Tag Archives: racism

The enduring shame of ‘separate and unequal’

Posted on May 5, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Katrina vanden Heuvel ` In July 1966, James Baldwin published “A Report from Occupied Territory,” a despairing essay in The Nation contemplating race relations in Harlem and other American cities. Describing the deep sense of alienation and despair in … Continue reading →

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The Curse of Segregation

Posted on May 5, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Derek Thompson Baltimore did not need more negative publicity this week. But in a bit of fateful timing, the Equality of Opportunity Project of Harvard University has released two papers concluding that the income mobility for poor children in … Continue reading →

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Game on Baltimore & Being a Part of ’92 L.A. Riots: ‘Young Black Men Are Targets’

Posted on May 1, 2015 by The Soul Brother

After a day of unrest and rioting in Baltimore on Monday, April 28, the tension between its citizens and law enforcement lessened a bit on Tuesday with few arrests made, mostly over refusal to adhere to a local-government-mandated curfew. The … Continue reading →

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Freddie Gray: Don’t trust the 1% with police reform

Posted on May 1, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Donald Earl Collins The history of policing in the US has been one of protecting private property, money and lives of the affluent and politically powerful, at least since the NYPD’s founding in 1845. Any new efforts at police … Continue reading →

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Mississippi Man Sentenced for His Role in a Conspiracy to Commit Racially Motivated Assaults, Culminating in the Killing of an African-American Man Run Over by Truck

Posted on May 1, 2015 by The Soul Brother

United States Department of Justice Mississippi Man Sentenced for His Role in a Conspiracy to Commit Racially Motivated Assaults, Culminating in the Killing of an African-American Man Run Over by Truck The Justice Department announced today that John Louis Blalack, … Continue reading →

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‘Root of rebellion is violent police department’

Posted on May 1, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Richard B. Muhammed Baltimore police officers were pelted with rocks, bottles, and planks, patrol cars trashed as news outlets broadcast the unrest live and streamed unfolding events in real time—shortly after Freddie Gray was laid to rest. The governor … Continue reading →

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The Clock Didn’t Start With the Riots

Posted on May 1, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Ta-Nehisi Coates About a year ago, I published “The Case for Reparations,” which I thought in many ways was incomplete. It was about housing and how wealth is built in this country and why certain people have wealth and … Continue reading →

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5 Examples of Our Government Treating BlackLivesMatter Movement Like a Terrorist Group

Posted on April 28, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Adam Johnson We learned in the wake of the Occupy Wall Street movement that the government’s use of its anti-terror apparatus at a local and federal level was both routine and pervasive. Thus far, the means with which similar … Continue reading →

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The Murderous Scam White Elites Have Perpetrated on Blacks and Whites for at Least 4 Centuries

Posted on April 24, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Chauncey DeVega The idea of “whiteness” as a strict racial category superior to others is an invention of Europeans, who needed to legitimate and normalize a system of white on black chattel slavery, global empire, and colonialism as being … Continue reading →

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How the War on Drugs Contributes to the ‘1.5 Million Missing Black Men’ 

Posted on April 24, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Tony Newman On Monday, the New York Times published a deeply upsetting piece titled, “1.5 Million Missing Black Men.” According to the Times, “Black women who are 25 to 54 and not in jail outnumber black men in that … Continue reading →

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