The Black Vote:  About Clinton and Trump Opinions

The Black Vote: About Clinton and Trump

Egbert Gaye Since handed the privilege to vote, Blacks in the United States of America  have never quite figured out what to do with that vote. So over the...

They really Don’t Care About Us Opinions

They really Don’t Care About Us

THEIR PERCEPTION, OUR REALITY Prologue “Oh boy…” It has been a long, long time since I’ve witnessed that subtle behaviour. But a couple Saturdays ago, after having done some...

“SAY IT LOUD. I’M BLACK AND I’M PROUD.” Opinions

“SAY IT LOUD. I’M BLACK AND I’M PROUD.”

By Rasta KEITH At first sight, the recent shooting deaths of two Black men by two police officers in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Charlotte, North Carolina should have evoked the...

Race and politics will be part of the drama
Community News

Race and politics will be part of the drama

The Montreal International Black Film Festival brings Barack and Michelle Obama, Maya Angelou and Black Lives Matter to a screen near you. All will be Breathtaking Egbert Gaye The...

RATCHETING UP THE PRESSURE Opinions

RATCHETING UP THE PRESSURE

It’s the 21st century phase in Black peoples’ continuing fight for Civil Rights and what’s right […] Social construct, racial profiling, psychological effects, stereotypes; genocide: cultural and racial; demeaning;...

Black Lives Matter and Basic Civics Opinions

Black Lives Matter and Basic Civics

For decades, Black activists have organized in response to police brutality, but part of the underlying reason for the visibility and nomenclature of the current Black Lives Matter movement...

“My fear is that my children will never be free.”
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“My fear is that my children will never be free.”

Vennetta on the frontlines Egbert Gaye Vennetta Solena Gordon is 22-years-old and recently found herself on the frontlines in the struggle for justice for Black people in Montreal and...

IS THE RACE WAR FINALLY ON?  HOPE NOT FOR AMERICA’S SAKE Opinions

IS THE RACE WAR FINALLY ON? HOPE NOT FOR AMERICA’S SAKE

The evening of June 17, 2015, around 9 p.m., 21-year-old Dylann “Storm” Roof, a white male with a Hitler-style haircut and dubious, sinister agenda, walked into the historic [AME]...

The dilemma of BLACK AMERICA 2016 Opinions

The dilemma of BLACK AMERICA 2016

The Killing Continues At least there is one white person who seems to understand the situation of Black folks in America and is willing to speak about it. And...

Of Lives that matter and  that day in the park
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Of Lives that matter and that day in the park

So Black Lives Matter movements have taken over my newsfeed on Facebook and Instagram for the pass few weeks through hashtags, videos and images. Unless you’re living under a...