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Jack and Jill

Winkfield F. Twyman, Jr. — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 13:32:00 +0000

An unknown to white and many black Americans, Jack and Jill has provided a safe meeting place for black upper class kids since the 1950s.

"I want my daughter to be in Jack and Jill so that she will have someone to date." – Elite law firm partner to his wife, in 2006

Last night, my [...]

The Hunt for Black Identity

Winkfield F. Twyman, Jr. — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:10:23 +0000

If you’re going to invest time and energy in a quest for Black Identity, why not define Black Identity in a positive, constructive fashion?

The Hunt for Black Identity has shipwrecked more black lives than any other contemporary pressure, bar none. In this essay, I will set aside the entertainment value provided by the Hunt. One [...]

Truth

Winkfield F. Twyman, Jr. — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:03:38 +0000

My prayer is that all black leaders strive to be truthful in their words.

I know Chris Farley.

We met at Harvard. I admired Chris. He was a highly competitive student, even at Harvard. He came from an amazing black family. His father chaired the economics department at an upstate New York university. Indeed, his father stood [...]

Death of an Artist

Winkfield F. Twyman, Jr. — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:49:30 +0000

Somewhere in America tonight, there is a black law professor. He is popular with his students. Only when he receives his college alumni bulletin in the mail does he think back to what might have been.

Black law professors are different from most black Americans. The typical professor who has sworn allegiance to Critical Race Theory [...]

Neoconservatism: Why Black America Needs It

Winkfield F. Twyman, Jr. — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 12:54:27 +0000

To return to the right side of history, African-American law professors might go back to black tradition, to the wisdom of our founding father, Dean John Mercer Langston.

To place the excesses of critical race theory in perspective, one might study the thoughts of the “original black law professor,” John Mercer Langston. Born of a white [...]

The Lost Moral Authority of Conservatism

Winkfield F. Twyman, Jr. — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 12:05:41 +0000

If conservatives had supported civil rights in the 1960s, African-Americans would be a conservative people today.

Confession: “a statement of guilt or obligation in a matter pertaining to oneself.” (Source: Webster’s Third New International Dictionary)

Time Magazine columnist Christopher John Farley has said an unwritten rule prohibits black dirty laundry from being aired before the white public. Maybe, [...]

Radical Elites and Black America

Winkfield F. Twyman, Jr. — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 12:08:04 +0000

Imagine how you must feel if you are (a) not of the south, (b) married to a white spouse, and (c) a passionate intellectual and you are hired by the faculty to bring in a "black voice." Talk about an identity crisis!

Once upon a time, black law professors made a difference in the life of Black [...]

The Education of a Ghetto Lit Writer

Winkfield F. Twyman, Jr. — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:20:09 +0000

As I started watching Black Entertainment Television, I began to see the truth; that keeping it real meant sex, violence, and profanity, that dealing drugs had become the American Dream, and that the sound of a shotgun being cocked had become music on the street.

My friend, Lisa, reminds me of C.J. Cregg in The West Wing. [...]

Blame the Man

Winkfield F. Twyman, Jr. — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 13:34:57 +0000

According to the critical race theorists, "True blacks" do not oppose affirmative action or vote Republican. They blame the man.

Positive thoughts matter.

Writers as diverse as Napoleon Hill and Julia Cameron underscore the importance of positive thought to success. Certainly, positive thinking includes the ability to change one’s thoughts. Changing course in pursuit of better opportunity [...]

The First Black in Phi Beta Kappa

Winkfield F. Twyman, Jr. — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 12:39:37 +0000

Before John Hope Franklin and W.E.B. DuBois, there was George Washington Henderson at the University of Vermont.

1865 was a momentous year for George Washington Henderson. As a fifteen-year-old, he had known slavery his entire life. He had never spent one day in school. He shared the burdens of state-enforced ignorance along with 96% of other [...]