Browsing: Against the Grain II

     However, many Black businesses, organizations and individuals have adapted to the use of technology to not only operate but thrive during this third variant of the global pandemic.  Blacks have found a way to remain relevant by using technology and embracing the virtual methods of doing business.

     Presidents George W. Bush, Barack H. Obama and Donald J. Trump all sat in office while American troops were stationed at risk in Afghanistan.  Bush, who initiated the Gulf War, also sent troops into Afghanistan to seek out Osama Bin Laden who had been responsible for the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil in the attacks of September 11, 2001.  Claiming intelligence had pointed to Afghanistan as the harboring territory of Bin Laden, the U.S. military and a coalition of countries went after Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.

     Recently, a contentious exchange between lobbyist Barney Bishop and state representative Ramon Alexander expounded on the powder keg that is currently race relations in America.  Bishop, arguing in favor of HB233, a bill that would “prohibit State Board of Education and BOG from shielding students, staff, and faculty from certain speech.”  In short, it would open college campuses in the state university system to anyone who wishes to speak on campus.