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#IfTheyGunnedMeDown — What It Says About Our Beliefs
From the inception of distributed “news,” media has been using pictures to tell the story. And to influence the interpretation of events. Now the power is in OUR hands. — If we didn’t judge books by...
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‘The Purge’ Isn’t Just a Movie When You’re Unarmed and Black
The frequent killing of unarmed black people by police is being labeled “The Purge.” — For the majority of unarmed black folks who everyday attend work, school and/or church, “The Purge” isn’t a...
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#DontShoot – And Don’t Look Away, America
#dontshoot photo courtesy of Miss Packnett We ask you, America, not to look away. Don’t pretend Ferguson is so far away. This is America, these are our children. - It’s too easy for us, in our cozy...
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Stand For Peace & Justice: A Look At What’s It’s Like In The Middle Of #Ferguson
A community celebrates a life, grieves a death, and demands answers. — Nearly a week after the news broke that local teen, Michael Brown, had been shot and killed by a police officer, the streets of...
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The Heart and Soul of Media – It’s Up to You and Me (Seeing #Ferguson Through...
As we watch events in #Ferguson as they play out, or as we watch any events anywhere in the world, can we balance our human need for justice with a spiritual compassion? — For days my home town, and...
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Mike Brown’s Transgressions are Irrelevant to His Murder Investigation
Philadelphian Dan Rouse, a young black man, is angered at that footage of Mike Brown robbing a store was released to the public. — As everyone by now has heard, Michael Brown was an 18 year-old black...
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He Laid in Silent Protest of Police Brutality
Actor Keith Wallace was face down in Philadelphia’s Love Park during his one-man, silent protest against police brutality. — The scene in Philadelphia’s Love Park today bore a stark resemblance to the...
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Racism and Love in My Backyard: Ferguson
Sarafina Bianco grew up and still lives just down the road from Ferguson, so the roots of racism and anger—and the need for healing—hit close to home. ___ I meant to go to the social security office...
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How Citizens Perpetuate Police Brutality
Jeff Jones believes citizens who don’t engage the system enable police brutality. — The Missouri Police Department has released the name of the officer who murdered 18 year-old Mike Brown. And while...
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Should Black Citizens Lower Their Expectations of Black Politicians?
The black community is consistently disappointed with black politicians who don’t use their platform to talk about racism. — It seems to me black people want what most black politicians aren’t willing...
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Dancing While Lying Dead In The Street
“You can lynch us or beat us or shoot us, but that will never diminish our courage. Our legacy as a tenacious people will remain.” _____ The poet Claude McKay wrote a poem called “The Lynching”...
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4 Things Blacks Must Own in the 21st Century
Rashaun Williams believes the best way for black people to confront and change the rampant racism in the US is to educate, inform, and empower their own communities. — I would imagine an enslaved...
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Stopping Police Brutality Will Require a Zero-Tolerance Law
Mourners, in an all-too-familiar scene, remembered Mike Brown and victims of police brutality with a vigil. To stop the need for these somber gatherings, should taxpayers demand a zero-tolerance law?...
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Dreams Only Die if You Kill Them
Dr. Martin Luther King had a dream, and we’re still dreaming it. Now is NOT the time to say that we can’t make this dream come true. — The following is an excerpt from Just Blow It Up: Firepower for...
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What you Don’t Know About Black-on-Black Crime
An award-winning criminologist says black on black crime isn’t real. — Since the execution of Mike Brown, I’ve encountered several well meaning, concerned black citizens who’ve responded to the...
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Black People Need to Fully Engage the System If They Want to See Change
Alex Deering suggests black Americans aren’t doing enough to solve their problems. — It has taken me a second to wrap my mind around the incident in Ferguson, MO. I really don’t want to jump on the...
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Is ‘We the People’ Enough Protection from Dangerous Police?
Rashaun Williams ponders on who or what will protect his community from the police who break the law. — Imagine this: It’s 7pm and you’re driving home to your family after work. Red and blue lights...
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Whoever Created The ‘Pull Your Pants Up Challenge’ is Misinformed
Sagging pants aren’t the reason why police profile black boys. — In the latest case of respectability politics, a group of misinformed black men have taken to social media to issue a challenge to...
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White Supremacy isn’t Just About Burning Crosses
J. Rudy Flesher is disappointed that his fellow White Americans won’t acknowledge the pattern of unarmed black men killed by police. — In the wake of the shooting death of Mike Brown in Ferguson,...
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Why Are Most Violent People Male?
Andrew Smiler considers several reasons why violent people are more likely to be male than female. Ray Rice cold-cocked his then-fiancée and now wife. It’s the latest episode of male violence in the...
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