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  • Politics Is Like Hiring A Hitman
    by Scott Woods inPolitical on2020-08-13

    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.

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  • Punching Above Our Weight
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-07-24

    I believe our vote is the punctuation of our voice. Without that resounding exclamation mark, I believe our voices are just incoherent noise.

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  • BLACK PROGRESS AMIDST SOCIAL CHAOS
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-06-16

    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.   We invite all of our friends to engage in actions that result in the greatest movement for change in our history. It is imperative that we take advantage of this opportunity to affect a positive change by ACTING IN OUR SELF-INTERESTS.

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  • Living in a Black No-Man's Land
    by Roger Madison Jr. inOur Community on2019-10-28

    There are many narratives that define the Black experience in America in this 2nd decade of the 21st century. Our striving over the centuries of our sojourn in this nation is a tapestry of every human experience -- oppression, enslavement, forced assimilation, dehumanization, exclusion, segregation, isolation, struggle, perseverance, achievement, excellence, celebration, mourning, despair, progress, setbacks, lynching, assassination, genocide, terror, self-hatred, low esteem, pride,...

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  • Fighting Racism
    by Scott Woods inOur Community on2018-10-25

    I had a boss who was racist. Not an outright bigot, of course; her toolbox was more subtle than most. We bumped heads a lot over inconsequential things. She frequently couldn’t keep my name out her mouth. Lot of gaslighting. You know…2018 style. I tried a lot of ways to combat or navigate her issues. None of them worked, and that’s saying a lot because I’m really good at fighting racism. But at the end of the day – every day – she was my boss, I had to deal with her, and that was that. Finally I...

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Is the media too "white"?

I thought of this question because in the last few month we have seen the media misrepresent Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson as black leaders who speak for all African Americans which only helps to widen the racial divide. We have seen rappers denounced by a supposedly fair media that never bothered to present positive rappers, Mos Def, Common, Talib Kewli, Nas etc. We have seen the media for the most part ignore the recent case of Phylicia Moore a African American girl who died mysteriously in Ghana. I don't think the media is racist but because the majority are white they tend to focus less on African American stories and when they do tend to be ignorant as to what they are talking about. ( Don't you just hate it when a TV talking head says they spoke to a black friend and they said...) What do you think? Give your answer from the choices below & your opinion by clicking here: http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/page/page/3918060.htm

 

Give your answer here: http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/page/page/3918060.htm

Yes, it's hardly fair and balanced.
No due to time constraints they present the most important stories
Yes it'simply not diverse enough to present all sides.
No, I belive they do the best they can when covering stories.
Regardless of race the media is slanting all stories to get certain reactions.