Blacks in Fidel Castro’s Cuba
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Blacks in Fidel Castro’s Cuba

By Egbert Gaye There is often talk of human rights, but it is also necessary to talk of the rights of humanity. Why should some people walk barefoot, so...

Racial Profiling Opinions

Racial Profiling

Black Civil rights also matter As a preliminary step before delving into this somewhat charged topic, it is useful to define racial profiling as the Canadian populace in general...

On the Record Nov 24, 2016
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On the Record Nov 24, 2016

Phyllis Gooden: Full speed and miles ahead of the game “Dance With Life”   London, England native Phyliss  Gooden, who now calls Montreal her home, comes at us with...

No one in power speaks on behalf of Blacks Opinions

No one in power speaks on behalf of Blacks

The Barbershop was crowded and everybody was talking about “the debate.” The networks were charging about $250,000 per 30 second ad. Remember, this is all Benjamins, U.S. dollars. Why...

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;...

A New Educational Paradigm Part I Opinions

A New Educational Paradigm Part I

Beyond Darwinism: “The problem in today’s education is that the root motivation is the acquisition of things and material wealth rather than cultivation of the human spirit.” The Honorable...

Race Matters all the time Opinions

Race Matters all the time

Money, politics, race and repercussions… People are taking a stand in a changing world It was another hot, humid, Montreal day. But for some unknown reason this particular day...

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...

Video cameras, cell phones and the Internet are illuminating it Opinions

Video cameras, cell phones and the Internet are illuminating it

IT’S A JUNGLE OUT THERE Yes it is. And sometimes it “makes me wonder how I keep from goin’ under.” The words of preeminent rappers Grandmaster Flash at the...

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]...