An old Ghanaian proverb says, “Until the lions have their own historians, tales of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.” Journalism is the first draft of history. In the wake of Democrats’ shellacking in the midterm election, journalists and pundits blamed low black turnout for their losses. They compared 2010 turnout with 2008, but [...]
Continue reading …Six New Orleans Police Charged in Post-Katrina Killings, Activists Say Deeper Change is Needed By Jordan Flaherty, floodlines.org http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jordan-flaherty/six-new-orleans-police-ch_b_647771.html This week, federal officials charged six current and former New Orleans police officers in connection with the killing of civilians in the days after Hurricane Katrina. The six are not only accused of murder but also of [...]
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By Terrion L. Williamson, Remember Don Imus? Remember how upset we were a few years back when the wretched shock-jock and his pals took to the airwaves to dis women of the Rutgers women’s basketball team, after they just missed winning the NCAA championship, referring to the black team members as nappy-headed hos? Remember how [...]
Continue reading …Back in the day, schoolchildren celebrated the end of the school year by singing, “No more pencils. No more books. No more teachers’ dirty looks.” With states and cities threatening layoffs, teachers may soon be giving their principals dirty looks. The teachers unions and their congressional allies are pushing for passage of a $23 billion [...]
Continue reading …Dear Obama Administration, instead of having our Drug Czar focus on addiction recovery and prevention programs, how about changing the policy of our racialized criminal justice system that has used the “War on Drugs” policy to put more Black males in the criminal justice system than slavery in 1850? Around this time last year, the [...]
Continue reading …A few weeks ago I read an article in the Sunday (NY) Times about the new scope and focus of right-to-life organizations around the country. The benefactors of these good works and services are a group both familiar and dear to me~young African-American women. Imagine this… A local college or university campus center is screening [...]
Continue reading …The zero-sum argument that pits black Americans against undocumented workers is a false premise
March 18, 2010 No CommentHenry Fernandez, Senior Fellow at Center for American Progress contributed to this article At the heart of this specious challenge to fairness for all U.S. workers is the idea that blacks resent undocumented Latino immigrants for taking away jobs that would rightfully belong to them. Restrictionist opponents to immigration reform seize on this line of [...]
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