Black History Month Archives

Black History Month: To Celebrate or Not to Celebrate?

February 20, 2025 Hal Shurtleff

Back in the mid-1980s, while a mail handler working for the United States Postal Service at what was called the South Postal Annex, I had a conversation with a White liberal co-worker. I was trying to “Red Pill” him” by loaning him a book, “Hijacked,” the Anthony Bryant Story. Mr. Bryant was a Black Panther … Read more

Bananas: Taylor Swift Wins First Super Bowl Championship & MVP

February 13, 2024 Johnny Bananas (Fake News Reporter!)

It seems like she was just a fresh face out of high school only a short while ago, running up and down stadiums belting out feel-good hits about young love. Today she is Taylor Swift, Super Bowl LVIII Champion.

Truckers, Teachers, BLM, and Black History Month

March 13, 2022February 8, 2022 Ray Cardello

The COVID-19 Pandemic has taught us how meaningless words become when overused for effect. Mandates, hypocrisy, threats to democracy, and my favorite, insurrection, have all been used daily and for different reasons depending on the point to be made.

Adidas Black History Month Sneaker is all white

Is There a Problem With Adidas Having an All-White Shoe for Black History Month?

February 7, 2019 Steve MacDonald

While it sounds tone deaf at first, Adidas had only one pair of white sneakers in a collection of new sports footwear celebrating Black History month. But for some, that was one too many. The sneaker, an all-white Ultraboost, was part of the collection featuring designs inspired by the Harlem Renaissance, an important cultural period primarily during … Read more