…black people participate in recreational activities other than sports. This article on MSNBC.com spotlights black chess players in the Maryland-DC Metro Area.

Excerpt from the article:

“Chess defines us in ways other than the way we are often defined in newspapers and on television with the negative images… it [chess] knocks the stereotypes and shows that we are intellectual, cerebral people and that we are interested in something other than basketball.”

I love it. And I’ve been waiting for somebody to teach me how to play chess for years…

Okay, so I know that Georgia isn’t the most progressive state; however, there are some things going on here that I find to be RIDICULOUS.

According to this article on MSNBC.com, some Georgia lawmakers signed off on a plan to create a Confederate Heritage Month. Under this plan, the month of April would be designated as Confederate History and Heritage Month in an attempt to honor the memory of the Confederacy as well as “all those millions of its citizens of various races and ethnic groups and religions who contributed in sundry and myriad ways to the cause of Southern Independence.”

Oh really? The cause of Southern Independence? Sounds like a ridiculous amount of BS to me. Especially when you think about how Georgia lawmakers didn’t seem to excited or willing to issue an apology for slavery.

Here’s a nice editorial about the situation, one that definitely sums up my feelings about it…courtesy of the AJC.