I called my friend Audwin The Black Belt the morning of March 18th, the day of Barack Obama’s speech, A More Perfect Union.
Me: Aud.
Audwin The Black Belt: What’s up man?
Me: Did you hear? Your boy is giving a speech this morning on race.
ATBB: Yeah.
Me: You know what this means right?
ATBB: Ummmm…
Me: It means were doomed!!!
ATBB: [...]

My friend Audwin stood calmly in the middle of the street dialing his cell phone while an older White man, towered over him screaming obscenities. “I’ll kick your f*cking ass! Ya pussy! Ya punk!” Audwin rolled his eyes and looked at his watch. He was definitely going to be late for his meeting now. “How [...]