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SITUATION CRITICAL
SITUATION CRITICAL “Since White people in America hold most of the political, institutional, and economic power, they receive advantages that nonwhite groups do not. These benefits and advantages, of varying degrees, are known as White privilege. For many White...
TRAIN UP A CHILD
TRAIN UP A CHILD “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” -Proverbs 22:6. While most of us can likely recite that scripture by heart, do we understand its true value? When we consider the direction a child should go,...
CANCEL GOD
#CANCELGOD As far back as most of us can remember, we have had a front row seat to witness it. For the most part, we have stood around collectively, applauding its demise with our silent complicity. Others, oblivious to what has been occurring around us, have carried...
CANCELGOD
#CANCELGOD As far back as most of us can remember, we have had a front row seat to witness it. For the most part, we have stood around collectively, applauding its demise with our silent complicity. Others, oblivious to what has been occurring around us, have carried...
NOT CREATED EQUAL
NOT CREATED EQUAL For many us as parents, we dreamed of letting our little girls one day compete in sports; this was the case as well in the Black community. Seeing the likes of track stars Florence Griffith Joyner, and her sister-in-law, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, as well...
THE SCARLET U
THE SCARLET U “Mostly, I'm tired of people being ugly to each other. I'm tired of all the pain I feel and hear in the world every day. There's too much of it. It's like pieces of glass in my head, all the time... Can you understand?" Hearing that quote from prisoner...
What is 9-1-1
As hard as it is to believe, that is the question our grandchildren, or in some instances our great-grandchildren will be asking. In fact, if those of us that personally witnessed it had not, we would not believe it had ever happened. Aside from the documentary...
DYSTOPIA
DYSTOPIA “We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force....