There is something dreadfully wrong with an education/socialization process that leaves us ignorant of our past, strangers to our people, apes of our oppressors, and creatures of habitual, shallow thought, and trivial values. -Asa Hilliard, III Ph.D (1997)
Why are Our Sons Gunned Down?
Parents of unarmed Black victims of police killings say, “Enough is Enough.”
Still Standing 2014…
African enslavement, 3/5 clause, Dred Scott decision,13th,14th and 15th Amendments, state property, KKK, lynch-mob justice, dis-enfranchisement, segregation, violent racial extremism, great depression, Tulsa, Scottsboro, J.E. Hoover, redlining, Mississippi, Emmett Till, King assassinated, cointelpro, war on poverty, Free Angela Davis, Assata takes flight, white backlash, Reagonomics, drug war, mass incarceration, housing collapse, too big to fail, Obama, great recession, organ harvesting, extra-judicial murder of Black men, NYPD chokehold returns, lynching cover-up… Funny thing is, We are still standing. Join #EricGarner in saying, “It Stops Today!” www.holleratascholar.com #ItStopsToday
On Obama: Cornel West says, Yes, I am a Hater!
Cornel West hates injustice with a Christian fervor.
Kerry James Marshall creates images of Black ideal selves.
Black artists projecting images of Black ideal selves is no more racist than Asian artists projecting images of the Asian ideal selves. Certainly, no one ever sees racism when Euro-Americans project images of the Euro-American ideal selves.
Post by Channel 4 News.
It Stops Today!
When it comes to questions of racial, gender and economic inequality let us join Eric Garner in saying, “It Stops Today.”
…The Real Criminal.
Criminal justice
“Criminal” justice
Criminal “just us”
Criminal, just US(A)
USA Values (White) Property Over (Black) People.
This young Black leader is right and exact! He gives me hope for the future of our community. His political stance is grounded in a clear understanding of the Black experience in the USA.
Inside Look at J. Edgar Hoover’s “Suicide Letter” to Dr. Martin Luther King.
History shows us that despite African America’s best efforts towards securing socioeconomic justice the powers-that-be will stop at almost nothing to preserve the white supremacist status quo. In the case of the reverend doctor Martin Luther King Jr., Black America’s most strident civil rights crusader of the 20th century, forces of racial injustice operating at the highest levels of the US govt conspired to derail the movement by assassinating his character. Check out the following video to find out how:
Where Do You Stand on the Use of the Word Ngh?
Holler at a scholar to share you experience and let me know where you stand on the word ngh!
A white associate of mine, Miles (yes, after the horn-player extraordinaire), and I were talking recently when he casually drops the N-bomb. After a brief pause, he glances over to see my reaction. Unfazed, I keep a straight face. Then he begins ask if I was ok with his use of the term. According to Miles, the word is readily thrown about among his ethnically diverse group of friends on the Lower East Side. Within his circle, he tells me that the word is merely another way of saying guy. I could feel his explanation to a point; because that is the way that many of my Black peers carry it. In these cases, the word is less important than the adjective that precedes it. For instance, there is vast difference between describing one’s fellow-man as shiftless and describing him as industrious. The rub rests with the descriptor, not the guy (ngh). In Miles’ case however, I sensed a subtle awkwardness and hesitation in his delivery which belied his explanation. I know that his hesitation was the result of his own sense of guilt at the thought of uttering such an offense epithet in my presence conflicting with an overwhelming desire to be “down” with me and about that Hip-Hop. Instead of becoming the violent “ngr” reflecting the dark recesses of his own mind by putting the slap down on him like homie did that sister on the subway recently, I gave him some much needed advice. Hey, Miles, check yourself!