By: Jodie Chan/MarieClaire I remember my first day at school in Sydney vividly. I was seven and had just moved from Hong Kong, barely speaking English. I was the only Asian kid in my class; everybody else was white, apart from a Black boy named Femi. Standing alone in the shadow under a set ofContinue reading “Say it RIGHT! Say it Properly! It IS a HATE CRIME!”
Category Archives: Protest
Marjorie Laser Beam Gets a Standing Ovation
Former President Donald J Trump is a showman. He could eat a booger and his loyal fans would leap to their feet. Marjorie Taylor Greene isn’t a showman, she offends most Republican’s at a time when many Republicans are running toward the exits. Thirty Thousand left the party last month. The Trump endorsed, Capitol insurrectionContinue reading “Marjorie Laser Beam Gets a Standing Ovation”
Stop the Steal:Trump supporters to hold rally Jan 6, in DC to Protest Election
As of December 2020, more than half of Republicans believe the president won the presidential election. On Wednesday, a protest rally will take place at 11am in Washington DC. In a tweet, the President wrote “Massive amounts of evidence will be presented on the 6th. We won, BIG!” The US Congress will meet in aContinue reading “Stop the Steal:Trump supporters to hold rally Jan 6, in DC to Protest Election”
Poison Water: Flint Michigan “Enviromental Racism”
Flint, Michigan is located seventy miles northwest of Detroit Michigan. Flint,Michigan is located 70 miles northwest of Detroit. The city has a population of 100,000. General Motors, was founded in Flint in 1908. Flint’s Nickname is “Vehicle City” and was a manufacturing powerhouse for General Motors. At its peak, nearly ninty thousand people worked forContinue reading “Poison Water: Flint Michigan “Enviromental Racism””
Racism just took a hard left in Kenosha, Wisconsin
Last Sunday an unarmed black man, 29 year old Jacob Blake was shot seven times in the back by a Kenosha police officer. As a result of the shooting, Blake is paralyzed from the waist down and is chained to a hospital bed. Early Wednesday morning beyond the city’s 8 pm curfew an armed 17Continue reading “Racism just took a hard left in Kenosha, Wisconsin”
The reality of Black pain is breaking American sports’ status quo
By: Howard Byrant/ESPN For the past six years, the NBA has bathed in the congratulatory spirit of compromise, the model for commissioner-player communication. In ousting the racist former LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling, both the players and the league could claim satisfaction. The player voice was heard so powerfully that for the first time in the sport’sContinue reading “The reality of Black pain is breaking American sports’ status quo”
Will there be an Republican National Convention in 2044?
I found opening night of the Covid-19 version of the Republican National Convention refreshing. Unlike the last Convention in 2016, the leaders didn’t have to stage people of color for the camera to attempt to give the impression of diversity. In less than thirty years, White’s will be the minority in the United States. ThereContinue reading “Will there be an Republican National Convention in 2044?”
Does He Give a F*** ?
One thing is very clear about the 45th President of the United States, he doesn’t like structure or to be told what to do, he’s a man who prefer to use his own instincts. On this election cycle he seems to be on the wrong side of American voters. Losing to Lose? Covid 19 MoreContinue reading “Does He Give a F*** ?”
Bloodbath Averted , Tulsa Presidential Rally was a bust
The Trump Campaign said there was more than a million requests to attend the Tulsa Oklahoma Rally. A large area outside the 19,000 seat BOK Arena was set aside for an anticipated overflow. There were 300 to 400 protesters downtown who blocked streets, less than a dozen people were arrested. The Tulsa World (news) estimatesContinue reading “Bloodbath Averted , Tulsa Presidential Rally was a bust”
Why did Rayshard Brooks run?
When I started this blog, the goal was to be light, not too political and fun. Something changed when Treyvon Martin was killed, a teenager being hunted down by a neighborhood vigilante. Freed by a law I didn’t know existed . ” Stand your ground” which allows people to be able to kill if theyContinue reading “Why did Rayshard Brooks run?”
