Eddie K. Phillips
Jun 24, 20153 min read
WHITE AMERICA! YOU CAN'T WALK AWAY FOR LONG!
I often ask myself a simple question: How long does White America believe they can willfully turn their attention and walk away from...
Eddie K. Phillips
Jun 22, 20151 min read
A FATHERLY EXAMPLE
A son on his wedding day said: Dad, I'm going to be just like you. A hard working man; honest, faithful, and true. I will feed and...
Eddie K. Phillips
Jun 22, 20151 min read
A FATHER'S PRAYER
For my sons I have very simple prayers. I pray God protects and holds them in his loving care. I pray that he gives them laughter and...
Eddie K. Phillips
Jun 22, 20151 min read
I AM NOT A POET
I am not an elegist. I am only a man who picks up a pen. I write the thoughts that cross my mind, and then I put the pen down again....
Eddie K. Phillips
Jun 22, 20151 min read
FATHER'S ECHO
A blessing at birth; a human fragment of my soul. An exemplar of sheer love, sent by God to make me whole. He smiles at me with...
Eddie K. Phillips
Jun 21, 20152 min read
THE RACIAL ARGUMENT (BLACK SIDE)
I wonder why white people are so racist. Why do they consistently ignore black pain? Why do they advertise only our problems? Why...
Eddie K. Phillips
Jun 21, 20151 min read
THE RACIAL ARGUMENT (WHITE SIDE)
I am so tired of race-baiters crying racism! I'm sick of hearing about their false racial pain! They all just want a hook-up or a...
Eddie K. Phillips
Jun 20, 20151 min read
THE LESSON
I guess this is the last time we play this silly game. I guess this is the last time I softly speak your name. I would have given you...
Eddie Kendrick Phillips
Jun 19, 20152 min read
AND WE STILL LOOK AWAY FROM DIXIE LAND
It seems that far down in the land of cotton Past lynchings and rapes have been forgotten Flags wave proudly as symbols of hate Over...
