SOMETIMES DEATH MAKES YOU SMILE
By Richard Ray: Death is almost always a sad occurrence. It is tragic when someone or even a beloved pet loses its life too soon. Yet, there are some occasions, when someone has lived a long full life, when the notice of their death, while momentarily may lead to a reaction of sadness, does […]
DESUS & MERO-BODEGA BOYS
By Richard Ray: If you are a fan of, on the block, hood, humor, then you probably already know about the Bodega Boys, Desus & Mero. If you don’t then allow me to introduce the two Bronx comedians with Jamaican and Dominican backgrounds who now have a television show on Viceland TV. Desus Nice […]
WE FEAR WHAT WE DON’T UNDERSTAND
Shark week has become a sensation. Each year people get excited to see shows, primarily focused on Great Whites’ and the fear that their myth had previously had on us all. Jaws was a two hour movie in which the killer shark did not actually appear onscreen for over eighty minutes. Yet, just the idea […]
EMMETT TILL-NEVER FORGET
By Richard Ray: Emmett Till was born on July 25, 1941. 2017 would have marked his 76th Birthday. Past tense of course because Emmett never lived to see much beyond his fourteenth birthday. The Chicago native was murdered on August 28, 1955 while visiting relatives in Mississippi. He was killed because he was alleged […]
COMMUNICATION
By Richard Ray It is perhaps one of life’s greatest ironies, that as technology has provided us with more ways to communicate with each other, effective and meaningful communication appears more and more difficult for people to attain. The internet and social media provide a platform. That platform has different meaning and significance to […]
OJ “STILL DOING TOO MUCH” SIMPSON
By Richard Ray: Orenthal James “OJ” Simpson has been granted parole from the state of Nevada after serving nearly nine years from a conviction of armed robbery. His original sentence was 9-33 years and he will have served the minimum once he is released on October 1, 2017. I have two takes from OJ’s […]
DO WE NOW HAVE THE ATTENTION OF WHITE PEOPLE
By Richard Ray: A tragedy has occurred in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 40 year old Australian native, Justine Damond was shot and killed by a single shot to the abdomen after calling police to report a possible assault in the alley behind her house. Her legal name was Justine Ruszyck, but she had already been using […]
COLIN KAEPERNICK, JOHNNY MANZIEL & MICHAEL VICK
By Richard Ray: In another airing of “As The NFL Turns”, Micheal Vick was on Fox Sports 1 with Jason Whitlock, and the headlines stated, “Vick say Colin Kaepernick needs to cut his hair.” My first reaction on any show associated with a Fox network and moderated by Jason Whitlock was to wonder if […]
R KELLY MAY STILL BE A PREDATOR-BUT HE KNOWS THE LAW BETTER
I just read the BuzzFeed story on R. Kelly. Here is the link for those that want to read it in its entirety… READ MORE A summary of the article is that R. Kelly has created a cult in which several young women (all of legal age) are restricted in their movements, from speaking to anyone, […]
SKIN BLEACHING-WTF IS GOING ON?
By Richard Ray: We are all either one of two forms of delusional when we look in the mirror. We are either delusional in thinking we look much better than we really do or are delusional in thinking we look much worse than our reality. Within the two types of delusions there are varying […]
