A lot of people want to know what caused two Republican National Convention-goers to toss peanuts at Patricia Carroll, an African American camera-woman who represents CNN. Their actions were followed with somewhat racist remarks, “this is how we feed the animals.” Of course, they were removed from the event but what made them think it [...]
by Bro. David Muhammad 1. Spooner was known by his neighbors, police, and local officials as a gun collector. In the past reported burglary, Spooner alleged that four shotguns were taken. 2. The police had already done an investigation several days prior of burglaries at Spooner’s residence, including an interview with Simmons’ family, concluding that [...]
By now you may have heard the story of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. He was allegedly killed by a self-appointed neighborhood watchman named George Zimmerman, who claims to have shot and killed Trayvon out of self defense. He was not arrested, although recent audio tapes revealed that Zimmerman was asked to not follow him, and that [...]
I was talking to a female activist in South L.A. who told me about a blog she read about a racist math problems teachers gave to some third grade Georgia students in Gwinnett County. The majority of the school was hispanic and black but the teachers who had issued the test were white. This is [...]
It’s funny, when you see Martin Luther King marching in Selma, seldom do we acknowledge those who marched alongside him. In reality, there were a lot of ‘Kings’ that we don’t pay tribute to. We only remember the figures that are in the forefront, which is unfortunate. Because of my own ignorance and lack of [...]
