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Goodbye, Mr. President Every four or eight years, a new President is inaugurated and the existing President exits the White House. But this particular year, it wasn’t just any president exiting the White House, but the first...- Posted February 14, 2017
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You Can Thank Me Now: Reflections on President Obama’s Legacy The closer it gets to January 20th, 2017 the more I find myself able to truly process the gravity of what has been occurring. For the last eight years, myself and other millennials have...- Posted January 17, 2017
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Are You A Victim of Economic Discrimination? In recent years, our awareness about workplace discrimination has grown considerably. We are aware that our employers cannot and should not discriminate against us on the basis of our gender, our ethnic origin, our...- Posted January 11, 2017
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The Dark Side of Integration in Education There was the overt racism, which I saw frequently enough. A white parent once came to a school board meeting, stationed himself in the front row of the audience section and asked how the...- Posted January 4, 2017
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Erase the Fear: My Experiences with Citizens Academies While our great country has thick societal scars, we have created landmark legislation in a generation that has had profound impact on the lives of a segment of the population. The Civil Rights Act...- Posted December 20, 2016
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“It is What it is – Dad.” I had a conversation with my young teenage son reflecting on the 1960’s and the Black Panther movement. He asked me what I knew about it since growing up very young in the South...- Posted September 13, 2016
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Just Be A Man About It On Friday, January 8, 2016, the Obama Administration hosted its first ever “White House Dialogue on Men’s Health.” The event featured U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy and White House Cabinet Secretary, Mr. Broderick...- Posted February 10, 2016
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African Americans and American Gun Culture Stefan B. Tahmassebi of the George Mason Civil Rights Law Journal indicated that the first recorded law restricting African Americans from owning guns was in Virginia in 1640. A century later, the 27 words...- Posted September 10, 2013
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Which America Are We Living In? There has been intense chatter about Black-on-Black crime in response to the reaction of the George Zimmerman verdict in Sanford, FL. The most used example is the uptick in “gang related” homicides in Chicago....
- Posted August 10, 2013
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Makes Me Wanna Holler Too I remember reading Nathan McCall’s Make’s Me Wanna Holler for the first time back in 1998 and how it made me feel. The book chronicles the author’s story as a Young Black Man in...- Posted July 27, 2013