Even before I returned to the United States from my combat tour in Vietnam, I had decided that we were fighting an unjust war. More than 50 years later, watching Spike Leeâs âDa 5 Bloodsâ set off my internal alarm bells, warning against African Americans blindly participating in U.S. foreign policy.
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   During the uprising following the brutal filmed murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, Trump called some of the riotersâ thugs and tweeted that âwhen the looting starts the shooting starts.â
Humans Are an Endangered Species:Â Will They Act to Save Themselves?
    When we say Black Lives Matter are we including the lives of those Black folks killed by other Black folks? Especially our children?
New York 5th Ave Black Lives Matter
    Get rid of bad police officers that insist on hiring and working with other bad law enforcers.
    The sins of the Founding Fathers and âRepublicansâ Hollow Oaths are forever unacceptable!
     Most of the time in America, when you break a record, you are congratulated for a job well done. During the reality of Covid-19, breaking a record generally means that the numbers are going in the wrong direction. In the last week over 56,000 Americans on a daily level are being infected by the coronavirus pandemic.
In China, Your DNA Belongs to the State
    As President of the Texas Black Expo (TBE), my primary interest is the economic part of the systemâthe creation and growth of Black-owned business enterprises. Youâd think that such an effort would be greeted with universal approval from everybody, regardless of ethnicity. What could possibly be wrong with strengthening the economic position of Black businessesâand therefore Black families? Donât we believe in capitalism, free markets, and the positive power of entrepreneurship, regardless of the color of the entrepreneur?
