Issue: 775
February 07, 2019
Color of Law
White America is Waking Up to a Trump Hangover
Executive Editor
Studies have shown that despite the assertion that Trump appealed to the white working class because of his promises to address economic issues — such as job loss, foreign competition and wage stagnation — white support for Trump was unrelated to economic distress, and had everything to do with racial attitudes.
Donald Trump promised manufacturing and coal jobs to white America in a campaign message laden with racial scapegoating. Yet, two years later, the economic indicators show…
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Commentary
We Can Stop the GOP’s Disenfranchisement of Black, Trans Voters
Editorial Board
The GOP tactics to dissuade people of color from going to the polls during the midterm elections also impacted and posed challenges for many transgender voters who transitioned. Many did not have government-issued photo IDs reflecting their gender. According to the Williams Institute data, of the 137,000 transgender people who transitioned and were eligible to vote, approximately 57 percent (78,000) may not have had the appropriate ID.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has voiced opposition to making Election Day a federal holiday. However, allowing American voters a more accessible and a stress-free trip…
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Commentary
Moments and Migrations
Editorial Board
Black folks were moving, migrating, making it happen, grasping at reality and opportunity despite every barrier. Black folks moved because they were looking for safe places to survive and thrive, to enjoy life despite the racial obstacles that were thrown at us. Black folks moved because movement was preferable to standing still. We moved because we had to.
Every year the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) choses a theme for Black History Month. This year they have chosen,…
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Commentary
The Worst and the Best of Humanity: 1937 and 1969
Editorial Board
In the 1950s and 1960s, the nuns made sure to educate us by presenting us with documentaries featuring the sword - wielding crusaders, ridding the world of evil doers. When it wasn’t the heroic faces of those whose skin matched that of our teachers/religious guardians, the nuns and priests, it was dark-skinned “Africans” we were made to look upon with pity.
my sisters/ we always talked & talked there waz never quiet trees were status symbols I’ve taken to fog/ the moon still surprisin me Ntozake Shange,…
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Commentary
SOTU: Call for Unity From a President Who Divides – Solidarity America
Columnist
in his State of the Union speech, he made no mention of the state of large segments of our population, namely the marginalized: black citizens and native Americans, schools in the poorer (minority) communities, substandard housing in cities across the country, rural poverty that could be compared to Third World countries, mass incarceration, environmental destruction, and a list of other ills that should be addressed by the president and Congress. No mention.
Most of the news reporting after the “state of the union” speech this week by Donald Trump concentrated on such things as the immigration “crisis” at…
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Sharp n’ Blunt
Uncle Toms, Oreos and Sellouts
Columnist
Let’s not forget the pimpish negro preachers Trump has in his back-pocket, and then move on to the athletes and entertainers who are both dumb and greedy enough to get into bed with a quasi-klansmen for a buck. The negro players from Clemson’s national team . . . those boys need the black slapped off them.
Might I say it’s one disgusting thing to witness black folk suck-up to white folks, kiss their asses for personal gain. However it’s a whole other…
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Commentary
R. Kelly, Gov. Northam, and 2020 Dem Candidates, ‘It Wasn’t Me’
Columnist
Despite the billions of dollars that the right-leaning education reform Cartel has invested in decimating K-12 public education during the past thirty years, teachers in red and blue states are now systematically fighting back without fear or deference.
R. Kelly, renowned Rhythm & Blues artist and winner of several Grammys and more than 100 other popular music awards and an accused sexual predator and…
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