Tag: Black America
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SC Votes to Take the Confederate Flag Down, But Will They Drop Bree Newsome’s Charges?
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South Carolina lawmakers have finally voted to remove the confederate flag from their capital. This is great news, but I can’t help but feel underwhelmed because it is just common sense to me. To be honest, I am trying to understand why the confederate flag hasn’t been banned nationally altogether.…
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Millenials: It is 2015 NOT 1865! Black Churches Are Being Targeted & We’re Allowing It
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It’s time that we admit that this is 2015. Everything that is happening in this country and around the world is happening in 2015. Not 1965, not 1865. It is happening right now. Yes, the same acts of terrorism (via white supremacy) that has been happening to black people, LGBT…
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Lupe Fiasco Gets Real in Open Letter to White Supremacy: “You Are Regular”
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Give yourself a treat and read this amazing and informative letter to White Supremacy written by Lupe Fiasco. Oh, Lupe. I haven’t been this excited about something you’ve done since The Cool. But this moment in black excellence really puts into words what people of color feel in regards to…
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Black People It’s Time for a Boycott: The Media Doesn’t Care About Us
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President Barack Obama has finally spoken. Since the moment I pulled the lever down in that voting booth to confirm my vote for the first black President I have yearned for him to have a candid discussion about race relations in America. But I was constantly reminded that Obama is…
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America Is Playing Russian Roulette With Black Lives
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I have been carrying a lot of anger lately. My anger has been building up because there has not been any time for me to recover. These past few weeks, months, years, decades – centuries – have been spiritually exhausting and mentally taxing. But I have to give it to…