Keeping Up with the Jones
Reflections of an ex man-whore
I usually don’t get into the tabloid stuff, but I’ve got to weigh in on the revelation that Tiger Woods is a man-whore. Wow!
Keeping Up with the Jones
I am not Superman
Someone told me that I should write something lighthearted and happy this month. Lighthearted? Happy? Mean old me? OK, I’ll try.
Keeping Up with the Jones
The legacy of the bad guys
Audra Lorde was talking to the greedy — those concerned only with materialism — when she said, “Your silence will not keep you safe.” She was targeting the willfully i
Keeping Up with the Jones
Republicans, you lie!
This one is for the few people out there who still, inexplicably, proudly call yourselves Republicans.
Keeping Up with the Jones
The ‘Book of Faces’ and me
My sister visited me last year and had a new hobby — playing on Facebook. Are you kidding me? She was raised better than that!
Keeping Up with the Jones
On race, class and the school system
ATLANTA—I did an NPR interview debating Ward Connerly on diversity and civil rights a few years ago. It was interesting.
Keeping Up with the Jones
White supremacy lives in post-racial America
My next book is entitled, “The End of Race: Moments and Movements in Post-Racial America.” One goal of this work is to make the point that there are great differences between soci
Keeping Up with the Jones
Deathwatch
ATLANTA — Those of you who read the Message regularly know the last two have been breaks from the norm. Last month, I wrote about my daughter turning 1.
Keeping Up with the Jones
U of L and the fight for justice
I made one of the most important professional decisions of my life in graduate school, when I decided to commit “discipline suicide.”
