Breaking News

Tony Wafford

Why Does Black Hair Frighten Them So?
Opinion

Why Does Black Hair Frighten Them So?

Tony R. Wafford, Contributing Opinion WriterNovember 2, 2023

Isn’t it pathetic at best, and sick at its worse that Black people have to endure white-lash, being White-balled, or straight up punished because of our hair and the many different beautiful Black hairstyles that we wear? This sounds crazy when you hear it right?  The proof in what I’m saying is the fact that right here in so-called liberal California we had to pass the CROWN Act which really should have been named the, “Is it OK for me to be Black Act?” The CROWN Act is an acronym for “Create a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair,” in

A Ram in the Bush and A Negro in the Cut
Op-EdOpinion

A Ram in the Bush and A Negro in the Cut

Tony WaffordSeptember 28, 2023

I know you’re wondering what I’m talking about.  I’m talking about Joseph Abiodun Ladapo.  Ladapo is the Surgeon General of Florida and Governor Ronald Dion DeSantis’ handpicked negro.  

Weed and the Black Community: What’s Really Going On?  
Opinion

Weed and the Black Community: What’s Really Going On?  

Tony Wafford  September 21, 2023

It was 5:30 am and I was taking my morning walk.  As I got to the corner and was waiting for the light to change so I could safely cross the street, a car making a right turn with its windows down, bumping rap music — loud as hell and the smell of weed lit up the whole corner!

The Vaccines: Will Black People be at the end of the Line?
HealthOp-EdOpinion

The Vaccines: Will Black People be at the end of the Line?

Tony R. WaffordFebruary 12, 2021

During this Covid-19 watch, it seems that there is a tremendous amount of excitement in the news as vaccines move toward federal approval and all the different states racing and running to create plans for who should get the first doses and how the vaccines will be distributed. State and federal health officials have all agreed that front-line healthcare workers who have direct contact with COVID-19 patients should be the first vaccinated, which makes all the sense in the world. Then the conversation seems to be vaccinating seniors in nursing home facilities and those patients in long-term care facilities; and that also makes sense to me.

L.A. Chapter of I Choose Life Health and Wellness Center Celebrate and Commemorate Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Health

L.A. Chapter of I Choose Life Health and Wellness Center Celebrate and Commemorate Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

Tony R. WaffordMarch 23, 2017

March 10th was National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, but for I Choose Life Health and Wellness Center, we’re going to celebrate and educate women and girls the entire month of March. When you look at our society and see that there are over 280,000 young ladies 13 and older who are living with HIV in the United States, and some 7,402 women and young girls that were diagnosed with HIV in 2015; we’ve got to talk about it. Black women continue to be disproportionately affected by HIV, accounting for 61% of recent diagnoses but only 13% of the female population. Though most women who acquire HIV through vaginal sex, women who inject drugs are also at risk for HIV.

No Preview
Op-EdOpinion

They Say, ‘It Appears That no one Cares’: But We Do!

Tony WaffordMarch 24, 2016

In a recent article in the Los Angeles Times, I saw a story entitled, ‘It appears that no one cares’: Report slams Juvenile Hall for filthy conditions and poor leadership. In the story, they depicted Los Angeles County’s Central Juvenile Hall as a leaderless operation with “unacceptable” and “deplorable” conditions similar to a “Third World country prison.” The story went on to say, that some of the walls were covered in gang graffiti and filth and that no one made an effort to wash it away. Morale among staffers was at “dungeon lows from a workforce that claims to be

Interview with Tony Wafford of I Choose Life on the CDC’s new Doing It Campaign
Op-EdOpinion

Interview with Tony Wafford of I Choose Life on the CDC’s new Doing It Campaign

Special to the SentinelMarch 10, 2016

What is the Doing It campaign?
The Doing It campaign is a new effort by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to encourage all adults – especially those in communities that are most affected by HIV/AIDS like the Black community – to get tested for HIV. Doing It aims to destigmatize the HIV testing conversation, and to make HIV testing a normal part of our lives.

I Don’t Want to Say “I Told You So” But, “I Told You So”
Op-EdOpinion

I Don’t Want to Say “I Told You So” But, “I Told You So”

Tony Wafford, Contributing ColumnistJanuary 21, 2016

I remember back in 2012 when many in the HIV world were celebrating this new wonder drug called Truvada (PrEP). This new drug was going to be a major tool (their words not mine) in our tool box to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS. This magic pill was going to help those at highest risk for contracting HIV/AIDS.

Calling all Brothers
Op-EdOpinion

Calling all Brothers

John W. Coleman, MA MBA, Contributing ColumnistDecember 29, 2015

Brothers, we have a duty, a duty to take care of our women. We need to accept responsibility for the rising numbers of HIV/AIDS and STDs in black women. These rising numbers are such a prevalent part of our communities now; that a conversation needs to be expanded to include everyone in the community, straight and gay.