Author: Carma Henry

Ebony Robers and Ivory Justice

  In an expansion of its Rooney Rule, which had previously called on teams to interview minority candidates, the league said teams must also interview at least one minority candidate for coordinator openings and one external candidate for positions in teams’ front offices. “While we have seen positive strides in our coaching ranks over the years aided by the Rooney Rule, we recognize, after the last two seasons, that we can and must do more,” Commissioner Roger Goodell said during a media conference call.

     “Standing Up” for Hong Kong

     As I fondly remembered, this was a place that you, pardon the pun,  could get lost in. We had gotten so caught up that we lost track of time, the sun was setting and none of us could remember which way we had come through the woods.

   On Thursday, May 14, 2020, I was given the opportunity to help with the city of Lauderhill Drive-Thru Food Distribution.

           On May 17, 1954 the U.S. Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional. In this lawsuit, Brown claimed that schools for Black children were not equal to the White schools, and that segregation violated the 14th Amendment, which holds that no state can “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

 The police shooting and killing Breonna Taylor while she slept in her own home adds a brand new dimension to the lengthening list of normal human activities that Black people must now be vigilant about doing. We already knew about the “driving while Black” thing, but “sleeping while Black” ups the ante to unthinkable levels.

People in need are living better thanks to Walmart’s matching grant recently awarded to OIC of South Florida (OIC-SFL). These relief funds (in the form of gift cards) are being used to provide immediate financial assistance to over 200 Broward and Miami-Dade students/clients who participate in OIC-SFL’s family strengthening (i.e., Youth & Family Services) and/or workforce readiness (i.e., Workforce Development) programs.

     According to ABC 13 News, the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus addressed Gov. Ralph Northam in a letter saying the move to reopen Virginia later this week would be like treating Black and brown people like “guinea pigs for our economy.” They explained that the state doesn’t have the necessary testing capacity and infrastructure for a safe opening and that many workers who are minorities will be put at an unfair risk.

Belly Mujinga, a 47-year old Black woman who was working as a railway ticket officer in London, has died from coronavirus after a man who claimed to be infected reportedly coughed and spit on her.