Born Broke. Die Broke.

Lately I have been obsessed with inherited wealth. It is one thing to be the first in your family to go to school. You end up being your families paralegal, social worker and health care advocate. Because you have been in schools re- institutions, … [Continue reading]

Town Business

What happens when put some young bucks (who may or may not be D-Boys), and a middle age Black man "street vigilante" on a slowly gentrifing North Oakland block? You get a grown man, Patrick McCullough (photo above), who shoots a "rowdy" kid, … [Continue reading]

Anything…but a Pimp

Shout out to Ta-Nehisi Coats on the 2, count 'em 2 page NY Times article on Negro Filmmakers in Hollywood. It was interesting to learn that Hollywood Execs did not want Terrence Howard to be a Pimp in Hustle and Flow. They questioned why he had to be … [Continue reading]