Another Reggae Icon Exits the Stage. RIP Bob Andy
Reggae giant Bob Andy has died. Reports are that the 75-year-old legend who had been ill for some time passed away in his sleep on March 27, 2020. Bob Andy (born Keith Anderson) emerged as a solo star...
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George Floyd was a giant of a man...and with butterfly wings #MBOPRA
For generations, black folks have been telling white folks that their Dr. Jekyll is our Mr. Hyde. Our recounting of empirical and anecdotal proof of the hate and cruelties visited upon us by cops is...
View ArticleBryant Gumbel explains "The Black Tax" and shatters the myth that economic...
We in the Black community do not see Bryant Gumbel as one of our most militant brothers. He’s no firebrand and he will not be leading the revolution. But what he is, is the consummate professional. A...
View ArticleMichelle Obama laid a whupping on the Squatter and it was a beauty to behold!...
Michelle Obama gave one of the most powerful speeches I’ve ever heard and by the end of it, I was openly sobbing. All that we have been missing for the past four years: empathy, loving concern, a...
View ArticleHeartbreaking News: Black Panther's Chadwick Boseman is Dead at 43
The phenomenal actor who starred in such epic, iconic films as Black Panther, Get on Up, and Jackie Robinson has died. News reports are that he died after a four year battle with colon...
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Jaime Harrison is an "American" politician - let's get him in the Senate
In preparation for this diary, I thought I should check out Jaime Harrison’s Wiki page (don’t dog me now). I was struck by the description of him as an “American politician.” I subsequently learned...
View ArticleCelebrating the Life of Reggae Legend Toots Hibbert as he fights to survive...
Saturday, Sep 12, 2020 · 4:07:21 PM +00:00·JoanMar“It is with the heaviest of hearts to announce that Frederick Nathaniel ‘Toots’ Hibbert passed away peacefully tonight, surrounded by his family at the...
View ArticleCelebrating the life of Johnny Nash. RIP to the Reggae Pioneer
Another Reggae legend has stepped off the earthly stage and is currently winging his way to join that ever-expanding orchestra somewhere beyond the rainbow. 2020 has been especially hard for reggae...
View ArticlePresident Obama's Statement About Today's Coup Attempt
President Obama’s statement:xHere’s my statement on today’s violence at the Capitol. pic.twitter.com/jLCKo2D1Ya— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) January 7, 2021History will rightly remember today’s...
View ArticleLet's Make Some Just Laws ~ Support the Dream Defenders Proposed Bills
Really, we didn’t need the images of how cops responded to trump's army of white insurrectionists to convince us that we need police reform. For decades now marginalized folks have been yelling from...
View Article"Wake the town and tell the people..." Another legend slips away. RIP Daddy...
Ewart Beckford aka U-Roy has exited the stage — this time for good. In the last 12 months, Reggae Nation has suffered some serious losses: Toots Hibbert, Johnny Nash, Bob Andy, Bunny "Striker" Lee,...
View ArticleWhite privilege was the wind beneath the wings of shows like 'Seinfeld' and...
A version of this essay originally appeared in Black Kos.A confession right up front: I have never watched an episode of Seinfeld. Never, ever. I’ve never watched an episode of Friends, either. I do...
View ArticleCops execute a 37-year-old claiming that he was "armed" with a boxcutter. Day...
Who knows what led 37-year-old Landon Eastep to the “middle” of 1-65 in Nashville, Tennessee last Thursday, 1/28/2022? What we do know is that in almost no other country on earth would simply being on...
View ArticleMan "armed with a hammer" shot dead by Fresno cops. Day 3 #TwitterCampaign
I‘ll stipulate that a hammer in the hand of a man intent on doing harm is indeed a deadly weapon. I also contend that members of a sophisticated police force should be able to disarm a man armed with...
View ArticleArizona cops kill man for running at them with a "metal frame." Day 4...
Frankly, we should be embarrassed. We should be so ashamed. Really? You are going to kill a man because he runs at you with a metal frame? But that’s precisely how 49-year-old James Schild met his...
View ArticleTwenty-six-year-old Caleb Stanford had a knife, "so officers shot him." Day 5...
The Washington Post is reporting that cops killed 13 people since the beginning year. As we have said before, TWP database is the most conservative of them all and lags far behind in its reporting....
View ArticleCharles Castro "was no angel," but we should demand better from our cops. Day...
Charles Corey Castro was apparently a very bad man. Reports are that he may have been reponsible for the death of a former girlfriend and he’s been accused of domestice violence by his current partner....
View ArticleJohnny Hurley was a Good Samaritan; a cop killed him. Day 7 of 7 #Twitter...
Johnny Hurley’s murder did not make it to the national news. Hurley, dubbed a hero by Denver police officials, was a “good guy with a gun” who witnessed a killing and took action. Johnny Hurley was...
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