CHANGE
By Richard Ray: Who could think that six letters could provoke so much fear, angst and turmoil in people’s thoughts and lives as those that are comprised to make up the word “Change”. Sure, change does not have the finality and darkness of its five letter cousin, death, but it still manages to provoke […]
STUDENT RECEIVES SCHOLARSHIPS TO ALL 20 COLLEGES HE APPLIED
By Richard Ray: Micheal Brown is a relatively common name.In fact if you google the name the first person that pops up is the Mike Brown that was killed by cops in Ferguson, Missouri and who’s death spawned massive protests. However, there is little common about what the 17 year old high school senior […]
POLICE REQUIRE MORE TRAINING TO REDUCE SHOOTINGS
By Richard Ray The recent police shootings and deaths of unarmed Black males Stephon Clark in Sacramento and Saheed Vassell in Brooklyn highlight the issue of law enforcement shooting and killing unarmed People Of Color (POC) in the United States. The facts of both cases are different and still being sorted out, but what […]
SYSTEMIC INJUSTICE
By Richard Ray April 4th marks the 50th Anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King Jr. The purveyor of non-violence was gunned down on the balcony of a Memphis Hotel in 1968, assassinated by a White Nationalist/Supremacist determined to disrupt the Civil Rights Leader’s quest for a more just and empathetic America. The […]
MARCH MADNESS IS REALLY LIVING UP TO ITS NAME
By Richard Ray: The NCAA’s Men’s College Basketball tournament has synonymously been called March Madness for many years now. The trademarked term came into place because of the upsets and buzzer beaters that took place over the years to signify the madness and unpredictability of the tournament to crown the college basketball champion. Every […]
OJ SIMPSON HAS LOST HIS MIND
By Richard Ray: I caught parts of the interview OJ Simpson sat down for with Judith Regan. The truth is the Fox aired program was taken from footage shot in 2006. The interview was originally supposed to air as part of the promotion for the book Simpson co-authored “If I did it” in which […]
PARENTAL DISCIPLINE
By Richard Ray: I recently read of a father in Virginia who’s video showed him punishing his kid by making him run a mile to school. The ten year old was suspended from using the bus because of bullying issues and the father chose to discipline him by making him run to school for […]
SUPPORT SYSTEM
By Richard Ray: I don’t care how independent you are. I don’t care how talented, intelligent, resourceful or even well off you are. Everyone’s sustained success in life is dependent on the support system we have. Suspecting I was an introvert and unsure of my social capabilities, my mother once tried to relay to […]
ARMING TEACHERS REALLY IS AS STUPID AS IT SOUNDS
By Richard Ray: Donald Trump, the NRA and other gun loving enthusiasts think part of the answer to protecting our children from gun violence in schools is to actually arm teachers with guns. I will let this marinate for a second. I have heard many stupid responses, (unfortunately on both sides of the spectrum), […]
MALCOLM X
By Richard Ray May 19 should be a worldwide holiday. It will never happen in the United States, but the day needs to be more celebrated as the birth day of one of the greatest men in our history. Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little) and later known as el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz was born on […]
