U.S. Border Patrol

Earlier this week, M.I.A. debuted 'Born Free' - a controversial music video which depicts an American task force enforcing the capture of a targeted, illegal group of individuals. Seemingly innocent, these illegal redheads were needlessly profiled, targeted, and arrested. 

White Privilege: I Benefit. Do you?

The answer to my title question is that, yes, if you’re white, odds are that you benefit. While it is possible to envision some kind of scenario which would provide a plausible exception, such scenarios are so rare they likely occur at the vanishing point of statistical insignificance.

Last night, live at the BET Awards in Los Angeles, a room full of head-bobbing, consenting adults bounced to Drake and Lil Wayne’s back-to-back performances of the hit songs “Best I Ever Had” and “Every Girl.” I watched, underwhelmed. I wanted more “Michael” in what was supposed to be this award-show-turned-Michael-Jackson-tribute. I watched, ever puzzled by the Lil Wayne phenomena that has captivated the music industry. I watched, wondering when the set was going to end.