Three days ago, word came out through various channels that our embattled president, facing intense criticism for his handling of the Black Lives Matter protests which swept our nation this past week, was likely going to make a public statement on race. Most notably, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson told CNN’s Jake Tapper […]
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On the eve of unveiling his plan for the “holistic revitalization and recovery” to black America, Donald Trump says he won’t “even consider” renaming U.S. military bases named after Confederate Generals, and announces that he’ll hold a rally on Juneteenth, near the site of the Tulsa Race Massacre
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Adam Rapoport, anti-immigrant, Ben Carson, black lives matter, Bon Appétit, Central Park 5, Charlottesville, Civil War, Colin Kaepernick, Confederate flag, CrossFit, Donald Trump, family separation, George Floyd, Gone with the Wind, June 19, Juneteenth, MAGA, NASCAR, NFL, Oklahoma, protests, race, race relations, racism, rallies, Roger Goddell, slavery, Stephen Miller, travel ban, Tulsa, Tulsa Race Massacre, very fine people, Voting Rights Act 17 Comments
I doubt this is what today’s open-carry advocates had in mind: The Huey P. Newton Gun Club
If you read this site, you know that, generally speaking, I believe today’s so-called open carry advocates to be lunatics. With that said, though, I have to confess that I love the idea of black folks reappropriating what, over the past few years, has been almost exclusively a white, conservative movement, and taking it back […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Uncategorized Also tagged #BlackOpenCarry, Black Panthers, gun control, guns, Huey P. Newton Gun Club, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Michael Brown, MLK, NRA, open carry, police, police abuse, racism, Ronald Reagan 14 Comments
Erykah Badu, naked and assassinated in Dallas
I don’t know the first thing about Erykah Badu. Our worlds, to my knowledge, have never overlapped in the past. I am, however, intrigued by this news story: Neosoul singer Erykah Badu faces a disorderly conduct charge for her nude music video shoot in downtown Dallas’ Dealey Plaza, officials announced Friday. Badu, a Dallas native, […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Other, Politics Also tagged 1963, Alicia Keys, Badge Man, CIA, conspiracy theories, Dealey Plaza, Erykah Badu, execrable things that Mark has written, Ford Theater, JFK, John F. Kennedy, Kennedy assassination, naked people acting out famous assassinations, neosoul, Oliver Stone, screenplays, soul, striptease, Window Seat, WTF 12 Comments