March 03, 2016
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Drug testing is a favorite make-work program of the powers that be, and has been for decades. How else to punish the most vulnerable citizens? It’s bad enough to have to depend on food stamps, but to humiliate them further by drug-testing them is the icing on the cake.
Finally, amid all of the frenzy to drug test everyone in sight in the U.S., someone in the halls of power has come up with an…
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For the record, a Magic Negro is a recurring character in American cinema that's portrayed as coming to the aid of a film's white protagonist. Magical Negro characters often possess special insight or mystical powers and have long been a tradition in American fiction.
As the 2016 election season in the United States reaches its quarter point, by consensus, we’ve learned many things about the American psyche. The picture is…
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The Pass Laws System in South Africa was a method the South African Government employed to “officially” check on the whereabouts of Black People at all times. Black people had to carry a document much like a passport that must be stamped, before they are allowed any movement in the country.
One of the tragedies of post apartheid South Africa is that too much is being forgotten of the numerous atrocities that occurred during the vicious era…
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