I have been asked several times to comment on Reverend Jasper Williams’ strange eulogy at Aretha Franklin’s funeral. First, a word about Jasper Williams, Jr. His father was a minister and friend of the great Reverend C. L. Franklin, Aretha’s father. Jasper Williams, Jr., grew up idolizing C. L. and was privileged to preach C.L.’s … [Read more…]
In Dallas last week a white police officer, Roy Oliver, was found guilty of murder for the April 2017 shooting death of a 15-year-old African American boy. This was a rare conviction for police officers killing innocent black men and youth. Police fatally shoot an average of around 1000 people each year, and the criminal … [Read more…]
President Donald Trump is a racist. Some of you will say, what else is new? Others will ask, how do I know when I cannot tell what is in Trump’s heart? We know because whatever is in his heart is almost irrelevant, as the issue is what is in his hands—in other words, his deeds. … [Read more…]
Ahead of the one-year anniversary of Charlottesville, NPR decided to give an on-air lesson on the proper care and feeding of white nationalists and neo-Nazi ideology. That is how Karen Attiah described the National Public Radio interview with Jason Kessler in the Washington Post on August 11. I have read the transcript, and I agree … [Read more…]
For a long time, I have been a firm advocate for universal health care, a system like public education. You pay your taxes and your K-12 education (or health care) is free. It has always seemed odd to me that we can go to school free but we have to pay out-of-pocket for medical care. … [Read more…]
Somehow, Donald Trump Keeps Finding Groups of Thirsty, Shameless and Silly Church Negroes to Meet With Him See more at https://verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/somehow-donald-trump-keeps-finding-groups-of-thirsty-1828042243
I long ago lost interest in trying to understand Donald Trump. Instead, I have wanted to figure out his staunch followers. I think we know enough about Trump already. His actions say he is a white nationalist. Another way of saying that is he is a nationalist who is a white supremacist. On top of … [Read more…]
“I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters, OK?” That is what Donald Trump said in January 2016 to underscore the loyalty of his supporters. At the time, it seemed like a preposterous statement; however, it appears he was correct. Public Policy Polling tested that … [Read more…]
Is Donald Trump Putin’s Manchurian Candidate? The Manchurian Candidate is a 1960’s American suspense thriller about the Cold War and sleeper agents, persons brainwashed and set in a target country as an asset if activated. A young man from a prominent political family was a prisoner of war during the conflict in Korea. Officials from … [Read more…]
Trump makes white nationalist comments in interview with a British tabloid and then lies about it. From “Emily at Mic”: Trump spewed white nationalist rhetoric in his interview with Rupert Murdoch’s British news outlet the Sun, saying Britain is “losing its culture” thanks to immigration. “Allowing the immigration to take place in Europe is a … [Read more…]