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Tag: Black man
African-American
āWhat Do You Call a Black Man with a Ph.D.?ā
Malcolm X once famously asked, āWhat do you call a Black man with a PhD?ā Years before I earned my doctorate, my mother and father migrated from Haiti in search of the American dream and running water. Today, I have chosen to raise my family in the States and in some ways, fulfilled the vision of my God-fearing parents.
August 10, 2020
Social Justice
On Social Justice, Black Lives Matter and the Power of Prayer
As a Black Man in America I pray that God Bless the āBlack Lives Matterā movement for its continued critical advocacy and activism for social justice; and to publicly disassociate from factions that promote and further perpetuate fear, violence and destruction linked with Blackness.
June 17, 2020
Opinion
At a Loss for Words After George Floyd: Three Actions in Lieu of Statements
Race is foundational to our nation, its original sin. We live in a racist society, so we all do racists things. Racism, moreover, is systemic. We can no more escape it than we can avoid breathing in polluted air.
June 16, 2020
African-American
No Justice, No Peace: How to Come to Terms with Your Own Anti-Blackness
Handcuffed, forcefully pinned down on the asphalt, backed by the heavy weight of a body, knee pressed up against the neck, slowly depriving him of lifeāGeorge Floydāgasped for air. Uttering what would become some of his last words, āI canāt moveā¦mamaā¦mamaā¦I canāt breathe.ā Floyd was murdered that day at the hands of a white police officer while three others watched. As a nation we witnessed the premature death of yet another Black man at the hands of police.
June 11, 2020
African-American
UVA and Harvard Presidents Criticized for Their Responses to George Floydās Death
Jim Ryan and Dr. Lawrence Bacow, the presidents of the University of Virginia (UVA) and Harvard University, respectively, have been criticized for what some say are their weak responses to the death in police custody last week of George Floyd, a Black man, in Minneapolis.
June 2, 2020
Sports
Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren Creates Anti-Hate, Anti-Racism Coalition
In reaction to last weekās death of George Floyd, a Black Minneapolis man who died in police custody, Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren on Monday announced the creation of the Big Ten Conference Anti-Hate and Anti-Racism Coalition so college athletes can voice their concerns about racism freely. Warren, the first black commissioner of a Power [ā¦]
June 2, 2020
African-American
Black Columbia U Professor Driving in Vermont Told āto Leaveā State
Last Friday, a Black man driving in Vermont in a vehicle with New York plates was reportedly flagged down and told āto leaveā the state by drivers of two vehicles, said a Vermont police press statement. According to The Grio, the man who was flagged down is Christopher L. Brown, a professor at Columbia University. [ā¦]
May 14, 2020
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