On the local news today I saw a story about a 3 and a half-year old girl who was raped in the restroom of a nearby Wal-Mart. The reporter stated that the little girl was in the toy section of the store playing with her 7 year-old brother. She apparently told her brother she had [...]

I’m really not sure why it took me so long to realize this. If I really sat and thought about it I am sure that someone, at some point in time along the way has tried to tell me, but I guess it’s one of those situations where if you are not ready to truly [...]

During the summer part of my job is to help freshmen students register for their first semester of classes during freshmen orientation. We have a 2 hour window of time in which students come in to the computer lab and register. All was going well today with registration (since students have mapped out way in [...]

I could pretend that I am tough as nails.
But your hammer would release me;
And as I was ripped from the wall-
Where I once supported the frames which encompassed your treasured memories,
You could unconsciously step back and allow me to fall to the ground,
So that my rusty exterior-
Would never again stain your hand.
You would pick me [...]

Over the last two years I have had some experiences regarding racism that have truly educated me, opened my eyes to some realities that never existed for me before, and shaped my values and the way I view the world and my place in it. All in all, I have truly changed. Before I moved [...]

Why do people hate Kobe Bryant so much? Is he really an asshole, or just misunderstood?

So miss alicia keys is pregnant and now engaged to swizz beatz. All over the gossip mill, and tabloids are photos of her singing praises for her new found love, engagement and entrance into motherhood. But let’s take a short trip down memory lane shall we. So she is now engaged to swizz which is [...]

Yesterday I spoke out about being a cancer survivor. This was the first time I had ever spoke out on my experiences before. There was a local Relay For Life and I volunteered to speak out at the closing rally before the last part of the marathon. It was an emotional experience, but a good [...]

Today while at the mall, a white lady pulled me aside in a store and asked for my opinion on some clothes for a little boy. She was an older lady (at least 60) ; she told me that she was buying a gift for a little boy that she knew. She had picked out [...]

So last night I went to a club in downtown Houston to celebrate a friend’s birthday. He rented a stretch Hummer and rented out the VIP section at the club. As we pulled up in front of the club, I noticed some women standing outside in line who started pointing at the limo. (there were [...]