911: PERIL, NORM, OR GAMBLE?
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911: PERIL, NORM, OR GAMBLE?

In its heyday, the still popular Rap group, Public Enemy, released several popular hits, most notably among them one titled 911 Is a Joke. As nice and apropos as...

Paving a path towards Indigenous reconciliation?
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Paving a path towards Indigenous reconciliation?

From that old blue hardcover Canadian History book I remember, it took what became known as the country of Canada approximately 154 years or so to appoint an offspring...

RELIVING THE GENERATIONAL PAST IN THE PRESENT… THE MORE THINGS CHANGE…
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RELIVING THE GENERATIONAL PAST IN THE PRESENT… THE MORE THINGS CHANGE…

Like all people concerned about issues of social justice, I for one thought the live-streaming asphyxiation of George Floyd in Minneapolis MN, last spring 2020 by then, now former,...

EXTERMINATE ALL THE BRUTES…
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EXTERMINATE ALL THE BRUTES…

Revision… Taking another look at history as it was never taught, always historically denied… The era of historic suffocation and denialism is slowly ending, defunct! “Until lions learn how...

Anti-BLACK STRESS… DON’T LET IT DESTROY YOU
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Anti-BLACK STRESS… DON’T LET IT DESTROY YOU

Verse 1 “It’s like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder How I keep from going under…” Chorus: Don’t push me cause I’m close to the edge I’m trying...

RACISM? IT’S ALIVE AND THRIVING…
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RACISM? IT’S ALIVE AND THRIVING…

As far as police and Black people go, “No news is good news.” And for me it’s truly a feeling of relief when I wake up another day to...

REVENGE OF THE BROTHERHOOD? [Pt. 11]
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REVENGE OF THE BROTHERHOOD? [Pt. 11]

Some readers might be trying to figure out the title of this discourse… if I’m part of some surreptitious anti-police outfit. Nothing of the kind; in fact nothing sinister...

REVENGE OF THE BROTHERHOOD?  [Pt. 1]
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REVENGE OF THE BROTHERHOOD? [Pt. 1]

Having discarded the mantle of slavery, the children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and multiple generations (of the slaves) ultimately mustered the courage to demand their freedom… And have been de-manding...

RACIAL RECKONING?
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RACIAL RECKONING?

There’s nothing as galling, especially these days, for some white people than seeing and hearing Black people continu-ally — some would say everyday — shouting: “Racist this, racist that…...

RACISM FATIGUE?
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RACISM FATIGUE?

Turn on your radio or television any given day since that shocking May 25, 2020 event in America, which was seen around the world and continues to reverberate ever...