Color of Law
Executive Editor
Those who would consider the depiction of George Floyd as the son of God as blasphemous must ask themselves whether George Floyd as Jesus is more offensive to them than any brother as Jesus.
Very often, there are issues we are forced to confront that we did not know were controversial, solutions searching for a problem. One of these is…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
In a capitalist society, Black people have been unable to build generational wealth from the land that was stolen from them.
Systemic racism takes many forms, not the least of which is land theft. Simply put, Black people have lost a staggering amount of property over the…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
After serving the empire and serving their purpose for Uncle Sam, these Black vets are cast aside.
When we think of those people who are deported from the U.S., we often have images of undocumented Latinx folks from Mexico and Central America. In…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
the boarding school system is now recognized as a form of genocide designed to forcibly remove children from their homes and separate them from their families, culture, clothing and language.
The recent discovery of unmarked mass graves of 1,300 Indigenous children buried in five former residential schools has forced Canada to come to grips with a…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
when the President asks you a question, either you say what people want to hear or you speak the truth.
Long before Alicia Keys, Beyoncé, Gabrielle Union, Janelle Monáe, Kerry Washington, Keke Palmer, Rihanna, Shonda Rimes, Taraji P. Henson and Viola Davis came on the scene,…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
Using their states as laboratories for neo-Jim Crow policies, White reactionaries are cementing power through gerrymandering and voter suppression.
On April 6, 2023, the Tennessee House of Representatives expelled two Black freshman lawmakers, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, for exercising their First Amendment rights, protesting…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
This is why America can’t have nice things such as universal healthcare.
Welcome to the MAGA era of white grievance under Trump, a desire to return to the good old days and keep control away from melanated people.…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
Lawmakers will band together to ban an app, raise their salaries or bomb Brown babies in a foreign country, but they will not lift a pen to end hunger, stop mass shootings or make college free.
The reelection of Donald John Trump to the highest office in the land - following two impeachments, leadership in an insurrection and all sorts of criminal…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
White people were content to serve up other people for dinner when in fact, they didn’t realize they were the items on the menu.
When your enemies are getting cooked, the best you can do is grab some popcorn and enjoy the show. Specifically, and most recently, many of the…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
Oh, my children, they tried to bury you, but they didn’t know you were seeds. Remember that it’s all connected.
We are gathered here today in these last days of the American Empire, and the beginning of the end of late-stage capitalism, to declare that none…
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