Earlier this week, Sen. Tim Scott, a Black Republican from South Carolina, stated in his rebuttal to President Joe Biden’s … More
Author: Chuck Hobbs
Remembering how Jim Crow customs haunted Blacks and Asians
Most American history books pay scant attention to several notorious Congressional Acts that discriminated against Asians from China and set … More
Relief for Black Farmers is Past Due
One of the key (and controversial) components of the Coronavirus relief package signed by President Joe Biden this week was … More
The lost art of constructively criticizing one’s favorite leaders
I voted for Barack Hussein Obama during both of his historic presidential elections, and I continue to love and respect … More
President Joe Biden is ready to combat the Coronavirus
After a day of pageantry that heralded a peaceful transfer of power that was very much in doubt just two … More
My final perspective on Donald Trump
I begin this final summation by restating the obvious, which is that Donald Trump was an unqualified and unabashed bigot … More
“Persons of the Year:” Frontline Workers in America
It should come as little surprise that I have selected frontline workers across America as the Hobbservation Point’s “Persons of … More
Secession Past as Secession Prologue
Last week, after a predominantly conservative United States Supreme Court refused to hear the State of Texas’s attempt to invalidate … More
The ghosts of Tuskegee and Black reticence to take the Covid-19 vaccine
The NY Times this morning reports a Kaiser Family Foundation study that finds that Republicans, rurals, and Black Americans are … More