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Awhile back, while attending a lecture by Immortal Technique, someone in the audience asked him about the Seattle WTO protests and what his thoughts were on the necessity of violent tactics in demonstrations. I’ll never forget his response. To paraphrase, he said that anyone can go out in a blaze of glory. What is truly …

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Don Cheadle’s History Lesson and Connection to Native Americans

Check out this article from The Root on Don Cheadle’s connection to Native Americans. The Root editor-in-chief Henry Louis Gates Jr. details the history of Native Americans owning slaves, the Dawes Commission and the few blacks that were able to get the promised 40 acres, not from white slave owners but Native Americans. Here’s an …

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