Poet. Writer at TheRoot.com. Always has the Big Joker and the double-five. Is not your negro. Is a real negus. In that order.

Dir. of @HutchinsCenter, African & African American Research & Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, @Harvard. #FindingYourRoots returns to @PBS on Oct. 3rd.

Writer.

President & Founder, The Dream Corps and CNN Political Commentator

used to write things for @bcbeat, @twitter, @sfchronicle, @Pac12, @dailycalsports.

"Everything you touch you change. Everything you change, changes you" - Octavia Butler, Parable of the Sower

Father, Husband, Recruiting Lead at UBER, SJSU Football Alum #InThatOrder

Journalism and media training for professionals, educators, students and the public. NewsU is the e-learning site of @Poynter.