The director of Human Resources is doing her annual diversity and inclusion (D&I) town hall. She will be presenting information that highlights the organizations progress with regards to hiring, promotion, rewards, and attrition. If her 2023 numbers are anything like her 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 numbers, she could…

In 2022, there were five major animated releases that were reasonably expected to be big moneymakers. Two of them lived up to that — ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ and ‘Puss In Boots: The Last Wish’. Two of them were considered big box office disappointments — ‘Lightyear’ and ‘Strange World’…

Okay, so Angela Bassett did not demonstrate thrill at losing a competitive Oscar. Why can’t she just be happy that she was nominated and be happy for the recipient Jamie Lee Curtis? Let’s explore. A Telling Direct-ion It is 2023 and not a single Black woman has been nominated for…

Today, there are more than 335 million people living in America. More than 258 million are over the age of 18, 189 million of whom are between the ages of 18 and 64. There were 160,138,000 people employed in the United States in January 2023. Pause. What do these numbers…

“The poorest and most crime ridden cities are led by Democrats, most of whom are also Black. What does that tell you?” Before we answer that question, let’s go over some facts. The highest crime rates are in cities like St. Louis, Detroit, Baltimore, Memphis, Chicago, and Little Rock. The…

“The government needs to stay away from morality laws and legislation around sex, race, and other very personal things.” ”You teach them math and science and I will decide what non-academic views and beliefs they are raised on.” “Children should not be raised according to anyone’s moral code except their…

THE DIRECTOR OF Leaving Neverland, the 2019 documentary that accused Michael Jackson of child sexual abuse, has penned an op-ed slamming plans to make an authorized biopic about the King of Pop. Writing in the Guardian, filmmaker Dan Reed said that the movie “will glorify a man who raped children.” …

In 2020, Kennedy Mitchum, then a graduate of Drake University in Iowa wrote an influential letter to Merriam-Webster, asking that they include language around systemic racism and oppression — this when defining the word ‘racism’. In her words, “I was just speaking on my social media about racism and just…

Outkast would not have won Album of the Year had it not been for their more pop friendly hits, ‘Hey Ya’ and ‘The Way You Move’. Let’s start with that nugget of truth. Don’t get me wrong, ‘Speakerboxxx/The Love Below’ was a brilliant album. So was ‘Stankonia’, their other Album…