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I can’t begin to list the names of Black men shot and killed by police - unarmed or otherwise - where they could’ve been apprehended “without incident.” I imagine there have been many, but there have also been many others who were plainly killed.
If it were a script, you still wouldn’t believe it. Another mass shooting and the media does not mention the instrumental role of guns in the…
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Shamelessly, analysts and commentators refer to pocket passers as “pure,” disciplined” and “smart” weekend after weekend, while they reserve adjectives like, wild, hairy-Carey, unpredictable and scramblers for Black men.
As American history goes, the ugly head of racism showing up never surprises me. At this stage of.my life, I wait for it to enter. The…
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Payday loans are an abusive form of lending that traps borrowers into an unending spiral of debt—a losing proposition for any American borrower.
I had a recent experience with a well-known corporate giant that burned me up—after they burned me. I rented a car from Enterprise Rideshare—my first with…
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Whether it’s Wall Street’s theft of Main Street or police shootings of Black men, white people won’t lift a sorry finger to call wrong wrong, until it smacks them in the face.
In the land of “exceptionalism” where justice and equality are core principles, the question of the hour is, does America play favorites? In light of increased…
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In the wake of the deadly terror attacks in Paris, Republicans across the board want to change the rules in the middle of the game. Isn’t it funny how a slew of white corpses turn men into mice?
Isn’t this the strangest thing? Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz joined the chorus of Republican governors vowing to defy the Obama administration’s plan to…
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The Palestinians have taken the greater share of the losses…but they’re still fighting. The Intifada is alive—and swelling. Oppression does that.
You can feel the tremor…America knows it’s well overdue. Many have prophesied a “revolution,” but for all the wrong reasons. Many have mischaracterized the agents of…
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how often do we hear police dismiss the video when it’s processed as evidence for the prosecution? In those instances, police, typically launch a harassment blitz against the owners of the recording.
Have you ever seen a sad tap dance routine? Sure, you may have seen a sad tap dancer, but you can’t truly recall a sad tap…
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Black men accounted for 30 percent of the unarmed deaths, even though they make up just 6 percent of the US population! You do the math...the analysis shows that Black men were seven times more likely than white men to die by police gunfire while unarmed.
There comes a time when truths of the day must be told…from where the grass has no green. In the prophetic words of Malcolm X, quoting…
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The fact of the matter is that white lives have always mattered; it’s time for an American shift forward…the kind of change that not only hits the fan, but breaks it!
I’ve come to learn that all that is Left, isn’t always Right. That is to say, those that profess to lean left in their politics won’t…
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White males are the ones who created this system of death, destruction, injustice and inequality. You cannot expect them to repair it. That’s our job.
Now that the shooting is over and the Kumbaya moment is waning, real issues are hitting the fan. As always, boot-wearing cowboys kickin’ up dust…so that…
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