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Race Baiting and white America’s response to the Procter & Gamble commercial

August 9, 2017February 7, 2018 LeRon Barton

Race Baiting and white America’s response to the Procter & Gamble commercial

I, like millions of people, saw the Procter & Gamble commercial. In it, there were various Black children and teenagers of various ages talking with their parents about the everyday rigors of racism. A little girl sits with her mother looking in a mirror as she is told she is beautiful; a young boy talks to an older relative about being called a racial slur; a young man is counseled by his mom to get home safe; a teenage girl driving for the first time is given advice by…

Interview on the Dr. Vibe Show – 6/15/2017

June 15, 2017June 15, 2017 LeRon Barton

Interview on the Dr. Vibe Show – 6/15/2017

I appeared on the Dr. Vibe Show to discuss my essay “Stop Blaming Trump for Racism (It was already here).”

Interview on The Jesse Lee Peterson show

May 23, 2017August 9, 2017 LeRon Barton

Interview on The Jesse Lee Peterson show

On Thursday May 18, 2017, I was given a chance to appear on The Jesse Lee Peterson show. Peterson, a Black conservative preacher who thinks Black people don’t know how to act and white people having the right to be afraid of us, and I spoke about my latest essay, “Gaslighting: Don’t Do It.” While I knew the conversation would be challenging, I didn’t know it would be ridiculous. Peterson denied that Gaslighting exists and said men should not be weak. Overall, a very interesting exchange. Check out the interview.

Black, While Using Uber

November 1, 2016 LeRon Barton

Originally printed at The Good Men Project As a Black man, I am used to poor treatment and being denied service. I have been ignored by retail store clerks, stalked by department store security guards, made to wait an unusually long time for my order to be taken at a restaurant, and have a sometimes incredibly hard time hailing a cab. Ah yes, catching a taxi – one of the many challenges of being Black. My friends used to trade stories of what strategies worked when getting a cab driver…