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Kentanji Brown-Jackson: not rising tide

     Hopeful Black folk must realize Judge Brown-Jackson’s rise to the nation’s highest court is not the rising tide that will lift all Black boats. She is just the newest member of the exclusive ‘first Black’ fraternity which exists to promote the illusion of Black progress, power, and racial equality. […]

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America’s Foreign Aid & Domestic Policy Dilemma

 America despite its valor and glory remains enthralled in a role of foreign aid and domestic policy which punishes its own people from whom all foreign aid flows. Yes, America deliberately fails to address the social, economic, educational, mental health, and environmental safety needs of its own people. But why does this deliberate hypocrisy exist? […]

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BEING BLACK CAN COST AN ARM AND A LEG

     The respected medical journal, The Lancet, has reported, “The epidemic of amputations among Black communities across the USA is a brutal reminder of the enduring complications of [diabetes] among underserved populations…” Other prestigious publications have characterized this epidemic as an indictment of our health care system. […]

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THE UNSEEN HEROES

      First responders rely heavily on a group of unseen heroes daily to provide valuable information regarding incidents they are responding to. These individuals are often never seen but always trusted. Our communications operators are often the first point of contact for those in emergency situations; essentially, they are the true first responders. […]

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Intimacy won’t close wealth gap

     White elites have subliminally convinced the Black race that dating and marrying white is more important than closing the racial wealth gap. This explains the noticeable increase in advertisements, movies, and television programs featuring images of Black and White intimate partners. […]