50 Years After Selma, Blacks Are Still Victims No new ideas from today's Black leaders
WASHINGTON – Watching on TV the celebration of Selma’s 50th anniversary held in a Black church left me with...
Tag: Race in America
African-Americans Feel Persecuted By White Police The perception is that Blacks are targeted, while White police officers who deliberately kill Blacks will go free, in all cases. No justice
WASHINGTON – Perception, as we know, is reality. And, sadly, right now the large US African-American community (more than 40...
Black Americans Believe That Michael Brown Is A Victim Of Racist America The facts ascertained by the Ferguson Grand Jury are ignored. African Americans believe that a White policeman once again killed another innocent Black person
WASHINGTON – It is truly disheartening to watch the aftermath of the Ferguson Grand Jury decision not to indict...
The Ferguson Riots Prove That America Is Still Divided Along Racial Lines Blacks firmly believe that they cannot get real justice in White America. "The system is fixed"
WASHINGTON – As many had predicted, the Grand Jury decision not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson on his...
Obama’s “Ferguson Remarks” In His UN Speech Provide Ammunition To America-Haters Bad idea to place in the same sentence slaughter in the Middle East and one killing in America
WASHINGTON – In an otherwise good UN speech (September 24, 2014) focused on the need to fight for international law...
Public School Teachers Send Their Own Kids To Private Schools Those who run the system know how bad it is. And so they protect their own children children from it
WASHINGTON – US public schools are so bad that many public schools teachers –that is those who have first hand...
No Outcry About The US Public Education Crisis The rich send their children to private schools. The political system will not fight powerful teachers unions that resist reforms
WASHINGTON – ISIL is now recognized as an existential threat to America. Millions have seen two fellow Americans beheaded by...
Perceptions and Misperceptions About Black Crime And White Police Brutality Too many young Blacks are engaged in crime. Hence tough law enforcement targeting them. But this leads Black communities to believe that all policemen are racist
WASHINGTON – The killing by a White police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, of a Black young man, 18-year-old Michael Brown, ...
Ferguson Killing Interpretations Expose America’s Racial Divide Blacks believe that White policemen harass them. Many Whites believe that most Blacks are criminals
WASHINGTON – Because of the killing of Michael Brown, a Black teenager, by a White policeman, in Ferguson, (Missouri),...
Black Victim Of Police Shooting In Ferguson Was A Suspect In A Robbery The narrative of the innocent bystander shot for no reason by vicious police officer is beginning to crack
WASHINGTON – I have observed in a previous piece how in America a single episode of “White on Black”...