April 2012
3 posts
I AM: A Young Black Man
In all the madness, anger, sadness, rage, and disenchantment that we all feel from the Trayvon Martin tragedy, I produced this piece as my contribution to the conversation. It’s only a minute long, but serves as my tribute to all of the young Black men who are so much more than what the world sometimes allows them to be:
http://lathompson.com/2012/04/i-am-a-young-black-man/
Thank you for...
While my story isn’t as harrowing as others’, I do believe it has negatively changed me as a person. My parents raised me to be a polite, upstanding young gentleman. I was taught to hold doors for people who are following behind me, open car doors for women, look people in the eye and say “Thank you.” I have, however, given up on committing one of these acts; I will not ask women, especially...
my "hoodie" picture needs no wardrobe change
My “hoodie” picture needs no wardrobe change. no new setting— a faculty office will do just fine, just as it was several years ago at FIU, when a security guard drew his gun on me as i left my office one evening. Was it the fact that i spoke to him in Spanish that saved me? Simply, and even softly: “Calmate. Soy Profesor.” But this/my story is the story of many of us....
