I Still Read Books

I still read books. The kind that you can read when you are away from your computer. The kind that you can read by candle light when the power is out and no longer have internet access. I have changed the way I purchase books. I have started purchasing books utilizing the links that Kevin […]

My 15 Minutes of Fame

All of the talk recently about our school days has got me reminiscing now, too, LOL. So here is my high school story that I would like to share with the class. I originally posted it back on MySpace “back in the day”. Andy Warhol said that “everybody would have their 15 minutes of fame” […]

The Muslims Are Coming!

I came across this the other day and decided to share it. I have seen these comedians on YouTube and they are very funny. Their tour will hopefully ease some of the tension between Muslims and non-Muslims here in America. MURFREESBORO — “The Muslims are Coming!” comedy show, with jokes celebrating cultural differences, pleased a […]

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Classic Jazz : Cab Calloway 10

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Cheese Bombs in Wisconsin, Chinese Flags and Gay Eskimoes.

Could we get three any more different nouns in a blog title? This is just another of my “this day in Joko History” blogs, where I run some re-runs.  This one happens to be remarkable because it starts with “What You Don’t Want To See at Airport Security”, my single most viewed video on YouTube.  […]

School To Prison Pipeline

It’s well-established that low-income students are much less likely than their more affluent counterparts to receive a challenging, fulfilling education. When one group of students is at a disadvantage from the beginning, they don’t perform as well on the standardized tests required to graduate from high school and they are more likely to have behavioral […]

Stamp Out Ignorance

This was originally posted on MySpace a couple years ago. A couple years ago, a friend that was working with youth at the Malcolm X Festival in LA received hate mail from one of her friends telling her that she was racist because she was involved in the festival. We sent emails back and forth […]

Classic Folk Music : Woody Guthrie 10

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