By Walter L. Hilliard III - And I must say that when I saw the African children in Uganda holding up signs dissing Obama, the most powerful man on the planet, Black or White, I loved it. I was proud because, finally, Black people – even in Africa – are standing up to someone who doesn't even like Black people.
By Walter L. Hilliard - Yes, being gay trumps being Black in this country. America can accept homosexuality, embrace it, glamorize it – but when it comes to Black people, racism prevails. And even more disturbing, a lot of Black folks have bought into the "gay rights is Civil Rights" lies, too.
According to the social justice and entertainment icon Harry Belafonte, now 86, Martin Luther King once told him, “I fear I am integrating my people into a burning house.” Worried, Belafonte asked, “What should …
By Walter L. Hilliard III - I also remember being a bit dumbfounded and in disbelief one day, sitting around the gym waiting for the next pick up game, when Andre casually mentions to me that several NFL teams were evaluating him.
By Walter L. Hilliard III - Iverson had the biggest competitive heart in the history of the game. I can remember how he even led his 76ers to the 2001 NBA Championship and a victory in Game One over the Shaquille O'Neal-Kobe Bryant-led Los Angeles Lakers, only to lose the next four games and the series.
By Walter L. Hilliard III - There should only be two kinds of Black people working on the American Employment Plantation: those Black folks planning to leave, and those leaving today.
By Walter L. Hilliard III - You know, Black people, you can't fly if you high. Yaw'll jus' can't go 'round so down on yourself, beat up by 400 years of racism, and then pick up a bottle of Obama Verbal Hennessy, thinking you can drink away your problems, wake up in a drunken stupor, and everything is fine.
By Walter L. Hilliard III -- The reality is that Mahr has made a career out of expressing a form of passive aggressive dislike for a lot of people, and especially for Black men.