Critical Truths, Racist Lies

On Independence Day in 2020, a clamoring throng toppled a statue of Christopher Columbus Baltimore neighborhood of Little Italy. When the cheering protesters dragged it down and sunk it beneath the depths of Inner Harbor, the statue became the latest symbol of societal change and a harbinger of a larger reckoning  about the hypocrisy and… Continue reading Critical Truths, Racist Lies

Oct 1: Michael Dunn Found Guilty of First Degree Murder In Jordan Davis Case

If anyone is unclear as to the source of all-but-declared ‘open season’ assaults and murders on African-Americans, Dr. Frances Cress Welsing broke it down decades ago in her groundbreaking book The Isis Papers: The Keys To The Colors and restated it for me in our one-on-one interview earlier this year: “The whole system relationship with… Continue reading Oct 1: Michael Dunn Found Guilty of First Degree Murder In Jordan Davis Case

“If you are talking about racism and white supremacy, you are going to be perceived as a threat.”

Back in 1903, W.E.B. Du Bois—sociologist, historian, civil rights activist and eventual NAACP co-founder—published The Souls Of Black Folk, a seminal collection of essays fleshing out his views on race and the unique obstacles that plagued people of color. A famous quote from the book, “The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of… Continue reading “If you are talking about racism and white supremacy, you are going to be perceived as a threat.”

Dr. Frances Cress Welsing, The MOC Preview & Knowshi.com Interview Link

In an illuminating interview with sociologist Dr. Francis Cress Welsing, Knowshi.com discussed her views of dysfunctional trends among African-Americans, and how non-whites can persevere despite the odds perpetually stacked against them.