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VIDEO: Richard Brown (Full Interview) | The Blacktastic Adventure

Intergenerational discussions are great in themselves. When you get the chance to gather wisdom from someone who has specifically worked in similar spaces to yours, it’s that much more informative. My Blacktastic Adventure interview with Richard Brown was such a case. An activist, photographer and author, Brown has been working for decades especially around police …

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EVENT: The Hayes-Tilden Compromise Came Up in Congress. We Need to Talk. Jan. 31

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I’m hosting a discussion on Reconstruction politics, weaponized compromise and what we can do about it on Jan. 31 at 2pm PST on Zoom. You can register here (required). For more info, check out the flyers below.

Have White Supremacists Overplayed Their Hand?

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Much like vampires, white supremacy doesn’t fare well in the light. For years, it has been operating underground, rallying people behind the notion that they are outsiders. Let them tell it, the liberal elite has discriminated against them. The mainstream media has supposedly silenced their voices. Now, with Donald Trump’s upcoming presidency, white supremacists and …

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Sometimes

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Sometimes I get so angry I go to black businesses And spend as much as I can afford. I tip 30 instead of 15. Sometimes I get so annoyed I tell my woman how beautiful her curls are. I drool over her complexion. I get so mad I tell her to never lose her …

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Am I the Only One That Missed the Actual Evidence?

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I may have helped commit a crime yesterday. As soon as the news that the FBI had identified suspects in the Boston bombing came out, I was given the word to throw the CNN Wire story up immediately. After we got it up and beat out some other local publications, we cheered; not because we …

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Journey to Freedom to Host Malcolm X Birthday Weekend

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While Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday is a widely celebrated national holiday, there is considerably less fanfare for the birthdate of Black icon Malcolm X. “We don’t see events that honor him like Dr. King,” says Karanja Crews, founder of the Journey to Freedom Project (JTF). As a response, JTF is hosting its Malcolm …

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New Article:Hollis Watkins to Share a Half Century of Civil Rights Experiences with Portland-Area Audiences

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Check out the new article on my interview with Civil Rights veteran Hollis Watkins. He’ll be speaking in Portland the week of Feb. 6-11. Times and dates are listed in the article.

The 66 Percent

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Protesters in the Occupy movement have chanted they are the “99%” but it’s hard to ignore the fact that the majority of protesters are white. Many wonder why more people of color aren’t showing up to the protests, considering the disproportionate effect the financial crisis has had on them. In the case of Portland, look …

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Black + Math = Revolution

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I like to think I started putting limitations on my dreams when I quit playing basketball before my senior year of high school. Truth be told, I built a ceiling for myself months earlier when I got Ds in both Physics and Pre-Calculus. I wasn’t necessarily a superstar in math and science but I was …

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The War vs. Us All

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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwMknGllKaw&w=420&h=315] Andy Rooney left “60 Minutes” this past Sunday. The nation is in need of a seasoned journalist to provide a weekly dose of context. What an opportune time to free award winning journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal, the most famous death row inmate in the world. Abu-Jamal symbolizes the struggle of the under served in …

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