When Colin Kaepernick took a knee on September 1, 2016, the sports world and conservative media threw a conniption about the irreverence of a young Black man exercising his First Amendment right of free speech by kneeling during the National Anthem. The cause – racial injustice exemplified by police violence against Blacks – particularly Black
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Another day, another dead Black male at the hands of law enforcement! Now, another conversation (I lost count of how many) I have to have with my Black son in case he has an interaction with police or is walking in a neighborhood not his own. Let me say, conversations like these are not applicable
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I have been avoiding my White friends. I am angry, rightfully so. Once again, we are forced to relive trauma that reinforces the fact that our Black lives do not matter in this country. I am tired of educating “upstanding” White people on racism. My personal reasons for not assisting in White enlightenment are as
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\”It would be fatal,\” said Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in his most famous speech, \”for the nation to overlook the urgency of this moment.\” Dr. King, of course, was referring to the strides being made in the civil rights movement and the importance of recognizing how crucial that moment would be for the future
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While scrolling on my Facebook timeline, I came across a post that asked: \”Can Black People Be Racist?\”. I immediately took to the comments that were filled with dictionary definitions of the word \”racist\” and white people who shared stories of how they too were victims of racism by non-white people. Quite frankly, I found
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I\’m baffled how brandishing an AR-15 assault rifle, waving a rebel, Nazi, or Don\’t Tread on Me flag while wearing a joker mask does anything to help end the coronavirus epidemic. In fact, it highlights the blind, Zombie-esque, loyalty that led to Jonestown, Waco, and Oklahoma City. Whenever people get so blinded by their own
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Take a moment to think about the many places you drive or walk to in the typical week. Most people go to work, the grocery store, the gym, restaurants, and a couple other places in any given week. Though few know it, their image is captured while driving and walking to and from each of
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In an interview at the 2017 Emmy Awards, Insecure writer, creator, and lead actress Issa Rae declared that she was \”rooting for anybody black\” to take home an award that night. Her comments resonated with a wave of Black creatives who were just starting to see their work break into the mainstream of TV and
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This past January, Oprah Winfrey announced American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins to be her latest Oprah\’s Book Club pick. The book is centered on the treacherous journey a mother and her son must make across the Mexican border into the States, escaping the clutches of a drug cartel. Winfrey praised Cummins, a white woman, for
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When the images of thousands of people suffering outside the New Orleans Superdome and blanket-draped bodies of those who had succumbed to the heat and lack of resources were burning themselves into the American psyche – in stepped Lt. General Russel L. Honoré. The images of General Honoré commanding the New Orleans National Guard to
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