For me, politics is like hiring a hitman.
I have values and things I care about. I care enough about them to at least bother voting for 5 minutes every year for one issue or another. And because I care at least that much, I vote for people who align with the ability to realize the things I care about.
I believe our vote is the punctuation of our voice. Without that resounding exclamation mark, I believe our voices are just incoherent noise.
Recent events have raised the profile of historical injustice and inequities here in the USA. The entire world has taken note of the fact that BLACK LIVES MATTER.
What is the meaning of the 4th of July to Me?
There is a rhetorical question, and there is a personal answer. It is easy for each of us to ask the rhetorical question. The conduct of our daily lives provides the personal answer.
This question has been resonating among Black folks since Frederick Douglass famously asked in 1852, "What to the slave is the 4th of July?"
The latest news about African American participation in early voting for 2016 indicates that there is a decline in Black votes.
The politicians keep saying "We need to have a conversation about race." Well, this is what the conversation is like from the African American perspective.
At iZania, we support Sojourner Truth as the choice for the first woman on the $10 bill.
