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Pacify – [pas–uh-fahy] verb (used with object), pacified, pacifying. to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquillity; quiet; calm: to pacify an angry man. In the last few weeks, the spotlight on America’s white supremacy has been magnified tenfold with the events at Charlottesville, Virginia. What began as
Continue readingI don’t care about a statue: Pacification in the fight against racism
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
Continue readingRace Baiting and white America’s response to the Procter & Gamble commercial
In my life, the one thing that has come the easiest to me is writing. The ability to create worlds on paper, express my thoughts by using a pencil and
Continue readingHow the Good Men Project Helped Me Find My Voice
I had the opportunity to participate in an interview with Storycorps, an organization that is committed to sharing stories of people everywhere in the world. We talked about writing, race,
June 16th was the birthday of Tupac Amaru Shakur. Everyone was celebrating his life and the release of the film “All Eyez On Me”: the biopic about the rapper, activist,
Continue readingTupac Shakur, Malcolm X, masculinity, and the importance of fatherhood
Yesterday, I returned as a guest to The Jesse Lee Peterson Show. We resumed our discussion on race, gender, sexism, and why Black people are targets by the police. Take
Continue readingLeRon Barton returns to 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
In 2017, technology is making a permanent place in our lives. What was once optional, tech has now become almost as important to our everyday lives as water, food,
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
This originally appeared at Kalw As the Bay Area marks the two-year anniversary of Michael Brown’s death, demands for police accountability continue in the aftermath of major scandals that rocked
Continue readingBay Area Voices on Racial Injustice: “Heads I live, tails I don’t”
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