Tag: Racism

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A Message to the White Man (and Woman) in America

I think it’s time we had a talk. You may not want to listen, you may not want to care, but I can assure you, we’ll both be better off if you did.  For so long, and especially now, we’ve spent more time talking at each other than to each other. While life for all of us here in America is… Read more →

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Black Lives DO NOT Matter

In the wake of yet another police shooting that takes the life of a seemingly innocent black man, it’s hard not to believe that black lives do not matter much after all. I’m tired. We’re all tired. We live in a world that is full of excuses and never enough answers and as the sun breaks over the horizon, we’re… Read more →

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White People Are Having The Worst Black History Month Ever

Black artists are using high profile events as a platform to discuss race, making some whites uncomfortable. It shouldn’t, because the discussion is overdue Race is never a comfortable topic. So often we talk about living in a post-racial society, a society where the color of one’s skin is not mutually exclusive to the content of their character. Martin Luther… Read more →

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Cam Newton: Fear of a Big Black Buck

Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton presents a threat in a way few black athletes have, exposing an older level of racism long disregarded. Until now. Cam Newton is a rarity and yet he’s not. There is no discernible way in which Newton serves as a trailblazer of any sort. He’s not the first black quarterback, he’s not the first black… Read more →

Episode 184: Black Lives Matter, or, “The Passion of the Cos”

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Tonight on a justice-seeking edition of the Never Daunted Radio Network, we return from our self-imposed month-long hiatus to discuss the latest goings on in Ferguson and New York City in the wake of two grand juries choosing not to indict the officers involved in the deaths of unarmed black males. We’ll take our time making a case for change… Read more →