Friday, February 12, 2016

Why Am I Not Surprised? 2.0

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Yesterday, I wrote on Facebook about what it feels like to be me when I'm isolated. Which is a lot. Being a White person who thinks l...
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Friday, January 01, 2016

Coming Home

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  Ten years ago, I sat down at my computer and wrote the first post on the socially-constructed, political notion of "race" o...
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Friday, June 19, 2015

Albert Woodfox: The Beat Goes On...

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One of my students told me they saw this photo of Albert Woodfox and me on MSNBC last week while all the court news was breaking. I respo...

Senator and Pastor Clementa Pinkney: From The Grave

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May all People of Color be comforted in the knowledge that the act of killing this man and eight others at Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Church ...
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Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Vinne Paz: "Keep Movin' On"

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Every cell of my mind and body has been focused on Albert Woodfox this past ten days. And I'm feelin' it. My hands are trembling, ...
Sunday, June 14, 2015

Albert Woodfox: "They're Calling Me The Last Man Standing"

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Albert Woodfox  (in a still from a film clip)  on his way to Court - Feb., 2015  Five years and eleven months ago yesterday, I first lai...
Tuesday, June 09, 2015

Emily Lane: Albert Woodfox Remains Jailed As Legal Maneuvers Continue

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Previously published at Nola.com/Times-Picayune:   Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell's Office has filed a notice to ap...

Emily Lane: After 4 Decades In Solitary, Albert Woodfox' Release Ordered By Federal Judge

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Previously published at Nola.com/Times-Picayune : A federal judge in Baton Rouge has called for the unconditional release of Albert ...
Monday, June 08, 2015

Emory Douglas and the Art of the Black Panthers

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Emory Douglas: The Art of The Black Panthers from Dress Code on Vimeo . I've written more than a few words about the Black Panther...
Sunday, May 24, 2015

Sam Adler-Bell: "Why White People Freak Out When They're Called Out About Race"

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There's been some talk around of late about "White fragility." The person that got the talk started is Robin DiAngelo , aut...
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Thursday, May 21, 2015

B.B. King & Friends: Night of Blistering Blues (1987)

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The grades are in. The semester's over. I think I survived it. And B.B. King has gone to the ancestors. Time to chill just a minute ...
Sunday, May 10, 2015

Jonathan Odell: "How I Overcame My Soul-Crippling, Deep-South Addiction to Whiteness in 5 Easy Steps"

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Previously posted on Alternet , 7/25/14. I am a Mississippian as well as my family’s most notorious drunk. But six years into sobr...
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Sunday, May 03, 2015

La Sha: "On Baltimore"

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I came across the following on Facebook this week. Of all the things I've read about Baltimore so far, this takes first prize in my t...
Thursday, April 30, 2015

Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux: "Armed Resistance in the Civil Rights Movement"

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Charles E. Cobb (left) and Danielle L. McGuire Originally published in The American Prospect . On his first visit to Martin Luther ...
Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Party for Socialism and Liberation: "Baltimore's Rebellion: What Happens to a Dream Deferred"

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Statement from the Party for Socialism and Liberation : If the young people of Ferguson had not rebelled, Mike Brown’s name would ha...
Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Henry Louis Gates: "Did African-American Slaves Rebel?"

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Posted previously on PBS and BayAreaIntifada   One of the most pernicious allegations made against the African-American people was th...
Sunday, April 26, 2015

On Baltimore, Just So You Know

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Saturday, April 18, 2015

Albert Woodfox Waits

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On April 8th, I drove up to the West Feliciana Parish Detention Center to visit Albert Woodfox, the last member of the Angola 3 to rem...
Monday, April 13, 2015

Dizzy Wright: "I Need Answers" featuring Kikkiya

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Sunday, April 12, 2015

"Columbusing"

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Yesterday, I posted that violence is not only as American as apple pie, but it's as White as the cotton picked by slaves and then by p...