Author: Hashim Warren

  • The Truth About Immigrant Families

    The Truth About Immigrant Families

    My friend is anti-immigration because he said people from the south border come from socialist countries, are programmed to think the government will do everything for them, and in America will become a permanent underclass. I told him the story of my father, an immigrant from Jamaica who built businesses and placed 5 children on…

  • How Can I Explain Privilege? 🤔

    How Can I Explain Privilege? 🤔

    My dad owned an arcade. When I came in the manager flipped a switch so I had unlimited Ms Pac-Man lives. I got fairly good at the game, better than most. That’s privilege

  • Bruce’s Beach and Restorative Justice

    Bruce’s Beach and Restorative Justice

    Bruce’s Beach has been returned to the Black family who owned it almost 100 years ago, ending one of the most flagrant examples of Black wealth stolen through federal and local government policy

  • Honeywell loses pollution lawsuit, land goes back to The Onondaga Nation

    Honeywell loses pollution lawsuit, land goes back to The Onondaga Nation

    Honeywell polluted land in New York State, lost a lawsuit, and now has to clean it and turn it over to The Onondaga Nation

  • MF Doom doesn’t make sense. And that’s OK

    MF Doom doesn’t make sense. And that’s OK

    Ghostface popularized the Nutmeg flow. MF DOOM mastered it. But even Ghost admits it’s just nonsense phrases. Just enjoy it.

  • Read This Page – Google Assistant

    The new “read this page” capability for Google Assistant is pretty smart about what it reads and skips . As time goes by, Siri becomes worse in comparison to Google Assistant, and iPhone users are missing out on more and more.

  • African Inspired, Modern Fits with D’IYANU

    African Inspired, Modern Fits with D’IYANU

    Love the story behind D’IYANU – an immigrant girl came to America as a child, reconnected with her African roots as an adult, and started a fashion line for families who are going through the same journey.

  • The Kingdom of Dahomey

    The Kingdom of Dahomey

    The new Viola Davis movie is about an all-woman army from the Kingdom of Dahomey. You can learn more about Dahomey and how it participated in modernizing the world in “Born in Blackness” by Howard French

  • Should couples use a joint bank account?

    I made a joke on Twitter: But now that joke is backed up with data: “Across five studies including evidence from a largescale longitudinal survey, we find that couples who pool all of their money through the use of joint bank accounts experience greater relationship satisfaction, compared to couples who keep all (or some) of…

  • Fatherhood Scriptures

    Fatherhood Scriptures

    Two scriptures I think about a lot when it comes to fatherhood: 1️⃣ Ephesians 6:4 “Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.” 2️⃣ Colossians 3:21 “Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged. “exasperate…embitter…discourage… Dang, I unfortunately have that effect all…