A cartoon by a man named Ben Garrison depicts a harshly exaggerated muscular and unfeminine version of Michelle Obama next to a dainty and femininely illustrated Melania Trump, with the caption “make the first lady great again.” The cartoon plays into ancient racist stereotypes about black women, that they are man-ish and brute and just inherently […]

Barack Obama gave the commencement speech to the 2016 graduating class of Howard University earlier this week, and was widely received with acclaim. Graduates, attendees and those watching live via streaming sites were uplifted and grateful for the president’s speech, which people said was very paternal and honest. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Jeff Johnson goes […]

Aisha Tyler, co-host of The Talk recently spoke her mind about black students who choose to attend HBCUs, saying it’s more ‘courageous’ to attend more predominantly white institutions. She says that the working world college graduates enter are more realistically like predominantly white schools, so black students she get used to the racial tensions that occur there sooner. […]

First daughter Malia Obama has made her decision to attend Harvard University- but first, she’s taking a year off to work and gain some useful experience before plunging back into academia for four more years.  The “gap year” isn’t new, but when we hear the term we commonly think of privileged rich kids flying daddy’s private jet around […]

A former Nixon aide recently confirmed that the 37th United States president’s war on drugs was indeed a racist endeavor meant to take out blacks as well as liberals. Jeff Johnson explains why this is really no surprise, and what else this information should clue us in on, in this edition of 3 Things You Should Know on “The Rickey Smiley Morning […]

Jeff Johnson brings to our attention a trial of Black Lives Matter protestors currently going on in L.A., even though those being tried were only involved in non-violent protests in the fall. He discusses the injustices of this trial as protestors at Trump rallies engage in harmful behavior without consequence. Click on the audio player to him explain more in […]

Jeff Johnson declared the book of the month to be Shaka Senghor‘s “Life, Death & Redemption In Prison.” Shaka discusses his motives in writing the book after spending the better part of 40 years in solitary confinement, and why he says educators, parents and policy-makers everywhere should dive in. Click on the audio player to him explain more in this edition […]

When Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler‘s Vanity Fair photoshoot came out, social media exploded into hysteria, with a lot of people questioning their sexuality and even responding with homophobic tweets in some cases. But Jeff Johnson puts things in perspective and explains why it’s silly to be worried about such a thing when looking at the photos. Click on the audio […]

Katt Williams‘ busted back into the scene after a hiatus with a challenge for Kevin Hart.    Jeff Johnson weighs in on why Kevin not only shouldn’t really accept it, but doesn’t need to, either. Click on the audio player to hear him explain more in this edition of 3 Things You Should Know.  Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Click here for more 3 […]

As another one of us was gun down unarmed and running away from the police,  Jeff Johnson explains why even good cops can be part of the problem, too. Click on the audio player to hear more in this edition of 3 Things You Should Know.  Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Click here for more 3 Things You Should Know from Jeff Johnson […]