THE UGLY REALITY ABOUT CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS
By Richard Ray: Confederacy enthusiasts would have you believe that their zealous desires to keep all Confederate flags, memorials, statutes and monuments displayed prominently in public settings is because of the historical and cultural symbolism of such items. Yet, I would state that it is that very argument that calls for the removal of […]
FAILURE TO DENOUNCE WHITE SUPREMACY IS AN ENDORSEMENT
By Richard Ray: Donald Trump the Commander In Least, did his usual poor job of speaking out on social injustice directed at any other group that does not include his base Alt-Right Fox News enthusiasts. A White Supremacist/White Nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia took place in part to protest the impending removal of a […]
HIP HOP DOMINATES THE CULTURE
By Richard Ray: The back to school commercials that the big chains like Kmart, Target, Macy’s and such employ which begin to signal the impending end of summer, have come to symbolize something far larger to me. Almost all of the commercials attempt to use some form of Hip Hop music (often with a […]
REMAINING POSITIVE AMIDST SO MUCH CHAOS
By Richard Ray: I started diaryofamadmind.com a year ago. I have written over 350 pieces in that time frame. I am often asked how am I able to write so prolifically as well as if I ever get stuck for material to write about daily? The answer is twofold; I love what I do […]
PRIDE
By Richard Ray: Pride is just one of a series of characteristics or attributes that is dually admirable in attaining and complicit in our fallibility as humans. In moderation pride is an admirable quality to have. Perhaps the use of the word moderation could be best used to describe any human characteristic, but pride […]
MASSACHUSETTS WOMAN SENTENCED IN TEEN’S SUICUDE
By Richard Ray In July 2014, Conrad Roy, 18, killed himself. He was found dead in a Massachusetts parking lot of carbon Monoxide poisoning. Michelle Carter, then 17 was eventually charged with his death after she made incriminating statements to a classmate that she was responsible for his death and could have stopped it. […]
LIFE-WE NEVER FIGURE IT OUT
By Richard Ray Life has a very unfunny sense of humor. It never forgets to remind you that just when you think you have things figured out… there is always a reminder you do not. There are times when it comes in the form of pleasant surprises. It can be renewing our faith in […]
WHY ISN’T THE PRESS AS OUTRAGED OVER KAEPERNICK AS THEY ARE OVER LAVAR BALL?
By Richard Ray The press is full of s***. I am not talking about fake political news. I am talking about the hypocrisy that they protect and contribute to while trying to shape narratives that they are fully complicit in controlling. More specifically I am referring to the indignation that the pundits on ESPN, […]
TRAGEDY IN FLORIDA
By Richard Ray On July 11th, Jevaughn Suckoo was shot and murdered within his West Palm Beach, Florida apartment complex. The 26 year old was the father of a nearly 2 year old girl. Three days after his death, his girlfriend, 27 year old Stephanie Caceres, and mother of his child, gave birth to […]
A ROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
By Richard Ray Many people go hard on Saturday nights and wake up to rough Sunday mornings. However, I am not sure if there are any three people in the Twitter Universe who are having worse Sunday mornings than boxer Adrien Broner, singer Bobby Valentino and UFC fighter Daniel Cormier. They all had REALLY […]
