May 21, 2015
Cover Story
Columnist
white men with guns! How did they get to leave the scene - standing upright - whether arrested or not, whereas Black men leave the scene battered, bloodied or under a coroner’s sheet?
You know what it is…white people getting a lighter hand from the criminal justice system than Black Americans would normally get. We see it time and…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
If the Texas biker gangs were black, the media would be on this thing like white on rice. Yet even though they were armed, because they were white, they were treated as human beings, with dignity.
Nine dead. Eighteen injured. Nearly 200 arrested. But apparently, not much to see here. Looking at the media coverage of the May 17 mass murder among…
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Commentary
Editorial Board
Police officers need more training to deal with the mentally ill, and those with Down’s syndrome. Unless these “violators” are flashing a weapon, they should be talked down, not shot down. Instead, those officers think they have a license to shoot and kill harmless and helpless people.
Baltimorean Freddie Gray is neither the first, nor will he be the last person to die in police custody. According to a 2011 report from the…
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The African World
Editorial Board
What the Vatican did was to say to the world that the Palestinian people are simply not going to be forgotten or dismissed.
The announcement that the Vatican is recognizing the state of Palestine knocked me out of my chair. Though the NY Times described this as largely “symbolic”…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
Tagged and stigmatized with criminal records, it becomes nearly impossible to live as a participatory citizen, such as performing jury duty.
Generalizations are often used as reasons to take actions against certain people. When using generalizations, we usually find ways to distance ourselves from “them” or “those…
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Commentary
Columnist
"As African people in the twenty-first-century, it is imperative that we collectively join and participate in the Reparations Movement as we seek to dismantle white supremacy."
May 21, 2015 - Issue 607 var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true}; The Spirit Of Our Ancestors Speaks To Us "As African people in the twenty-first-century, it is…
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