Cogito Ergo

One of my favorite professors of all time, Dr. Chris Caldwell, once taught a class about the relationship between perception and social movement to a small group of philosophy students at the University of Kansas.  More specifically, Me, one Asian guy and 15 White folks took a class from a teacher we liked.  We went through quite a bit of fiction but most memorably for me was our our brief trips through Toni Morrison's Beloved  and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man . If you want to know how I ended up being the only Black person in a class that teaches Morrison and Ellison, it's like I said above...The University of Kansas...(it's in the state of KANSAS)  It would often bother me that if I wasn't enrolled in a class it would have no Black students. Anyhoo, in this class the students would lead lecture every Friday and we would discuss the week's assignment.  The unfortunate soul that drew Invisible Man  was some young frat boy who probably helped inven...

I try to spread love, make people comfortable and be friendly and the like.  That being said, let me tell you about what happened Monday.  On the way home I passed a police car on the way in to my little neighborhood.  When I turned in to my driveway I noticed that he had followed behind me and blocked my driveway as if he didn't want me to leave or something.  I did what I always do when cops roll up on me.  I ignored his ass and went in the house.  Much to my surprise, he let me without a word. Turns out out that my neighbor's live in son had been kicking his ass and the neighbor asked my wife to call popo if he came back over.  The back story is that the old man is OK.  For anonymity's sake let's just say his son's name is "My Neighbor Danny".  My Neighbor Danny is a prick and his son is the bane of the entire neighborhood. Long story short, my neighbor Danny went to jail.  Which relieved me because I know I was going to end up...

I see that niggas being shot is back in the news.  Here's a brief recap for those of you living under a rock.  In North Charleston, South Carolina, Officer Michael Slager shot 50-year old Michael Scott in the back while he was fleeing after a traffic stop.  After he hit him at least 4 times, the officer then cuffed Mr. Scott with his hands behind his back and left him to die. Not to be topped, The Tulsa Oklahoma Sheriff's Department managed to allow Eric Courtney Harris to be killed WHILE he was being arrested.  The man was on the ground and had been tackled by not one but two deputies when he was shot by a .380 revolver being held by Reserve Deputy Robert Bates.  If you smell something fishy here, that's because there are a number of problems with this; outside of the dead Negro. First off, you may ask yourself "What the fuck is a 'Reserve Deputy?'"  Good question.  Apparently you can volunteer to be a gun toting member of the Sheriff's Department...

Governor Sam Brownback has signed a law that permits the carry of concealed weapons in the State of Kansas without permit Starting this July.  That means any moron over 21 can pack his or her pistol when he goes out to do his or her daily moron activities; such as patrol the neighborhood, a la George Zimmerman. Here are a few reasons why this is a horrid idea: Guns don't kill people.  People with gun's kill people:      So I'm supposed to believe we are safer now that more people have guns on them?  Right. Everyone can't shoot straight:        Let's say some old lady isn't too happy about the guy breaking in to her car and decides that it's time to pull out the .380 on his ass.  Her eyes aren't too good, her arthritis is signaling an upcoming storm and last night's episode of CSI really got her knickers in a bunch.  On her best day she couldn't hit a barn at 10 paces but she don't know that.  Best case scenario, ...