Meaningless Symbolism!!
Why is it that they throw meaningless acts at Black people and act like they’re so supposed to mean something. Juneteenth doesn’t mean a thing to me. Black History Month is a sham. The Governor of Louisiana posthumously pardoning Homer Plessy 97 years after he died is nothing more than an empty symbol. I understand […]
The Truth Must Be Told!!
In the United States we are forced to endure death by a thousand cuts. That’s what’s been happening since 1968. Slowly and methodically we have been subjected to a slow steady erosion of all of rights gained with the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The murder of Laquan McDonald at the hands of […]
Black History Month!
I’m not blind, I can see all around. I understand that it’s not what you say but what you do. Most of us know that February is black history month. We’re just three days into it and the hand ✍ writing is on the wall. From bomb threats at historical HBCU’s to the relelease of […]
Where Are You AG Garland??
One can go an entire lifetime without ever being call upon to make a difference. Then arbitrarily the arc of history reaches out and touches one man. How that one person responds to the call of history may determine the fate of a nation or maybe even the world. The arc of history is reaching […]
Book Banning to Book Burning!!
I don’t recognize the place we call America( the United States). Each and everyday we March closer to becoming a place unimaginable from what we claim to be. How long will it be before we are living a Fahrenheit 451 lifestyle. How long before the book burning 🔥 starts. A Tennessee school board has banned […]
A Step Closer To White Nationalism!
There are sure and certain signs when rabid nationalism and autocracy begin to intersect. One of those signs is an attempt to censor the knowledge and books the people are exposed to. We saw it in Germany beginning in 1932. We are beginning to see the beginnings of it here on our own shores. More […]
Truth or Consequences!!
When the 1619 project was publish it represented a clear and present threat to what we had been teaching in this Country for centuries. Those on the right were so concerned that a wholesale effort was launched to suppress the teaching of the history laid out in the 1619 project. The Heritage Foundation took the […]
What A Cry baby!
I suppose that the conservative right will now view NPR as a democratic tool. Somehow NPR got the Trump camp to agree to a 15 minute interview. One can only surmise that Trump agreed to this interview because he craves media relevancy. The interview was not the walk in the park he would have gotten […]
PATRIOTISM??
What Is A Patriot? Patriotism is a big topic in America. Since the inception of this country we have venerated those that we view as patriots. Patriotism is defined as the quality of being patriotic; devotion to and vigorous support for one’s country.“a highly decorated officer of unquestionable integrity and patriotism”. January 6th we saw […]
Criminal Justice!!
Criminal Justice Two words that capture the disparity in how people are treated unequally in America based on something as simple as pigmentation and the social construct of race. If you look up the definition of criminal you’ll find something that goes something like this. Criminal is someone who is responsible or found guilty of […]