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The Midpoint Between Truth and Reconciliation Is Reparations

Over the past two years, the article that has come up most frequently in my Facebook feed describes how a report submitted to the U.N. Council on Human Rights has argued that the United States should begin “reparatory justice” processes

February 21, 2019 No Comments

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The NFL’s New Rule Aims to Silence Voices of Dissent

Would women have the right to vote today if they were told by men to only protest inside their homes? Would African Americans have equal protection under the law if the civil rights movement was confined to the churches? Would

May 31, 2018 No Comments

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The NFL’s New Rule Aims to Silence Voices of Dissent

Would women have the right to vote today if they were told by men to only protest inside their homes? Would African Americans have equal protection under the law if the civil rights movement was confined to the churches? Would

May 31, 2018 No Comments

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Resisting the Racist White Lives Matter Mobilization

I wrestled with how to write about last weekend. It was exhausting, heartbreaking, weeks in planning, and ultimately successful; but what the hell does “success” mean when you’re talking about shutting down white supremacists and Nazis in 2017? It began

November 3, 2017 No Comments

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Resisting the Racist White Lives Matter Mobilization

I wrestled with how to write about last weekend. It was exhausting, heartbreaking, weeks in planning, and ultimately successful; but what the hell does “success” mean when you’re talking about shutting down white supremacists and Nazis in 2017? It began

November 3, 2017 No Comments

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Martin Luther King Jr., Militarism, and Racism

White supremacist society seems to only allow Martin Luther King, Jr. to be associated with a “dream.” A dreamer is discounted as naive, foolish, with head in the clouds and out of touch with reality. We don’t call George Washington

April 2, 2017 No Comments

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Martin Luther King Jr., Militarism, and Racism

White supremacist society seems to only allow Martin Luther King, Jr. to be associated with a “dream.” A dreamer is discounted as naive, foolish, with head in the clouds and out of touch with reality. We don’t call George Washington

April 2, 2017 No Comments

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National Day of Healing

Dear Friends: Today marks the beginning of a year in which individuals and organizations will concentrate on bringing about racial healing and transformation, work that is being engaged in even now as this nation struggles with her issues. The so-called

January 16, 2017 No Comments

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National Day of Healing

Dear Friends: Today marks the beginning of a year in which individuals and organizations will concentrate on bringing about racial healing and transformation, work that is being engaged in even now as this nation struggles with her issues. The so-called

January 16, 2017 No Comments

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