Wu-Tang blogging would actually be a welcome addition.

I know times are tough when people with famous bylines are "struggling"! Welcome aboard. If I had to guess, I'd say we're now about to witness the special technique of shadowboxing...

I guess I could be considered a 'ghetto nerd' or at least I was born in the ghetto and survived to tell the tale. I saw your post on the video the Atlantic did for your book. I thought it was too cool. I loved the part about your father and his love for books. I am one of those men you spoke about in the video. You are correct, the key is parental involvement in a black (any) child's education.

I remember going to school and my teacher (who was black and she went to my church) was amazed that I could write my name. She asked me to write it with my left and right hand while my classmates watched in amazement. She thought I was showing off when I told her that my mother taught me how to do this trick. I depend too much on my right hand. The memory of having my mother teaching me many skills and that first grade teacher asking me to prove that I could write with both of my hands were critical to my love of learning. Without any financial support--I worked will going to school, these memories propelled me to B.A. in the mid-90s.

Where did the name Ta-Nehisi come from?