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Lest they Forget After reading the last edition of The Community Contact, I am left with no option but to highlight yet another facet in the ongoing woes facing...

Lost Identity My regular readers know that I have been extremely critical of issues that affect us as a community and Canadians at large. It has always been about...

I have tried my utmost to avoid addressing the same issue in consecutive columns–that’s my only defense against any tendency to be tedious and predictable. However, a reader recently...

“We have to change our minds about each other” Plainly put, we think badly about ourselves, therefore we are bad to each other. Now and then, more now than...

Black People: When representing becomes misrepresentation… How often have we been commanded by someone or some entity with the words, “Black folks represent.” I don’t know about you, but...

Sorry folks, but I cannot in fair conscience brush the issue of unsolved Black on Black  crime under the rug, hoping that it would go away; it just keeps...

It did not take me long to fully grasp the outrage following the death of a Black man or woman at the hands of a white man, especially a...

How many Black parents have ever visited the library with their children? There’s an old saying that one must be cautious when giving advice, but believe me it’s disheartening...

An open letter to parents, especially fathers In my ongoing interest regarding the academic welfare of our future leaders, I have decided, for this instance only, to change both...

Far too often we are bombarded with the common refrain from those outside and even within our own community, that Blacks need to start, manage and operate our businesses...