I would like to add my two cents to the Chris Rock monologue controversy. For me, he missed the mark in his monologue and missed the opportunity to shed light on the real problem of exclusion of black people and people of color in Hollywood....
[caption id="attachment_966" align="alignleft" width="200"] How To Date The Greatest Love Of All?[/caption] Valentine’s Day has come and gone. Nothing remarkable happened to me or by me to commemorate this day of profound or marketed love. I made the most minimal effort to participate in the holiday....
I watched the 2015 Emmys. And like many of you, I was delighted to see the few dots of black female actresses, win and then accept Emmys for their excellence. It made me cry. Despite an industry that routinely excludes black women, these warriors, undaunted,...
Happy Father’s Day to all the men who are a constant loving presence in the lives of their children. And today I honor my father, Herman Brown, who passed in 2000, who gifted me with a serious resting-face, a hearty laugh, an affectionate nature and a...
“SHOWING YOUR ASS” Growing up, often I’d hear, parents in hushed harsh voices, in front of storefronts, warning their kids, not to, “show your ass”. Meaning: refrain from all behavior, that would cause a parent, needless embarrassment. For me and my siblings, this was a useless...
Remember the bird flu? It was all the rage about 15 years ago. This was the "it" disease and everyone was talking about it. Now diseases, like network television have become popular again. Ebola is the newest shiny pandemic that makes bird flu look like...
Health officials confirmed on Tuesday, a man traveling from the West African country of Liberia has been diagnosed with the first case of Ebola in the US. True to form, media coverage has been sensationalized at best, and at worst, downright scary. So before we let our...