For Black Men in America, There Is No Break From Racism

The events of this summer in Ferguson, Mo., highlighted an ugly truth to mainstream Americans: Black men in this country are viewed as so suspicious by law enforcement that they are often shot first and questioned later. It is a reality that black men have been living with in the United States since the very beginning.

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White Privilege, Racism & the Fallacy of Post-Racial...

It’s absolutely, without a doubt, absurd to claim that we live in a post-racial/colorblind society. Many people know how bogus it is. But there are still people who delude themselves. Maybe they’re trying to convince us. Perhaps it’s both. Right now, it’s whatever. The United States is a white racist society that still has a problem with people of color, especially us Negroes. And a lot of white people are sick with it. Period.

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One Nation Under SWAT: The Militarization of America's Police

Think of it as a different kind of blowback. Even when you fight wars in countries thousands of miles distant, they still have an eerie way of making the long trip home.
Take the latest news from Bergen County, New Jersey, one of the richest counties in the country. Its sheriff’s department is getting two mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles, or MRAPs -- 15 tons of protective equipment -- for a song from the Pentagon.

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When England abolished slavery, slaveholders received the equivalent of $200B in reparations

(Special from The NorthStar News & Analysis) – August 1 passed quietly, but it shouldn’t have because it is an important day in the history of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade and a strong reminder as to why large numbers of Blacks never got a leg up on the economic ladder.

On August 1, 1834, England, the world’s biggest slave trader, ended 250 years of a “national crime” against Africans, but slaveholders and slave traders were paid millions of British pounds in reparations for the loss of their property, as enslaved Africans were considered.

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10 Ways Racism Killed Michael Brown and Eric Garner

A New York City police officer put his arm around Eric Garner's neck and choked out his life as he screamed "I can't breathe!" A police officer in Ferguson, MO aimed his gun at Michael Brown, an unarmed African-American teenager and shot him multiple times while he reportedly pleaded, "I don't have a gun. Stop Shooting!"

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History's Lessons Live at Martinique's La Savane des Esclaves

Several contemporary commentators assert that we live in a post-racial society. While that certainly is a worthy and necessary goal, it clearly has yet to be achieved. Recent events in Europe and the Middle East illustrate that issues surrounding ethnicity, race and culture continue to have an explosive ability to inflame human passions and action. Indeed, these have existed as human traits across time.

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Black European music (women) - Black History Month special

Because it's Black History Month a special Black History compilation of chart-topping Afro-European (or Black European) female singers, who made their mark nationally and internationally. Next week the men. Best way to start is with a video of Sade - Nothing Can Come Between Us (UK) of 1988. The band's first hit single was "Your Love Is King" from the debut album, Diamond Life (1984).

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