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Can Antoinette Tuff Get a Monument or Something?

Aug 23, 2013 No Comments by

So, does Antoinette Tuff — the brave woman who talked the gunman down and stopped him from committing yet another school shooting massacre in but this time in Atlanta — have to be animated like Charles Ramsey or Sweet Brown to be widely celebrated, as a hero, in mainstream media? Am I the only one […]

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Tennessee Cop Busted Searching for Child Porn in Police Cruiser

Aug 20, 2013 1 Comment by

There are good cops, and there are bad cops. And then there are cops like Herbert Eugene Miller who make it hard for good cops by betraying the public trust. Not that he is known for being overly aggressive as an officer of the law. But in a world where the first line of public […]

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Ebony’s “Trayvon” Covers and the Black-on-Black Crime Argument

Aug 08, 2013 No Comments by

Ebony magazine has announced that this September issue will showcase four different covers dedicated to the impact of the Trayvon Martin tragedy. The covers will feature famous celebrities Boris Kodjoe, Spike Lee and Dwayne Wade along with their sons and Trayvon’s family. Each cover will have the words “We Are Trayvon” displayed in red. Alternet […]

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“Stand Your Ground” Clears16-Year-Old in Shooting Death of Florida Man

Aug 08, 2013 2 Comments by

Oh look: A 40-year-old innocent black man is shot and killed in Florida and “stand your ground” cleared the 16-year-old shooter! How could that be? Surely it has nothing to do with the fact that he attempted to run the kids over while they were walking down the street. Oh no, him having an ongoing […]

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Stop-And-Frisk: One High School Senior’s Fears

Aug 04, 2013 No Comments by

New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg recently defended the NYPD’s racist stop-and-frisk policy. Making the case for the justification for the violation of the civil rights and constitutional rights of black and brown folks, Bloomberg said that the cops are stopping too many white New Yorkers. I don’t want to go back into all the […]

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Brooklyn Street Renamed for First Person Killed for an iPod in U.S.

Aug 04, 2013 No Comments

Chances are you’ve never heard of Christopher Rose. Don’t feel bad if you don’t. After all, he wasn’t wearing a hoodie or carrying ice tea and Skittles when he was killed. Nope, there were no marches or protests in the interest of justice for Christopher. But then again, he died so long ago back in […]

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Ariel Castro: “I’m Not A Monster, I’m Sick” (VIDEO)

Aug 02, 2013 No Comments

At his sentencing in a Cleveland courtroom, Ariel Castro said, “I am not a monster.” Whether you agree with him or not, one thing is for sure: Ariel Castro doesn’t deserve the “Humanitarian of the Year” award. Castro mad some sort of half-assed justification for the abduction of three Cleveland women who he held for […]

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Black Males: They See Us As They Want To See Us

Aug 02, 2013 1 Comment

I know a young black male. He’s a teenager in high school, about to enter his senior year when school starts in a few weeks. He makes good grades, and he’s an excellent gamer. He has no kids out of wedlock and never been in legal trouble before. I know this young man, and I […]

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Don Lemon “No Talking Points” Puts Black Community On Blast

Jul 27, 2013 4 Comments

Don Lemon echoed some of the sentiments of Bill Reilly’s presumed racist rant this week on CNN. But shockingly, Don Lemon took it a step further by offering some tough love to the black community. It’s nothing new, really; we’ve seen and heard this type of talk before within the black community. Oddly, however, views […]

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Trayvon Martin, Black Male Bodies, & Bloody National Discourse

Jul 22, 2013 1 Comment

Throughout history, critical national discussions have emerged that use black male bodies as a site of citizenship, race and moral discourse. Currently, Trayvon Martin like the long list of black men and boys that precede him, evokes an almost guttural immediacy to confront the insidious and crippling racial issues that are so ingrained in American […]

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Mark O’Mara: Zimmerman Trial Was Not About Race

Jul 16, 2013 2 Comments

I’m not sure whether you would agree with George Zimmerman’s attorney, Mark O’Mara. But according to O’Mara, Zimmerman’s actions on the night in question was not racially motivated. Much has been made about race and the judicial system since Zimmerman’s “not guilty” verdict. And many people are using the outcome of this trial to express […]

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