The Babayka’s Boo By Lucius Gantt Most of America’s imperialist press reporters seem befuddled when opining about the location of more than a few “top secret” documents wrongfully taken from the government when Donald Trump was voted out of office. It wouldn’t surprise me if Russian President Vladimir Putin knows exactly where the documents that Read More…
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The Gantt Report – They Do What They Want To
They Do What They Want to By Lucius Gantt Every election year, African Americans are told what they want to hear. At election time, candidates from both major political parties visit your schools, visit your churches, stop by your businesses and attend your organization’s meetings to say, “I’m the best candidate for Black people and Read More…
Will The Ghosts of Antarctica Haunt The World Over
Jackson Ryan Will The Ghosts of Antarctica Haunt The World Over AS THE WHALING ship Hope rounded Chile’s Cape Horn in September 1840, a tempest stirred. Winds drove the vessel toward a vast field of sea ice. As night fell, the Hope became surrounded by frozen castles rising out of the Southern Ocean, forming an Read More…
Tennis Star Performs The Magic of Rituals
The Magic Rituals Tennis star Rafael Nadal performs an elaborate repertoire of rituals before and during every match. When he arrives at the stadium, he enters the court holding a racket in his hand, taking great care never to step on the lines and always crossing each line right-foot first. He places his bag on Read More…
Shoes Are Banned In My House
Shoes are banned in my house, but I have one very important exceptance Photo by David Prahl/EyeEm Pop quiz: What do $600 Manolo Blahniks and $10 flip flops have in common? The answer: They both have the uncanny ability to track a disturbing amount of filth into my house. This is why I must insist Read More…
Hilton Hotel Men’s Room
Hilton Hotel – Men’s Room I began my academic career as a graduate student in the mid-1960s, long before today’s diversity mania. Nevertheless, the pro-Civil Rights dogma was unassailable. There was an endless parade of uplift programs, and all my classmates and faculty awaited the racial utopia. Moreover, we were all expected to be good Read More…