By Bill Fletcher, Jr., NNPA Columnist June 12, 2015 Bill Fletcher, Jr., NNPA Columnist A video of Chris Rock has made the rounds in which he offers a critique of Major League baseball and its relationship to Black America. The monologue is funny, sad and very profound. He attempts to explain the […]
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Justice is Not Blind
By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Columnist June 12, 2015 Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Columnist When racist attitudes, either conscious or subconscious, are combined with the discretionary powers that law enforcement officers have, the result is a differential outcome, with African Americans more likely to be the targets of “blind justice.” Most of our […]
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The Waco Biker Riot and the Lexicon of Racism
By Lee A. Daniels, NNPA Columnist June 5, 2015 Lee A. Daniels, NNPA Columnist Question: When men (and a few women) belonging to gangs known to law enforcement agencies for criminal behavior explode in a rampage – using guns, knives, clubs, and chains in trying to kill each other, and police officers, […]
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Time to Throw Some Political Punches
By James Clingman, NNPA Columnist June 5, 2015 James Clingman, NNPA Columnist For the past 50 years, most of our conversations and efforts have been centered on politics. Reminiscent of the Reconstruction Era, when Blacks occupied political office for the first time, many of our politicians are just figureheads, toothless tigers, and […]
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Give the People What They Want – We Want Freedom, Justice & Equality: Part 3
By Rahim Islam May 29, 2015 Also see: Give the People What They Want – We Want Freedom, Justice & Equality: Part 1 and Part 2. “Give the People What They Want” is one of many classic songs written and produced by the legendary musical icons Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. […]
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Tony Robinson’s Last 20 Seconds
By Dr. John Y. Odom May 22, 2015 Twenty seconds. It was time enough for Officer Matt Kenny to enter the residence of Tony Robinson. Time enough to get involved in a fight. Time enough to get his head banged against a wall. Time enough to shoot Tony seven times. Time […]
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Seeing and Not Seeing Our Racial Reality
By Lee A. Daniels, NNPA Columnist May 22, 2015 Lee A. Daniels, NNPA Columnist “Americans don’t want to imagine that our racist history is actually an ongoing racist reality. We like to look at racism as a thing that has gotten better (if not gone away completely) and that the way black […]
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Give the People What They Want – We Want Freedom, Justice & Equality: Part 2
By Rahim Islam May 15, 2015 Rahim Islam Also see: Give the People What They Want – We Want Freedom, Justice & Equality: Part 1. In my previous article, I tried to recapture the spirit of one of many of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff's “message” songs. The song I chose was […]
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Baltimore: We Have Been Here Before
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., NNPA Columnist May 8, 2015 Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., NNPA Columnist Now it is Baltimore. There Freddie Gray, a Black man, was stopped on the street, pinned to the ground, dragged to the back of a police wagon, and died in police custody. Six officers were suspended. […]
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Black Women Killed by Police are Ignored
By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Columnist May 8, 2015 Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Columnist You know their names – Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice – because these African American men were unarmed and killed by “law enforcement” officers. Their names have been part of a litany invoked when police shootings are discussed. Their […]