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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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Most Devoted Father's [1st] OPEN POSTCARD TO PRES. BARAK H. OBAMA (Dated:7/13/09)

The following post card was sent to Pres. Barak Obama on 7/13/09:

Please "EMANCIPATE" my stolen, sold, enslaved bi-racial sons, Evan & Ethan

 Mr. President,

In April I mailed a letter (Dated: 4/22/09) to you (and to Attn. Gen. Holder, NYS Gov. Paterson & NYS Attn. Gen. Cuomo) about the DIRE PLIGHT OF MY BI-RACIAL SONS.  The letter (and DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE) was sent via Cert. Mail (7008 1300 0002 1541 2976) and stampped as received by The White House on May 19th.

You stressed during the last Pres. campaign and again a few weeks ago ("Father's Day") the fact that [you are bi-racial and] your black father basically abandoned you and your mother when you were young - And you EXHORTED fathers to be more involved in the lives of our children - ESPECIALLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN FATHERS - So, I am extremely eager to hear your response and see if you will take any action to also EXHORT the prompt correction of this gross and bigoted injustice, and the guarantee of the Constitutional Rights; Civil Rights; and the GOD-GIVEN HUMAN RIGHTS of this most devoted African-American father - And especially my young bi-racial sons, Evan & Ethan Sinclair - because of the fact that I was falsely accused of being abusive during a bitter custody dispute, and then unjustly prevented from having any contact or communication with them for TEN (10) YEARS thusfar - Even though I was their 'PRIMARY CAREGIVER' and a CPS Investigation Report (Dated: 7/6/2000) concluded about my sons: 'THERE IS CONCERN FOR THE CHILDREN'S EMOTIONAL STABILITY IN REGARDS TO THEM NOT SEEING THEIR FATHER.' 

Sincerely, Joshua R. Sinclair