Posted in History, Law & Justice, Racism on Nov 10th, 2009
These last few days have been hard on our country and our fabric way of life. On the economic front while we are no longer hemorrhaging, the recovery is going to take a long time. Unemployment is high and perhaps higher than what the numbers tell us because some have just stopping trying to find [...]
Posted in Anglo-European Primacy, Culture, Immigration, Law & Justice, Mexico, Racism on Oct 22nd, 2009
The whole Latino story needs to be told facing honestly the not so pretty chapter of illegal immigration. It’s a story some Hispanics would like to sweep under the rug and only present the shiny varnished version. You saw portrayed the primal drive of survival that drives people to risk their very lives to come [...]
Posted in Law & Justice on Oct 16th, 2009
Riding around in Tommy B.’s car in the summer in Dallas, back in high school from ‘85-’88, Tom Joyner’s weekday morning show on KKDA would invariably be in the background. He had the “black” songs that other stations wouldn’t play until they made it to cross-over status. Sure, you’d eventually get your Run DMC, a [...]
Posted in Anglo-European Primacy, Culture, Economics, Education, History, Law & Justice, Racism on Oct 1st, 2009
Posted in Law & Justice on Jun 26th, 2009
Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins, elected as the first county DA of color in Texas back in 2007, has some amazing ideas for law enforcement - the best part is, he’s actually seeing them get passed by the state legislature. And he’s not done yet.
Professor Paul Butler, former federal prosecutor in the District of [...]
Posted in Law & Justice, Uncategorized on Jun 11th, 2009
Racism and hate mongering comes in many shapes and forms. One recent example is the Neo Nazi fundamentalist that went on a shooting spree at the Holocaust museum. That case was a clear cut black and white story, but racism often hides behind the mask painted in shades of gray? It’s as simple as the [...]
Posted in Advertising, Law & Justice, Uncategorized on Jun 4th, 2009
During the presidential campaign and post election the GOP “brand” was compared to dog food. Needless to say the brand was seriously damaged and GOP leaders quickly came up with a rebranding strategy. Fast forward to the present and the once powerful “brand” is still in shambles.
In fact from a marketing perspective, it is so [...]
Posted in Law & Justice, Uncategorized on Jun 3rd, 2009
Over the past couple of weeks, two friends of mine had tasks that took them traveling to places in the southern USA. In both instances they expressed their reluctance to be in that part of the country. While they joked about it a bit, it was also pretty clear they were uncomfortable with the idea [...]
Posted in Law & Justice, Racism on Jun 2nd, 2009
I came across the sad story of Officer Omar J. Edwards the other day.
It could be on Anystreet U.S.A. A guy comes outside to find someone going through the belongings in his car. Naturally, he gives chase and the thief (as they always do) escapes his grasp.
Posted in Law & Justice on May 28th, 2009
Death penalty statistics in North Carolina are fairly typical- black defendants twice as likely to get the death sentence, defendants whose victims are white get the big sleep three and a half times more than those with non-white victims. To their credit, the NC senate just passed The Racial Justice Act, which would prevent the [...]
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