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Marriage is For White People

In 2006, The Washington Post published an op-ed essay by writer Joy Jones with the provocative headline “Marriage Is for White People.” The headline didn’t reflect Jones’ views; it repeated what one of her students told her when she taught a career exploration class for a predominantly black group of sixth-graders. If you look at [...]

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12 Things That Stress Out Dads

Being a dad is hard work and stressful. According to a Yankelovich Health & Wellness study, dads are most stressed out by the following twelve items: Planning one’s financial future Job/Career Keeping family safe Worrying about children’s success Health-care costs Aggressive drivers Influence of peers on children Balancing work and family Quality of your child’s [...]

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Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin is An All Pro Dad

Well, the Pittsburgh Steelers are the Superbowl Champions. I’m proud to say that the Steelers were my Superbowl pick from the start. Of course I figured they would be playing my formerly beloved Dallas Cowboys, but that’s another story. Disclosure: I hate the Steelers for what happened in their 1979 playoff game against the Houston [...]

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World AIDS Day 2008

Today is World AIDS Day, a day when individuals and organizations from around the world come together to bring attention to the global AIDS epidemic. Eradicating AIDS is something that I am passionate about because African Americans are disproportionately affected by this deadly disease. The AIDS epidemic among African Americans in some parts of the [...]

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The Cupcake Incident

As I mentioned in the previous post, we celebrated X’s birthday with cupcakes. Well, the next day, we decided to have the rest of the cupcakes for desert. My daughter, Nee, got a cupcake out of the container, but dropped it on the floor on the way to the table. I told her to throw [...]

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Go Shawty, It’s Your Birthday

I just celebrated my son’s first Birthday. We commemorated the occasion with party hats and cupcakes. I watched with fatherly pride as he two-fisted his cupcake into his mouth as icing covered nearly every part of his body. All I could think was “my baby is growing up.” My wife, K, and I never really [...]

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First Steps

I just witnessed my son’s taking his first steps. He stumbled and fell on the first few attempts. Then suddenly, he stood, balanced himself, and managed to wobble across the floor. As he walked and giggled, my heart filled with joy and trepidation. My son will take many more steps in his life. I will [...]

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Colors

Like many men, I am colorblind. Therefore, I’m always asking my wife and my daughter the color of things. Tonight, as I was separating the laundry, I asked my daughter if an item of clothing was white. “It’s pink, Daddy,” she replied with exasperation, “You should really learn your colors.” I guess it’s time to [...]

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The Evidence of Things Not Seen

Yesterday my wife and I took our daughter to her first day of second grade. She had been looking forward to this day for a long time and was very excited. After negotiating the first day of the car pool line, we managed to get into the school’s parking lot. As we searched for a [...]

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Sink or Swim

I’ve been watching the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing with great interest. I love seeing the athletes put everything on the line in order to win a gold medal for their countries. The athlete who has most intrigued me, though, has been Olympic swimmer Cullen Jones. He is the second African-American to make the US [...]

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