The Silent Support Syndrome

There seems to be a reluctance by white moderates in Virginia — elected officials and otherwise — to challenge the public existence of Confederate statues in the Commonwealth. I refer to such as “The Silent Support Syndrome.” Following the American Civil War, Virginia was one of the last seven states to re-join the United States

The Scared Negro Disease Remains

As another Black History Month has passed I revisited the relevant speech given by former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, Maynard Jackson in 2002, while speaking in Portland, Oregon, entitled, “The Scared Negro Disease”. Mayor Jackson’s diagnosis is seemingly cancerous in Black politicians in the Commonwealth of Virginia, particularly as it relates to the removal of

Where is The American Dream?

Once upon a time, the “American Dream” was thought to be life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, as defined by an adequate-paying job, a house, and equal opportunity for a higher standard of life. In 2013, recent public policy decisions have sounded the alarm clock of unthinkable unemployment, home foreclosures, and a national feeling