Category: violence
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Respect This…
R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me R-E-S-P-E-C-T, take care, TCB – Aretha Franklin 400 Years The legacy of chattel slavery still haunts the American psyche and will do until there is no longer any America. Black Americans have been fighting for freedom since the first African slaves landed on the shores of Jamestown,…
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Mass Effect
This is America It’s a truly unique American problem, mass shootings. It seems every week there is a new mass shooting. From Virginia Tech to Northern Illinois University (which I very much lived through back in 2008) to a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, to a small AME Church in South Carolina, mass shootings can…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
FBI report shows 17 percent spike in hate crimes in 2017 “This report provides further evidence that more must be done to address the divisive climate of hate in America,” said Jonathan Greenblatt, the chief executive officer of the Anti-Defamation League. “That begins with leaders from all walks of life and from all sectors of…
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We Can’t Save Y’all!
As the 2018 election looms upon the horizon, there has been much speculation around the #BlueWave coming to save us all. One critical demographic that has been at the helm of trying to get the United States to hold it’s shit together is black folks. The 2016 election black voters overwhelmingly voted against Donald Trump.…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Alleged MAGA Bomber Cesar Sayoc Apparently Threatened a Lot of People on Twitter That Sayoc’s account wasn’t removed from Twitter months ago isn’t surprising. Nor is Trump’s and Trump Jr.’s excuse-making and conspiracy-theorist tendencies. With them leading the charge, it’s only a matter of time until Sayoc’s arrest becomes a discredited #FakeNews event for Trump…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Why is it so hard for Africans to visit other African countries? Kenya, for example, gives South African citizens a visa on arrival for free. But Kenyans must apply for a visa, then pay a service fee and wait for at least five working days before travelling to South Africa. #Travel #African #Nigeria #Passports Nikki Haley resigns…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Nigeria’s undercover atheists: In their words In his sermons, he would say, ‘Just imagine, my son went to Western school so now he believes there is no creator. He thinks he is smarter than all of us and he gets his notions from a computer,’ because he used to see me on the computer. I…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
This is the golden age of Chinese science fiction “Sci-fi writers are very perceptive and they’re conscious of the influence of globalisation and modernisation. They ponder where Chinese people stand in this process and what our responsibilities are,” Wang says. “We are not copying how other countries develop. We are finding our own way and…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Colin Kaepernick, the national anthem and America: How military service influenced my views on patriotism and protest When Kaepernick and I met and talked just six days later, a few hours before the 49ers were set to play the San Diego Chargers, we discussed a lot, but more importantly we listened to each other. I wanted…
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Take A Knee
A Black Veteran Weighs in on Colin Kaepernick, The NFL, and Patriotism in America The NFL Protest Anyone who knows me quickly realizes I am a child of Chicago, a city that is home to some of the country’s most rabid sports fans. One of our most storied sports franchises is the Chicago Bears.…
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