For those that say “give Trump a chance,” I do not have the privilege or luxury to ignore him making fun of the disabled, denigrating women, or his racist policies against blacks. He refused to rent to them. He took out full page ads against Read More …
I love that millennials are becoming activists as seen in the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) and Black Lives Matter (BLM) movements. However, I am disturbed that for all the activism, some still did not vote. “My vote doesn’t matter” is oft repeated. If you want Read More …
2018 Update: The US government under the Trump administration is creating its own “Calais Jungle” separating immigrant children from parents at the border. Painter Norman Lewis said, “The goal of the artist must be aesthetic development, and in a universal sense, to make in his Read More …
2018 Update: Trump’s America makes racists feel comfortable calling 9-1-1 when they believe a black person should not be somewhere they deem their space. Jordan Peele and Spike Lee’s movie BlacKkKlansman highlights a problem long known to the black community, white supremacists in law enforcement and Read More …
2019 Update: The El Paso mass shooter invoked Trump’s words of trying to rid the US of an Hispanic “invasion.” Since Trump campaigned for office, Trump encouraged violence on his campaign telling supporters to knock the crap of protesters and he would cover legal fees. Read More …
Trump boasted during the primary, “I could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and not lose voters.” The sad truth is that he was right. Truth and facts matter little to his supporters. Both he and his wife can plagiarize the Obamas and it’s just the Read More …
2018 Update: The US government under the Trump administration and Jeff Sessions is trying to use the Bible to justify separating immigrant children from parents. Shame to Christians who fail to call this blasphemy and a perversion of the Bible. In his Treatise on Christian Read More …
The purpose of the Olympics is to “contribute to building a peaceful and better world by educating youth through sport practised without discrimination or any kind, in a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play.” Current US rhetoric of building a wall, kicking Mexicans and Read More …
It was only a matter of time before President Clinton’s 2008 gaffes during Hillary’s initial presidential bid would re-appear. And re-appear they did when former President Bill Clinton tried to defend Hillary’s “super-predator” comment. First, I am appalled at press and media outlets referring to Read More …
Growing up on the south side of Chicago, my siblings and I attended the same neighborhood public school as my parents. All of the students were African American. Most of my teachers were White and few were Black. My mother said that she did not Read More …
2019 Update: In 2016 and again in 2018, 53% of white women voted for Trump and Republican candidates despite some being womanizers, a brothel owner, neo-Nazi, and accused pedophiles. In the case of Alabama Republican nominee, Roy Moore, two-thirds of white women voted for him. Read More …
2019 Update: Trump told four Congresswomen of color known as the “Squad,” to “go back” to where they came from, then doubled down by calling them racist. Illinois Republican County Chairmen’s Association posted racist image labeling the four Congresswomen “the jihad squad.” Although House Democrats condemned Trump’s Read More …