Perry Redd

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.

So I know you heard the latest tear in the fabric of the Republican Party, and even more so in the conservative movement…Senator Rob Portman became the most prominent Republican lawmaker to back gay rights when he reversed his opposition to same-sex marriage last Friday, two years after his son told him he was gay.…

Some of you may know by now, but for those who don’t, I am a candidate for DC’s City Council. I’m running to represent the entire city, rather than a single ward. I am considered a long shot in this Special Election. I’m considered a long shot for a variety of reasons – even among…

Okay, the sky is about to fall, and now, people are concerned. When the Republicans were playing hardball and the Democrats were talking about raising taxes – on the rich – you were silent…my working-class brothers and sisters. You were watching Scandal and going out to Chuck E. Cheese in your shiny, new BMW. Federal…