From The Editor – Issue 3 Volume 5

February is the month of love in addition it is the month when African American (Black) history is celebrated in the United States. Red, white, and pink teddy bears are lining store shelves along with heart shaped boxes of chocolates. Card aisles are over flowing with valentine cards and boxes of cards for children to […]

Hallowed Grounds

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History announces the 2016 National Black History Theme Hallowed Grounds: Sites of African American Memories The history of African Americans unfolds across the canvas of America, beginning before the arrival of the Mayflower and continuing to the present. From port cities where Africans disembarked from […]

Good Love

A man in his late 20’s meets a young woman who just turned 20. they sang together in their church’s young peoples choir. The man was considered a black sheep by many. He liked to have fun, play pool, and spin records on weekends in pubs. An unexpected pregnancy resulted in the couple getting married. […]

A Poem: Calling

He called my name, my full given name pronounced each syllable that my mother spoke the day I was born. He called my name, like he knew my gait how each foot landed when I walked to Sunday School in too tight patent leather shoes. He called my name, as though he were […]

An Interview: Tainted Love

When couples marry, they don’t envision divorce. They especially don’t anticipate divorce due to domestic violence. Most people who get married do so on a positive note. Statistics complied by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention1 indicate in 2014 a ratio 46.4% divorces to marriages. This means for every 100 marriages 47 will end […]

From The Editor – Issue 2 Volume 5

Those who have followed PaisleyPerspective blog since the very first post, I say thank you. This particular post should look familiar. It is giving a quick summary of the other posts in this group. I am excited to bring you knew content in the a familiar format. There are three post under Issue 2 Volume 5. […]

New Year…Same You

So it’s 16 days into 2016. How are your new year resolutions going? You know that one big thing you said you would do this year or the multiple itemed list. I don’t mean to sound sarcastic but each year most people make pie in the sky resolutions then by now have fallen flat. In […]

A Poem: Forced Entry

He broke into me- stole something. Brazen thief never charged with forced entry, and no one sees the bruise prints the scratch marks on my spirit- these don’t make police reports. The dignity missing from my step doesn’t qualify as physical evidence. I shake when I see him. Only my homegirls seem […]

Falling Star

Giving any type of drug to a woman in order to have sex with her, against her will is wrong. There is no if, and, or, but, about that fact. Actually giving a drug to any person to have sex with them against their will is wrong referring to both moral and illegal behavior. Like […]

PaisleyPerspective Turns 5!

WOW! Five years ago, January 1, 2011 PaisleyPerspective blog was launched. The idea was formed out the need to do something worthwhile. I was unemployed and in between seeking a new job or means of income, I decided it was time to start my own blog. Prior to PaisleyPerspective.com, I contributed to a political blog. […]