Connecticut Police Officers Charged with Violating Civil Rights of Latinos

Police Chief Len Gallo (left) and Mayor Joseph Maturo (right)

The police chief of East Haven, Connecticut has stepped down after four of his officers were arrested and charged with violating the rights of Latino citizens. According to The LA Times, federal authorities began investigating East Haven police in 2009 after local activists said that police had used its power to abuse Latinos. Last December, the … Read more

UPDATE: Black Student Arrested In UWP Noose & Hit List HOAX

UPDATE: Kenosha Co. Sheriff David Beth tells the media Friday night that the threats at UW-Parkside are a hoax.  Beth said one of the African-American female students on the so-called hit-list admitted to investigators she wrote the list.  Beth said charges were expected Monday. I think I am more disturbed in the fact that a black … Read more

SOTU 2012…Disney Meets Washington

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As I tucked my kids in for bed last night I was not the only one telling fairytales and painting dreams of a most vivid and vibrant future and a “happily ever after.” I was joined by President Obama in fantasy and fiction telling. As we lay our “kids” to bed in the hopes they are nourished in the dreams and alternate realities we lay out for them, what did we really say? NOT MUCH!! Although I was preaching from the gospel of Disney. Mr. Obama’s fairytale should have come from the Brothers Grimm!

We Are All Witnesses But To What?

Who is the next Jim Brown, Kareem Abdul, Bill Russell, John Carlos, Tommy Smith, or Muhammad of our time? Is it time to stop helping the Kobe’s, Lebron’s, Williams Sisters, and Tiger’s launch their brands and refocus them back to the real cause of empowerment, civil rights, and moving the entire Black race forward?

A Time to Heal: Where is the Memorial for Dahmer’s Surviving Victims Families?

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When a little child is abused or harmed like little Caylee Anthony, instantly a law or memorial is created post haste, but in segregated Milwaukee, we have to beg for this too. We even have a memorial for the firefighters of 9/11 in Milwaukee, but we can’t we memorialize this, an event that happened right in our own backyard? Milwaukee needs to atone for its sins and we need to support these families every year.

No Longer Stuck… in the Valley of the DOLLS

This piece is being written specifically to hopefully shed  luminance on the BLACK DOLL, WHITE DOLL Syndrome: Why a Black child will chose a White Doll over a Black doll. This started first coming to the world’s wonderment when in 1939, husband and wife psychologists, Kenneth Clark and Mamie Phipps, devised a study where it was … Read more

Dispelling the Voter ID Disenfranchisement Myth!

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Requiring Photo ID’s is a simple way to help ensure less fraud in elections. As we witnessed in 2004 and 2008 with the presidential elections, and even now with JoAnne Kloppenburg, voter fraud is indeed a very serious problem. Photo ID is at least one positive attempt to make sure the state of Wisconsin is actively working towards error-free elections and curtaling fraud at the polls.

New Berlin Racists or Protecting Their Way Of Life

Recently New Berlin shot down a proposal that would allow development of low-income/disabled housing. Residents opposed the new development citing concerns of race and the “type” of people the development would attract.

Looking Like A Fool With Ya Pants On The Ground…SAGGING!

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Should we enact laws to curtail this fashion mistake? Should we continue to wait for parents to do their job? What about adults who wear sagging pants and the people who love them? After all this would not be a popular fashion if those of us in relationships with “saggers” stopped seeing this as a turn on and if we as a community started actively protesting this.
Death to Sag?

Turning Earth Day Black!

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Environmental Injustices Affecting The Black Community and Earth Day
Earth Day turns 40 this year, but many African-Americans have never seen environmentalism as a priority until recently. Green is now the new Black! There are environmental justice issues affecting the Black community that should be given full attention by all Americans this Earth Day!

Are Blacks Still Called To Serve Their Country?

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With the honoring of the Civil War (beginning 150 years ago this week), one might compare what the military has become now as opposed to back then. In this comparison, we honor those who served our nation and our people, but do we still feel the need to serve as our ancestors once did?
There is great pride to be found in our history with the military. However in this current military where do we fit in and should we?