Shadeism: Pigmentocracy in the 21st Century

This definitely isn't news to anyone in the "Coloured" community, but worth a read. #TeamBlack

Check the story here.

Prince = Angela Davis?

Since when did Prince turn into Angela Davis??  Or, are they actually the same person?  Has Prince Davis mastered the art of time travel?

Dad Music (Love Songs for the Grown Folks)

Enjoy.  And watch your feet on the dance floor.

If I were to do a study on second-generation Barbadian-Canadian identity (more like if I did my study on second-generation Barbadian-Canadian identity), I would have a section on music.

Might as well just check out this mix here:

He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother (Reggae Autotuned Remix)

Something about this remix that takes you back to a time when you were sleeping on a plastic chair in a church basement at one of your parents' functions.

And especially this one:

Random Thought (Update)

Since I haven't posted in a while it means that I've been:

A) productively working on my dissertation (again)
B) golfing
C) plotting
D) all of the above

Crop Over 2013: Edwin Yearwood - Last Man Standing

I'd like to be one of the last men/women standing in August in Barbados.  Yes, in Barbados and not in London, Ontario dealing with racists.

I love Black People: Charles Ramsey

Stick a microphone in a Black American's face and you will get some Dave Chapellian "keepin' it real" moments.  Charles' last point is oh so so so true:

"When a little pretty White girl ran into a Black man's arms, something is wrong here."