Charlotte – Madness & Reality http://www.rippdemup.com Politics, Race, & Culture Mon, 28 Nov 2016 15:44:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.3 Keith Lamont Scott: On Why Hugs Aren’t Enuf http://www.rippdemup.com/race-article/keith-lamont-scott-hugs-arent-enuf/ http://www.rippdemup.com/race-article/keith-lamont-scott-hugs-arent-enuf/#respond Tue, 27 Sep 2016 22:27:13 +0000 http://www.rippdemup.com/?p=24694 I currently live in North Carolina. By now, I’m certain plenty of people have heard of the latest state-sanctioned execution of another person of color; this time, a disabled Black man by the name of Keith Lamont Scott. We’ve been having protests here in response, and like usual, our rasclot of a governor McCrory is

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