the-best-hbcu-quarterback-is-white/
What does it mean that the best HBCU quarterback is white?
Florida A&M and Ryan Stanley say they don’t see color in the historically black program
By Martenzie Johnson
BALTIMORE — When I first approach Ryan Stanley in the lobby of the Marriott hotel near the city’s waterfront here, the Florida A&M senior quarterback reaches out to shake my hand.
But seeing as I only consider myself professional in age only, I quickly dismiss his handshake and instead extend my arm at a 90-degree angle, hoping — or expecting — Stanley to catch onto the context clues. He does, our palms clasp like a chin strap buckle and we both bring each other in for a hug. The dap takes less than two seconds. We move over to a table in the back of the hotel lobby and commence our interview.
If this story were about almost any other quarterback at a historically black college or university (HBCU), our brief salutation would not be noteworthy. But Stanley, a tall and slender 22-year-old, is a white man playing a predominantly white position at a predominantly black school. And, well, that is noteworthy for a plethora of reasons, no matter how much Stanley — or his teammates and coaches — tries to downplay it.
https://theundefeated.com/features/what-does-it-mean-that-the-best-hbcu-quarterback-is-white/
Monday, November 11, 2019
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Beautiful Cemeteries
From Travel Trivia -
https://www.traveltrivia.com/most-beautiful-cemeteries/?utm_source=FL&utm_medium=FL14&utm_campaign=1051969106&utm_content=1051969106&utm_term=1011069039&w=&h=&q=&c=&f=
https://www.traveltrivia.com/most-beautiful-cemeteries/?utm_source=FL&utm_medium=FL14&utm_campaign=1051969106&utm_content=1051969106&utm_term=1011069039&w=&h=&q=&c=&f=
Monday, November 4, 2019
Sunday, November 3, 2019
Saturday, October 26, 2019
Missing From the History Books
From the New Republic -
17 Black Women In History You Probably Didn’t See In Your History Textbook
By AYANA LAGE
https://www.bustle.com/p/17-black-women-in-history-you-probably-didnt-see-in-your-history-textbook-8092603
17 Black Women In History You Probably Didn’t See In Your History Textbook
By AYANA LAGE
https://www.bustle.com/p/17-black-women-in-history-you-probably-didnt-see-in-your-history-textbook-8092603
Thursday, October 24, 2019
"So you WILL take down lies or you WON'T take down lies?" @AOC runs Zuckerberg through a series of hypothetical ads she could run with lies in them, and he can't say if they'd stay up. pic.twitter.com/wlqqvZOvWy— Alexis Goldstein 🔥 (@alexisgoldstein) October 23, 2019
Thursday, October 17, 2019
Sunday, October 13, 2019
Friday, October 11, 2019
Sunday, October 6, 2019
Saturday, October 5, 2019
Friday, October 4, 2019
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Friday, September 27, 2019
Monday, September 23, 2019
Crown to Question Mark
From ajc.com
‘At Morehouse, they held a crown over my head. At Harvard, they held a question mark’
https://www.ajc.com/blog/get-schooled/morehouse-they-held-crown-over-head-harvard-they-held-question-mark/vrdGN6OJIjDWkiPkkTy4CJ/
‘At Morehouse, they held a crown over my head. At Harvard, they held a question mark’
https://www.ajc.com/blog/get-schooled/morehouse-they-held-crown-over-head-harvard-they-held-question-mark/vrdGN6OJIjDWkiPkkTy4CJ/
Sunday, September 22, 2019
At least Polly gets a cracker. pic.twitter.com/ajeS2fwAzV— Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) September 19, 2019
Friday, September 13, 2019
Sunday, September 8, 2019
Saturday, September 7, 2019
Saturday, August 31, 2019
Sunday, August 25, 2019
Made in China
WATCH: David Letterman once confronted Donald Trump over making his ties in China. pic.twitter.com/RVKjKibgSA— TheBeat w/Ari Melber (@TheBeatWithAri) August 24, 2019
Saturday, August 24, 2019
Friday, August 23, 2019
Monday, August 19, 2019
Sunday, August 18, 2019
Saturday, August 17, 2019
Thursday, August 15, 2019
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Monday, August 12, 2019
Tragedies Multiplied Over and Over
The pace of the deadliest public mass shootings has accelerated significantly in recent years. The 423 people represented here died between the Sandy Hook massacre and last weekend’s attack in Dayton, Ohio.— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 11, 2019
They accounted for more than a third of the 1,196 killed since 1966. pic.twitter.com/04mkucWlM6
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