Tag Archive: NAACP

03
Oct

Racial Disparities in School Discipline

President Barack Obama’s first education secretary, Arne Duncan, gave a speech on the 45th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, where, in 1965, state troopers beat and tear-gassed hundreds of peaceful civil rights marchers […]

26
Sep

Just Stupid!

  The greatest danger or existential threat to blacks is not the police, but other black people.  It is a simple truth that shrieks at anyone reviewing statistics on black-on-black crime.  Although police maleficence exists, it pales in comparison to […]

18
Sep

Vietnam Saved My Life

For the past five years since my retirement, I’ve volunteered several days a week at the local VA Medical Center. During which time, I have met a lot of impressive individuals. They are Veterans, who have given so much to […]

07
Jun

Black Motorists Lying on Cops — Who’s Doing the ‘Racial Profiling’?

In the last few weeks, three black motorists, including an NAACP chapter president, made blatantly false allegations against perfectly courteous police officers.  Now, who’s “racially profiling”? First, in Timmonsville, S.C., local NAACP President the Rev. Jerrod Moultrie put up a lengthy […]

12
Sep

After Trump Deals with Democrats, GOP Leaders Know How “Real” Black Republicans Feel

There’s an old adage that says, “What goes around, comes around.” I couldn’t help but think about this adage when I saw the response of many congressional Republicans, after President Trump cut a deal with the congressional Democrats on raising […]

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