“If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.” ~Zora Neale Hurston
Justice for Emantic “EJ” Bradford, Jr.
When The Past Repeats Itself
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” ~George Santayana
The Plague of Racism is our Greatest Security Threat
“The plague of racism is insidious, entering into our minds as smoothly and quietly and invisibly as floating airborne microbes enter into our bodies to find lifelong purchase in our bloodstreams.” ~Maya Angelou
Our Declaration of Independence
“We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” ~The Preamble of the Declaration of Peace
Year Two of The Resistance
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” ~Theodore Parker (19th Century Abolitionist)
Stop Trying to Convince White People White Supremacy Exists
“I don’t call myself a white supremacist. I’m a civil rights activists concerned about European-American rights.” ~David Duke, Member and former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan
Are “Lawn Jockeys” Merely Symbols of America’s Racist Past?
Like statues of Robert E. Lee, Americans of diverse backgrounds may view these pre-Civil Rights emblems through different cultural and historical lenses.
Is Hate Justifiable, If We Hate for the Right Reason?
It’s easy to find a reason to hate, but when we hate, we become the same as those who hate us.
Remembering Nat Hentoff: Prolific Journalist, Jazz Critic and Relentless Free Speech Defender
Criticized by liberals and conservatives alike, Hentoff, like many of his heroes, refused to be pigeon-holed
To Be A Black American In 2016…
In 2016, Blackness is loved and hated; envied and despised; iconic and criminal; embraced and feared all at the same time. It is marked by hopefulness, sadness, brilliance, anxiety, rage and joy. It is the sauce and the lemonade.