Originally posted March 4, 2009 (It’s called SATIRE) Drop Squad: The HBIC’s of the District of Columbia Shadows cast transparent cloaks across the dark cherry wood walls of the massive study. The Butler moved silently with his tray, serving each guest as he had countless times before: Colin Powell, the first African American appointed Secretary …
I’m not going to write a very long post for this story. It’s not because it isn’t important, or that I don’t want as many readers to pay attention to it as I can attract…it’s simply because the story is so far beyond heartbreaking, it is so far beyond anything any of us parents could …
By now you’ve heard that Henry Louis Gates Jr., affectionately known as Skip Gates to his homies, was suspected of, get this, breaking an entering…through the front door…of his own house… Yes. So basically what happened is a young woman saw the very famous Gates Jr. struggling to get into a house, and of course …
Dear Sista, Please accept my apologies; I’m referring to you as “sista” because I don’t know your name. In fact, I don’t know you at all, just as you don’t know me. However, I did see you today in the grocery store. You know, Safeway in Rainier Beach, it was probably, oh, around 3:30 in …
Success. Tonight the City of Seattle, along with the Showbox, SeaSpot, Seattle Police and others hosted a Party for Peace for Seattle’s youth in the SODO district, and man, was it crackin’! Kids from all over the city filled the club after signing a pledge for peace to participate. In the wake of the violence …