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December 27, 2014 •
Entertainment, Race •
Views: 2593
DISCLAIMER: I haven’t seen the movie ‘Annie’. This is going by articles pertaining to the movie and the racism that perceives it. Quvenzhané Wallis, an up-and-coming child star who starred in the motion picture Beasts of the Southern
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December 23, 2014 •
Justice, Race •
Views: 1057
I had always wondered why the idiomatic phrase “the chickens have come home to roost” was used in reference to karma and cause and effect situations. Doing a tad bit of research shed some light on my linguistic inquisition. The idea of karma and bad deeds
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December 23, 2014 •
Justice, Uncategorized •
Views: 1028
By Mike Caccioppoli How predictable that right wingers would use the tragedy of the assassination of two police officers to go after police brutality protesters and those who use their First Amendment rights to free speech. This is not a surprise ladies and
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December 21, 2014 •
Justice, Race •
Views: 1511
I have seen so many people awaken over the last few months and weeks. A realization that we must “do something” to address persisting issues within aspects of our criminal justice and law enforcement systems. Many are awakening from a period of
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December 12, 2014 •
Justice, Race •
Views: 2153
Dear America, I must admit: lately, our relationship has been pretty awful. These past few years have been tumultuous at best. What the world has seen is the utmost disdain for anyone claiming to be African American. What is worst is the acceptance of the
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December 9, 2014 •
Culture, Entertainment, Justice •
Views: 3952
The dance down the rabbit hole commences with the expected lamentations about the lack of response and or actions by those in the entertainment industry. The dirges always start with why isn’t so and so saying/doing anything? Which is crazy
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December 7, 2014 •
Culture, Entertainment •
Views: 5279
We lost Cliff Huxtable. We lost Bill Cosby. We lost a man who brought forth the positive image of black family life to American mainstream TV. And it looks like the person responsible is none other than Bill Cosby himself. You might wanna get
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December 7, 2014 •
Culture, Entertainment, Gender •
Views: 4331
In the current popular discourse on so many topics one has stood out profoundly for me. I have repeatedly refrained from speaking much on the topic of Bill Cosby and the current allegations against him involving allegations of rape going back over
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December 5, 2014 •
Justice, Uncategorized •
Views: 2428
By Mike Caccioppoli I’m so tired of writing about this crap. I’m sure you are tired of reading about it. None of us are surprised another grand jury didn’t indict a cop. Grand juries indict 99.9 percent of time. The .1 percent of the time they don’t
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December 4, 2014 •
Culture, Justice, Politics, Race •
Views: 2857
Somebody needed to say it….. View the story “Reverend Al Sharpton Gets Called Out By Ferguson Protestors” on Storify
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December 2, 2014 •
Justice, Race •
Views: 2028
After Darren Wilson, a white cop with a color-aroused of black males was let off the hook for the murder of Michael Brown, an unarmed black male, there have been reports of violence in their hometown of Ferguson, Missouri. The protesters were pissed off,
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December 1, 2014 •
Justice, Media, Politics •
Views: 2102
By Mike Caccioppoli Darren Wilson resigned as a police officer. Why do people think this is some kind of victory? Did you really expect him to go back to work as a Ferguson police officer? Seriously? And why would he bother when he can now make six figures
