Dwayne Betts

{Dwayne Betts}A few days ago, the Jena 6 ordeal was settled with a plea of "no-contest" in District Court. But I'm not interested in re-hashing the drama the case caused. See I was asking myself in my head how many folks have heard the term juvenile certification, and realized that many people are likely like my family - having no idea what juvenile certification means until someone you know who's under eighteen find themselves calling a jail cell home.The boys… More »

{Dwayne Betts}The show came on at 8pm and Jamie Fox needed to be bleeped out four times in the first ten minutes.Then, he performed Blame It On The Alcohol while climbing out of a giant bottle of alcohol. T Pain had on a chain that said "Big Ass Chain."And then, if you watched more than thirty minutes of the show you recognized a few things. The juxtaposition of the O'Jays, New Edition, BVD with Kerie Hilton, Lil Wayne and Drake made it clear that there is a reason… More »

{Dwayne Betts}I didn't introduce myself before my first post. I'm R Dwayne Betts. The R is for Reginald - I was named after my daddy. I write poetry mostly - but I wrote a memoir too (shameless plug - it comes out August 6th. Okay, I won't mention it again.) My thing here will probably be sports, some juvenile justice issues, and some random stuff from the news. I'll try to keep it interesting. I love that folks challenge each other's ideas here. Challenge mine,… More »

[Dwayne Betts]Beware: Guest blogger. I'm Dwayne Betts - and it's my privilege to speak to this community - having been reading the posts and adding my nickel in for a while. And at some point, I'll have to say who I am. But right now I figured we were in need of a sports post. We needed somebody to say that a crowd full of Knicks were devastated when Curry took his jumper to Golden State. But was there a better team for him? With a coach that doesn't care about… More »