Leonard Pitts Jr., Author at The Dominion Post

How to be a Black man

Leonard Pitts Jr. — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 04:04:00 +0000

Today’s topic: “How to be a Black man.” It’s a subject on which white conservatives are often quick to offer instruction to actual Black men, their utter lack of relevant […]

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Have we finally learned our lesson?

Leonard Pitts Jr. — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 04:00:00 +0000

Last week, Donald Trump finally crossed the Rubicon. That is, he took to his social media platform and, for the first time, issued an explicit call to abolish the U.S. […]

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We owe them much better than this

Leonard Pitts Jr. — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 04:00:00 +0000

Joe Engel died last week. It’s unlikely you will know the name, especially if you don’t live in Charleston, S.C., his hometown since 1949. Joe never wrote a great novel […]

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Elon Musk’s new toy

Leonard Pitts Jr. — Thu, 24 Nov 2022 04:05:00 +0000

For Christmas one year, my folks got my kid brother a tank. This thing could roll across the floor, the turret turned and it made battle sounds. That may not […]

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A few words on post-election silence

Leonard Pitts Jr. — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 04:00:00 +0000

A few words on the silence. As you doubtless recall, many of us regarded last week’s midterm election with existential dread. The path from there to the end of American […]

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The infuriating charge of ‘racism against white people’

Leonard Pitts Jr. — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 03:58:00 +0000

Sometimes I wish white people could be Black. Not forever, mind you. Maybe for just a few weeks like John Howard Griffin, the author of “Black Like Me,” who darkened […]

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The Caucacity of Nope

Leonard Pitts Jr. — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 02:53:00 +0000

Let us apologize in advance to Barack Obama, who once wrote a book called “The Audacity of Hope.” You see, our subject today is what might be called the Caucacity […]

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We strive toward enlightenment … and language follows suit

Leonard Pitts Jr. — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 03:00:00 +0000

EDITOR’S NOTE: Mr. Pitts’ column contains language some readers may find offensive. He intentionally uses this language to illustrate how far we’ve come since such words and phrases were considered […]

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DeSantis, a secessionist of convenience

Leonard Pitts Jr. — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 03:08:00 +0000

We’re all in this thing together. Or so we like to say. But Ron DeSantis’ hypocrisy just punched a hole through that ideal. In 2013, when Hurricane Sandy devastated New […]

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Are we really different from them?

Leonard Pitts Jr. — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 03:00:00 +0000

We are different from them. Instinctively, that’s what you’re thinking, right? Not that you don’t have reason. The news out of Iran that a 22-year-old woman named Mahsa Amini mysteriously […]

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