OP-ED-AUGUST24

Op-Ed: Fear, Silence, and the Lost Conversation on Race

By Eliot Mercer, Intelligence Desk Fear, Silence, and the Lost Conversation on Race The Weight of Social Media Scrutiny Scrolling through social media lately, I notice a pattern that unsettles me. Black voices, even when trying to speak candidly about race, often tiptoe, wary of judgment, wary of backlash. The careful choreography of words, the self-censorship, the hesitation—it is everywhere. …

WHOOPI

Whoopi Bites the Dust

The wrath of God’s chosen people have again put another “Upperclass Black” back in their place. Whoopi Goldberg made a comment about the Jewish holocaust and some Jews felt harmed by her statement. The fact of the matter is Judaism is a religion and not a supposed race, even though the strategic term “race” is a made up construct to …