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Why exactly are blacks suffering and dying at greater rates from COVID-19? Inquiring minds and black bodies need answers. Or do we already know the answers? Critical health issues in black communities have long been acknowledged as an on-going crisis. This pandemic puts black health disparities front and center resulting with dead bodies stacking up. There is a saying—“When America catches …
Common people have been preoccupied with stay at home and self quarantine. The people that empower the rich and famous can only imagine how these glorified inductees are weathering the pandemic storm. Billionaire record producer David Geffen posted a photo of his quarantine confines: a sprawling superyacht estimated at some $590 million. “Sunset, last night…isolated in the Grenadines avoiding the …
March 20, 2020 Updated Coronovirus pandemic further amplifies the necessity for African-American communities to circulate and re-circulate the dollar in its community. All of the enormous panic spending African-Americans have contributed went straight to other communities. Previous administrations that after some time in office, must claim the state of affairs as their own. Case and point: Obama inherited several wars …
I find it fascinating people in upper management want African-American women to culturally appropriate their hair to European texture (straightened). Some are calling this the “One World” look or appeal. On television and in movies, Black women’s beauty is often measured by the looseness of our curl patterns. It has become cultural and economic praxis to invest in the upkeep …
Black voter importance has been elevated to a new level of confession. The Trump campaign is increasing its presence in swing states targeting African-American voters. As part of an ongoing effort to increase Trump’s share of the black vote this fall, the president’s reelection campaign unveiled plans on Wednesday to open a series of “community centers” in empty retail spaces …
Coming soon is a series of 104 Plus things I need to understand. These series of questions seeking understanding along with the accompanying narratives are substantive. Real life issues pertaining to politics, religion, economics, male/female relationships, historical Afrocentric perspectives, and other realities are begging for constructive, honest analysis. Some individuals may feel the questions posed as empirical, but that is …
The time has again arrived for African-American communities and others, that celebrate the culture to re-energize the dedication propelling the tenets of Kwanzaa. Kwanzaa is a seven-day, non-religious holiday observed in the US, meant to honor African Americans’ ancestral roots. The celebration lasts until January 1, but the Kwanzaa mindset is an actionable set of on-going conscious priorities. The name …
My Dearest Oprah, it has been brought to our attention through several sources that you go after black men accused of sexual misconduct more readily than white men. Is that true? 50 Cent and Russel Simmons, plus others can’t fathom your reasoning for such aggression toward black men and not all men. I, for one do not find R Kelly’s …
November 15, 2019 Some people suggest genocide is too strong a word for the maltreatment of black people in America. True genocide is something that happened in Nazi Germany, Armenia and Rwanda, not the United States of America. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who has represented the families of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown, delivers a forceful debut exposé of …
