Articles by Carma Henry

About Carma Henry
Carma Lynn Henry Westside Gazette Newspaper 545 N.W. 7th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33311 Office: (954) 525-1489 Fax: (954) 525-1861
Opinions

Antidotes to Murder: A Novel Approach

April 22, 2022 Carma Henry 0

   An antidote to murder utilizing a novel approach based on a hypothetical model which resembles the scientific approach used to develop drugs or vaccines sounds intriguing. Let’s assume that society constitutes the laboratory. And the hypothesis reads, “Antidotes Can Be developed to Reduce Specific Types of Murders.” For added clarity and to strategically focus on specific antidotes, murders have  been classified into the  following categories: 1) domestic; 2) gang related; 3) criminal related; and 4) racial (racism) related. […]

Opinions

FDA — Smoking While Black and Brown in America

April 22, 2022 Carma Henry 0

Our experiences inform us that the implementation of a menthol ban will inevitably and undoubtedly create an increased number of stops, frisks, and interactions between law enforcement and members from Black and Brown communities. According to the Prison Policy Initiative, Black and Brown residents in the U.S. continue to have a long and troubled legacy of disproportionately larger numbers of police stops and interactions with the police. The proposed menthol ban will do nothing to quell this troubling reality. […]

Opinions

Black No More

April 22, 2022 Carma Henry 0

     It is worth noting that recounting the horrors of slavery, remembering heroes of the civil rights movement, along with a few 19th and 20th century inventors, athletes, and entertainers, in no way sufficiently pays proper tribute to the totality of our past. Only by passing down our complete stories and sharing the fullness of our heritage do we properly honor our ancestors and history, a history that long predates the 17th century in North, South and Central America and the Caribbean. We were Africans long before becoming New Yorkers, Jamaicans, Brazilians, Haitians, Cubans, or Puerto Ricans. […]

Local News

Reparations Are Overdue!

April 22, 2022 Carma Henry 0

     California is moving forward with a small cadre of cites and universities to make amends for the atrocity of US slavery. The canard against Reparations is succinctly stated by Dr. Thomas Sowell. Dr. Sowell is a Senior Fellow at Stanford University.  […]