Category: The Other Side of the Tracks

For white Americans—in this instance, those in that Dallas suburb community—who believe that the police were justified, know that they still favor segregated pools, schools and communities—and those same people run afoul of today’s interpretation of the US Constitution.

Bill Cosby has been accused of some serious stuff! Rape. This cannot be taken lightly, nor can it be dismissed, as Cosby has tried to do in the past. It’s a terrible thing when one’s hidden past comes to light. These rape allegations are wearing track shoes, and they tracked down The Cos.

What used to be terrorism against Black Americans is now legalized genocide.

what’s missing is the significance of the wrongs committed by the whites that thought the apartheid form of governance was acceptable.

White people are still the beneficiaries of an unequal and unjust socio-economic system.

We’re told that mental illness or criminal past are the common factors that precipitate gun violence; facts on the ground dictate otherwise.

why is it we resist the move to right the wrongs done - and being done - to Black Americans?

These are the very people who kick the ladder down once they get up.

It appears that Blacks (and minorities) can be featured speakers on social injustice issues: affirmative action, immigration, voting rights, while whites-only panels are reserved for constitutional discussions, national defense and corporate debates—“big boy” matters.