Of Cops and Black Men
by Nonso Christian Ugbode(As dictated to the author by two black guys with backpacks.)
Perhaps it would be best we started this conversation by telling you we think Professor Henry Louis Gates (”Skip” we call him) is the cat’s pajamas. That said, we in no way feel it invalidates our cable-news fatigued thoughts on all this black-man-arrested-for-yelling hullabaloo. All [...]
American HIStory
by Nonso Christian UgbodeIt was terrifying at best to watch the discourse circus that ensued after the death of Michael Jackson and the resounding sameness that dogged the zeitgeist love-hate relationship of his story. The result was a schizophrenic wave of grief and awkward media moments. Joe Jackson promoting his record company on the red carpet without someone [...]
Unsung Heroes of the Holocaust Memorial Museum
by Nonso Christian UgbodeWhat would you die for? The question seems nebulous if pondered correctly, for there are surely various things we would all deem worth protecting with our lives. The lives of the innocent, however, put us all squarely on the same page. We give medals for it. We throw parades for it. We option TV movies [...]
