Reynard N. Blake, Jr

To my dear Brothers and Sisters, I write this letter to you in a spirit of love and concern for you and all humanity. We live in dangerous times. Military action, fragile relationships between nations, and hostilities and misunderstandings between the world’s religions have created an unprecedented tension within the modern world. I am afraid…

Black America is under siege. Black faith institutions, particularly Black churches, are being undermined on a number of fronts – culturally, via disunity, via fear, paternalism and misogyny, and plain old bribes. Though there is a historic precedent to undermine the lives of African-Americans, African-Americans are weathering new and continuing assaults on a number of…

Hip-hop has provided a forum for African-American and Latino youth to express their respective cultures and speak on a number of issues. Today, hip-hop is a global phenomenon that appeals to almost all ethnicities and is synthesizing a new culture that goes beyond race, education, and income. Despite the growing acceptance of hip-hop within white…

Here we go again – I’m writing another article regarding the NFL! In the National Football League’s latest bout with hypocrisy it has decided to denounce entertainer Janet Jackson for bearing her breast (with the assistance of singer Justin Timberlake) during the Super Bowl halftime show. The NFL’s partner in crime, CBS, also feigned concern…