Dear writers, The time for phoning it in is over. If what you write doesn’t have a pulse, it doesn’t matter how insightful or pressing the issue is. There is a narrative going around that people don’t read anymore. That’s not true. People just don’t read boring, soulless work if they don’t have …
Like many people, I’ve been following the coverage of the explosions at the Boston Marathon. I keep hearing the word “terrorist” and I cringe because despite the fact that the term could apply to anyone, Americans often associate it with “foreign” people. Since 9/11, our response to “terrorism” targeting us has been one of blood …
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As a concerned citizen, I’m calling for a moratorium on people of color snitching on ourselves. If social media has done anything, it has revolutionized the art of snitching. Whether it’s Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, etc., people have found new and creative ways to save police and employers hours of detective work. Perhaps the most concentrated …
As a bonus to “To Catch a Set Up” I wanted to share my favorite piece of “fan” mail I’ve ever received. If you don’t like my writing you’ll love this: “Mr. Poinsette, You are the most abysmally ignorant and racist black charlatan I’ve ever encountered in Oregon! You embrace false Afrocentric “history” while dismissing …
Despite Mark Zuckerberg and advertisers’ claims that all data sharing on Facebook is benign, I never really bought it. Giving companies access to members’ extensive personal data can lead to abuse. After getting two pieces of highly personal spam on Monday I’ve become much more wary of the practice. Spam is relatively easy to pick …
Although recent news that MSNBC is ready to hire Al Sharpton has continued the trend of no black journalists in prime time, we should see this as an opportunity rather than a thinly veiled slight. It’s no secret that cable news networks’ primary audience is not black people so why would we expect them to …
Check out how the city of Sandy is creating its own city-run internet provider. That’s one way to fight back against attacks on net neutrality. http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2011/07/sandy_fiber_internet_project_t.html