For the Incarcerated, Covid-19 is Anything but an Equalizer
Like the rest of us, he is scared; scared that he will die, scared that his daughter will become sick, scared that he will never see his family again.
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Like the rest of us, he is scared; scared that he will die, scared that his daughter will become sick, scared that he will never see his family again.
If revolutionaries are only committed to relieving their discomfort “we not only remain attached to the status quo but act in complicity with it, nurturing and maintaining those very systems of domination.”
With the advent of forums, and other community sharing sites, black, queer, and otherwise marginalized people have the opportunity to find a safe haven and treasure trove of mental health resources that they otherwise would not have had access to.
One thing led to another. I kept reading and my spirit soared as Malcolm X’s vivid recollections of the Roseland Ballroom in Boston in the 1940s echoed off the pages.
In the 21st century, Harlem is falling prey to the familiar onslaught of gentrification, a process which drives up rental costs and consequently displaces inhabitants of the neighborhood. Low income people of color are often the most negatively affected.
Both memoirs anatomize how high hopes and manifest efforts in the right direction somehow all came crashing down.
For the sake of future generations, Ali remains an optimist and will continue to lead only with love.
Voter suppression against people of color is an unfortunate staple of American history...
"We become a savage in the pursuit of happiness"
It is for precisely these reasons that jazz functions as one of the main metaphors of Idris Goodwin’s play Bars and Measures’
There is no denying the solid legacy that Lewis has built with his past, but what of the future of the party in which he holds a position of leadership?
There is an inherent duality African Americans carry in their psyche from birth and legacy.
How many times have you seen the video of Eric Garner’s death? With how much precision or accuracy can you describe the moment in which NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo placed Garner in a lethal chokehold? Do you know how many times Garner uttered, with less and less breath each time, “I can’t breath?...