For Dreamers, Thinkers and Achievers
By Cheryl Mattox Berry I’ve never been enamored of the British royal family, so I wasn’t one of the wedding watchers. Still, I couldn’t escape the hoopla over Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s union. There was news about the royal nuptials everywhere I went or looked Saturday from the moment I woke up. From the […]
Continue ReadingBy Cheryl Mattox Berry SMH at the stupid conversations people allow themselves be sucked into every day. I spend quite a bit of time on the internet, researching ideas and topics. It amazes me that so many people believe everything they read. Their comments are hilarious, sad, unbelievable and downright ignorant. Some people have lost […]
Continue ReadingBy Cheryl Mattox Berry Throughout March, which is Women’s History Month, I’ve been struggling with how to tell black women that they need to join the #MeToo movement to protest violence against black girls and women. I was tired of preaching and couldn’t think of a fresh way to deliver the message. My answer came Saturday […]
Continue ReadingBy Cheryl Mattox Berry I dedicate this post to grade school and college students across the USA – especially those threatened with disciplinary action by insensitive school officials – who participated in a walkout today to demand tougher gun laws. It gives me goosebumps to hear them dismiss tweets by lawmakers who claim they empathize […]
Continue ReadingBy Cheryl Mattox Berry Whenever there’s too much publicity about a movie, I question whether it will live up to the hype. Nor am I a fan of Marvel superhero movies, but I went to see “Black Panther” because I like Chadwick Boseman, who plays the Black Panther and King T’Challa. I must say that […]
Continue ReadingBy Cheryl Mattox Berry Now That’s a Smart Mom I’d like to commend the Lauderdale Lakes, Fla., mother who turned in her 14-year-old son after his photo was aired on TV as a suspect in the carjacking of an elderly woman. It shows that mother had confidence that the police wouldn’t harm her son. I’m […]
Continue ReadingBy Cheryl Mattox Berry The controversy over clothing giant H&M using a black child wearing a hoodie with the words “Coolest Monkey in the Jungle” reminded me of an encounter I had with an opthamologist in the 1990s. When I took my 7-year-old daughter to see the eye doctor, he walked into the exam room […]
Continue ReadingBy Cheryl Mattox Berry Sexual predators, like disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein, aren’t just in Hollywood. They have lived among us for years – in all professions. Problem is, few women have called them out because they fear retaliation, career suicide, isolation or being shamed by co-workers. My 82-year-old mother was one of the silent […]
Continue ReadingBy Cheryl Mattox Berry Here we go again. New allegations of sexual abuse have surfaced against R&B crooner R. Kelly. This time, Kelly is accused of holding several young women – all of them legally adults – in a cult-like environment at homes in Atlanta and Chicago. The parents of these young women claim Kelly […]
Continue ReadingBy Cheryl Mattox Berry Once upon a time, professional athletes were considered role models. Then, we found out that some of them battered their girlfriends and wives, consumed drugs and did all sorts of illegal stuff. Thud! They were kicked off the pedestal. Now, we need to do the same for this president of the […]
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