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Superintendent’s Words Hurtle Back to 1990s Thinking

June 15, 2022 Carma Henry 0

How did an individual so lacking in basic competence come to be the leader of our beloved county’s educational system? The words and attitude hurtle me back to the late 1990s when then-mayor of the City of Fort Lauderdale Robert Cox declared to school children, (paraphrasing) “Anybody can be mayor as long as you are free, white and 21.” The racist expression so roiled the community that Westside Gazette Publisher Levi Henry Jr. responded, (paraphrasing) “You will never hold office again in Broward County.” And he never did. […]

Holy Grail: 2nd Amendment & Pro-Life Doctrine

June 15, 2022 Carma Henry 0

Yes! The 2nd Amendment is the Republicans’ and their base’s “Holy Grail. It represents their ultimate desire to have unmitigated rights to own and bare weapons. Consequently, as gun owners, they don’t accept responsibility for guns used to commit mass murders of any kind to whomever. Yet, unbelievably, they’re staunch supporters of pro-life […]

Stop the “steal”, say no to political liar and seditionists

June 15, 2022 Carma Henry 0

If you really want to stop the “steal”, vote against political liars and seditionists. […]

Seditious Conspiracy is a Crime That Almost Destroyed Our Democracy

June 15, 2022 Carma Henry 0

Seditious Conspiracy is a Crime That Almost Destroyed Our Democracy […]

Watch the Jan. 6 Hearings: Getting the Truth is the First Step in Holding People Accountable

June 14, 2022 Carma Henry 0

I know a lot of people are skeptical about Congress. Sometimes that cynicism is well earned. But the bipartisan House select committee investigating the plot to overturn the 2020 presidential election is doing essential good work. All of us should pay attention to the public hearings the committee is holding this month. […]

Why Muslims are opposing “The Lady of Heaven” film

June 14, 2022 Carma Henry 0

With sadness and with heavy heart I pin the essay regarding screening the film “lady of the heaven” on June 3rd, which happened to be the 33rd death anniversary of the Imam Khomeini. […]

Superintendent Cartwright Asserts “I Don’t Hire Someone Just Because They’re Black”

June 9, 2022 Carma Henry 0

Superintendent Cartwright defends her purge of Black administrators by asserting that she doesn’t hire someone just because they’re Black. If this is her philosophy, are we to assume that the only people she found qualified to fill her administrative positions were white? This assertion not only is disingenuous but represents a white supremacist’s ideology to the extreme. […]

White Ice, Black Ice

June 9, 2022 Carma Henry 0

Just like ice is ice, political expertise is political expertise and expert political consultants and vendors come in all races, creeds and colors. […]

Republicans Worship Guns Even Though They Kill Americans

June 8, 2022 Carma Henry 0

Republicans Worship Guns Even Though They Kill Americans […]

Racist ‘Replacement’ Rhetoric is Deadly and Republicans Must Stop Using It

June 8, 2022 Carma Henry 0

That should cause some serious reflection among Republicans who are trying to build power with their own versions of racist “replacement” rhetoric. Replacement rhetoric is meant to tap into a very old fear: that the survival and dominance of White Americans is threatened by others—whether by the freedom and empowerment of Black people or immigration by people of color. […]