The following excerpt comes from a book that was written in the 1960s. The book discusses the lives of African-American in America. It’s ironic how a statement made in the ‘60s is so apropos to 2012. “They are raising the rents so high, like that, with a job, the menial jobs that we have or […]
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Dr. Amos Wilson Discusses Black People & Our Relationship With Money
“Money is mis-spent to relieve pain.” -Amos Wilson “The spending for getting over an inferiority complex involves spending the money with the person who gave it to you in the first place.” -Amos Wilson “The essence of controlling people is to provoke a desire in them, and then, of course, have the control of the […]
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Tommie Smith and John Carlos, 1968 Olympics. Tweet
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“It was disclosed later from notes and memoirs of cabinet members that Nixon and Kissinger had considered dropping nuclear bombs on Vietnam. Fear of campus rebellion was one of the reasons they decided against it.” -From, The Assassination of Fred Hampton By: Jeffrey Haas Tweet
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In his book, “Lockdown America,” Christian Parenti analyzes a criminologist’s breakdown of “Social Junk” vs. “Social Dynamite,” and how it relates to social control. “Years ago criminologist Steven Spritzer described the cast-off populations produced by capitalism as either ‘social junk’ or ‘social dynamite.’ A rather blunt and painful nomenclature to be sure, but Spritzer makes […]
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