Christina Irby's Blog (2)

A few days ago, I watched "Glory" and, after a few moments of reflection, I became ashamed of many of my fellow Black Americans and, my fellow Americans in general. Think about it; for what have we felt the need to risk everything we own, including our lives? Those black Soldiers of the 54th Massachusetts and other infantry regiments as well as the black and white Soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary War put everything on the line. As brave as our Founding Fathers were, and as much as they… Continue

I am a black woman. I come from a black family. My family is all democrat, with the exception of my aunt's husband; he's a republican. So, statistically speaking, I should be a democrat, too. And I guess I would have been, except for one thing. When I was 10 years old, this guy from Hollywood, named Ronald Reagan ran for president. I don't remember all of the ads and I couldn't tell you what happened in the debates. What I do remember is that there was an ad discussing the Soviet Union. If I'm… Continue