1. Our Grandmas used to beat us to remind us that there was a massive price to pay for being black, free and imperfect. Years later, we’re still paying that price and we have yet to accept the probability that, all things considered, not one black man in this country really deserves the positive or [...]
Dear Air, The air down here feels even hotter with you gone. In the Spring of 95, after I was suspended from Millsaps College, I went to Jackson State University. You destroyed us that year, 52-34 while completing a freakish 29 of 34 passes for 533 yards and 5 touchdowns … but don’t front! You [...]
Ether. When I was a sophomore at Millsaps College, I agreed to tutor a Japanese exchange student named Hideki for extra credit. I can’t remember Hideki’s last name to save my life, but I do remember that he drove a maroon Dodge mini-van, rocked a backwards Waffle House hat and wore these extremely high-waisted Japanese [...]