Lucky Among 95 Million Losers: Yep! That’s me.
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Tag Archives: #Inequality
#Precariat: a new social class in America’s new normal: African-American edition | #Black#Economy on Blog#42
The precariat is presented as a new social class in America Continue reading #Precariat: a new social class in America’s new normal: African-American edition | #Black#Economy on Blog#42
Baltimore, St. Louis and beyond: profiles in gross disparities and deprivation | #BlackLivesMatter on Blog#42
Baltimore
It wasn’t long ago, just over three months, in fact, that we were glued to our televisions, Continue reading Baltimore, St. Louis and beyond: profiles in gross disparities and deprivation | #BlackLivesMatter on Blog#42
Bernie Sanders’ speech to Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) | Blog#42
My essay on Bernie Sanders’ approach to BlackLivesMatter, police brutality, Continue reading Bernie Sanders’ speech to Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) | Blog#42
Bernie Sanders’ approaches to institutional racism, brutality & inequality parallel MLK’s | Blog#42
Bernie Sanders has given a flurry of speeches throughout the Deep South. One of them was to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Bernie Sanders was on Meet The Press with Chuck Todd on Sunday, Continue reading Bernie Sanders’ approaches to institutional racism, brutality & inequality parallel MLK’s | Blog#42
A National Apology for Slavery: Bernie Sanders | Civil Rights on Blog#42
Bernie Sanders spoke to Sirius-XM radio’s Joe Madison about race and slavery Continue reading A National Apology for Slavery: Bernie Sanders | Civil Rights on Blog#42
MLK died warning us about inequality back in the 60’s | Social #Activism on Blog#42
I came across an excellent mash-up of segments from Martin Luther King’s speeches on poverty and the end of an interview of James Baldwin in PBS’ “The Negro and The American Promise.” These two men expressed, in ten minutes and fifty three seconds, far more than Thomas Piketty did in a seven hundred-page book. Continue reading MLK died warning us about inequality back in the 60’s | Social #Activism on Blog#42
Video: James Baldwin on “The Negro and the American Promise” | PBS
This is a curated version of a PBS extra I will be referencing in an upcoming piece.
James Baldwin on “The Negro and the American Promise”
James Baldwin appears in Boston public television producer Henry Morgenthau III’s “The Negro and the American Promise,” alongside Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. The New York Times described the James Baldwin segment as “a television experience that seared the conscience.” Continue reading Video: James Baldwin on “The Negro and the American Promise” | PBS
Selma50: Black Lives Matter, Moral Monday, NAACP, unite!
Tony Robinson was shot to death by a Madison, Wisconsin policeman on the eve of the fiftieth anniversary of the March in Selma. Continue reading Selma50: Black Lives Matter, Moral Monday, NAACP, unite!
“White privilege” as an irritant when talking about race…
An old friend left me a question on my post of Nick Kristof’s column on Facebook:
The question is asked by someone whom I know is well-meaning, thoughtful and truly wants to see the dialog on race get ahead, rather than continue at the standstill it is at now. Continue reading “White privilege” as an irritant when talking about race…