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Black Women Busier Than All Others

My sisters this is for you. This is important for so that you can be spiritually and emotionally healthy. In fact, this article is good for all women. Black Women Busier Than All Others.

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How the mass incarceration of black men hurts black women

This is a stirring and eye-opening article. How can we change this situation? The simple answer is for black men to stay out of jail. The real answer is much deeper and nuanced than that. The answer will need to … Continue reading

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Dr. Cornel West pt II

In many respects as I have mentioned before I view Dr. West as a mentor of my ethical and philosophical views. This is an interview he did on C-Span on his new book, Living and Loving Out Loud, a Memoir.

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Final Bell: Kansas City’s Effort to Save Its Schools

Time Magazine’s Karen Ball on the Kansas City school closures. I have written about this also in Dying School,Dying City. Now this has gotten national press. This just validates my stand that Dr. Covington, the Kansas City School Board, the … Continue reading

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Artur Davis says he won’t run for office again after loss in Alabama governor’s race

The lack to effectively communicate to the electorate especially to African-Americans, possibly a sense of pretentiousness on his part, and his vote against President Obama’s health care plan all conspired against Artur Davis’ bid to become Alabama’s first African-American governor. … Continue reading

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Dr. Cornel West

Some of my thoughts on race and race relations have been formed by the speeches and writings of this man. I had the pleasure of meeting him a year ago at the University of Missouri-Kansas City where he was giving … Continue reading

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Dying School, Dying City

I originally wrote this back in February. The KCMSD approved this plan and yesterday was the last day of school for this school year. It also marked the end, the closure of 21 community treasures and havens in Kansas City-its schools. … Continue reading

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Why Libertarians and Rand Paul are wrong about The Civil Rights Act

This is a well written and eloquent article on Libertarians and Rand Paul’s position on race relations. This article validates the vigilance we all must have about the repealing of any civil rights legislation. Why Libertarians and Rand Paul are … Continue reading

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Study Finds Blacks Blocked From Southern Juries

Some people wonder if we live in a post-racial country. Here is another nail in the coffin that we do not. It is a given that African-Americans do not excercise our constitutional right to vote en masse. Yet when we … Continue reading

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Autopsy of 7-year-old girl proves Detroit police cover up, says family attorney

Forensics and science have proven what we have known all along, the Detroit police department  is engaged in a cover-up. They know they broke procedure when they raided Aiyana Jones’ home, they know there was an unwarranted and unjustified discharge … Continue reading

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