Distracted
As if the law requiring Immigrants (Latinos essentially) to carry around "Freedom Papers" SB 1070 Arizona is going for the jugular. An Arizona State Senator, Russell Pearce, will introduce a bill that if passed would deny birth certificates to children born in Arizona;
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As if the law requiring Immigrants (Latinos essentially) to carry around "Freedom Papers" SB 1070 Arizona is going for the jugular. An Arizona State Senator, Russell Pearce, will introduce a bill that if passed would deny birth certificates to children born in Arizona;
On Kobe Bryant
When basketball fans have a discussion about the greatest of all time, a few names come to mind: Chamberlain, Russell, Magic, Bird and my choice, Jordan. But if, and at this rate when, Kobe Bean Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers win their 5th NBA Championship since 2000....
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When basketball fans have a discussion about the greatest of all time, a few names come to mind: Chamberlain, Russell, Magic, Bird and my choice, Jordan. But if, and at this rate when, Kobe Bean Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers win their 5th NBA Championship since 2000....
On My Grandmother
The older that I get, the more I look back on my life and appreciate my childhood. When I was a teenager, I absolutely hated my childhood; I thought that my parents were too overbearing. As I approach another birthday in the coming days, I realize that those....
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The older that I get, the more I look back on my life and appreciate my childhood. When I was a teenager, I absolutely hated my childhood; I thought that my parents were too overbearing. As I approach another birthday in the coming days, I realize that those....
On Racism
Racism is not a real thing; meaning that it is not physical. It is not a state of mind....I would argue that racism is a state of being. You are not born racist. When we are born, we are not born anything. We were not created or born to sin but rather we are born in sin....
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Racism is not a real thing; meaning that it is not physical. It is not a state of mind....I would argue that racism is a state of being. You are not born racist. When we are born, we are not born anything. We were not created or born to sin but rather we are born in sin....
power
There is a famous line in Malcolm X when after Malcolm disperses a crowd of organized NOI (Nation of Islam) members and angry Black people from a quick protest in front of a Harlem police station.
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There is a famous line in Malcolm X when after Malcolm disperses a crowd of organized NOI (Nation of Islam) members and angry Black people from a quick protest in front of a Harlem police station.
Speak Ebonics? Uncle Sam Wants You!
BLACK PEOPLE, BLACK PEOPLE…DO YOU NEED A JOB??? The Department of Justice is seeking to hire linguists fluent in Ebonics to help monitor, translate, and transcribe the secretly recorded conversations of subjects of narcotics investigations, according to federal records.
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BLACK PEOPLE, BLACK PEOPLE…DO YOU NEED A JOB??? The Department of Justice is seeking to hire linguists fluent in Ebonics to help monitor, translate, and transcribe the secretly recorded conversations of subjects of narcotics investigations, according to federal records.
Old Sport, New Message
Baseball was never a sport that I just gravitated to. To me, and a lot of young Black males like myself and younger, Baseball is considered an “old Negro” sport – we see our grandfathers when we think of Baseball. What I mean by that is Baseball is a sport that Black kids don’t really care too much for it.
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Baseball was never a sport that I just gravitated to. To me, and a lot of young Black males like myself and younger, Baseball is considered an “old Negro” sport – we see our grandfathers when we think of Baseball. What I mean by that is Baseball is a sport that Black kids don’t really care too much for it.
