Black on Blue: The Numbers.
Sourced as of 9/24/2016. Updated statistics and information source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/series/counted-us-police-killings
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I’m Done Apologizing For Being White, And You Should Be Too
I’ve often been told I have no right to write about race. I’ve also been told that I pompously “think I have a right” to write about race just because I married a Mexican. And you know what? Often I find myself second guessing nine-tenths of what I say because, undoubtedly I’ll say something that…
Pop Culture and The Popularization of The Racism Narrative
They say it’ll give you chills. Usher’s recent unorthodox performance of his new song “Chains”—during which he appeared on stage in handcuffs—was meant to shock. It was supposed to shed light on police brutality, largely against the African American community. His music video (complete with interactive facial recognition that stops the video when you look…
So, What’s Wrong With ‘All Lives Matter,’ Anyway? via TheBlaze.com
I grew up thinking it was a no-brainer. No qualifier, no asterisk, no nothing. A human is a human is a human. But last Tuesday, as I watched presidential candidates asked to actually choose between “Black Lives Matter” and “All Lives Matter,” I realized that it’s not that simple anymore. To an increasing number of…
Justification: Part II
Yesterday, you may recall that we discussed how all races have at one time been victims of oppression. The pages of history are positively bursting of sad examples to this end. Using Michael Eric Dyson’s explanation, since a person cannot be racist if that person is part of “the oppressed” . . . then by…
Justification: Part 1
Associated Global Media reported today that mobs of Jews stormed German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s residence last night, exacting revenge for the Holocaust. Similar protests and actions instigated by the world’s Jewish population are planned for scores of other European countries, as well as Palestine and Saudi Arabia in retribution for the millennia of abuse suffered…
Rodeo Ridiculousness: A Scandal That Wasn’t . . .
I attend church with a woman whose life story is anything but conventional. In fact, her epic tale of war, terror, tragedy and survival is the stuff Hollywood often turns into blockbuster films. Her name is Veronika, and her family lived under the threat of not one, but many dictatorships spanning four countries and several…
America the Racist?
Last year, Hollywood released a gem of a movie entitled The Help; a film based on an equally popular book. The film featured several intertwined stories, but the central focus was on a terribly dark portion of our nation’s history. Deep in the heart of Jim Crow Mississippi, a young white woman sets out to…
History in the Making
If you listened to very much of bandwagon’s reasoning during the 2008 elections, electing Barack Obama transcended politics. It was “historic.” It was “once-in-a-lifetime.” So much so, that many voted for the man on this basis alone. To be certain, there is no doubt that his presidency is indeed historic. Is, however, his election really…
A Future Free 