Archive for March, 2018

National Geographic: Driving While Black

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Quote Of The Day

“Distance from the top for blacks varies directly with the discomfort one occasions for those who run things.” -Randall Robinson Tweet

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Police Terrorism: The Kill An Unarmed Black Man In His Backyard Edition

On March 18, 2018, Stephon Clark, an unarmed Black man, was murdered while standing in his backyard. The young father was killed by police officers who were allegedly responding to a report of someone breaking windows out of cars. Stephon Clark, who was holding a cellphone while standing in his backyard, was fired upon by […]

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Quote Of The Day

“Apartheid hadn’t been the creature only of racist white Boers but of kindred-spirit American investors, lenders, diplomats, and presidents as well.” -Randall Robinson Tweet

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Quote Of The Day

“Part of the fallacy of white supremacy is the setting of whiteness and the norm and everything else as ‘other.’ Have you ever thought about the fact that even though most of this country’s predominately white colleges had racial discrimination as part of their founding principles they are referred to simply as ‘colleges’ or ‘universities’; […]

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The Perilous Aftermath Of Daylight Savings Time

On Sunday, many people across the country turned their clocks an hour forward for Daylight Savings Time. Daylight Savings Time, originally implemented in Germany during World War II as a means to save energy, is currently observed in the United States, except for in Hawaii and Arizona. Reportedly, for the reasons stated below, Massachusetts and […]

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Quote Of The Day

“Haiti was shoved into its two-hundred-year nightmare by the United States and Europe as punishment for its successful slave revolt against Napoleon Bonaparte.” -Randall Robinson Tweet

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Black Wealth: The 1% Of The 1%

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“The indefatigable amongst us never sally forth to policy war needing as sustenance victory or recognition. Neither outcome is ever likely. Those of us who do this work do it often to small reaction and are met more frequently with defeat than success. But we do it still, for no clearer reason than that we […]

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Book Bits: “The Last Black Unicorn” By: Tiffany Haddish

Here are some interesting tidbits from, “The Last Black Unicorn” By: Tiffany Haddish: • She talks about why she calls herself, “The Last Black Unicorn.” • She was close to illiterate in high school, yet she was placed in AP classes in the wealthy school she was bused to. She got over academically because she […]

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