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There Is No Room in America for Donald Sterling
Damn, I was pissed at LeBron James when he took his “talents to South Beach.” And I write this from a hotel in South Beach watching the Miami Heat compete in the playoffs on television, as my beloved New York Knicks are finished for the season. At the time, I was pissed because I had…
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We Take Care of Our Own
Global Grind‘s Michael Skolnik, reflecting on the Hurricane Sandy recovery effort and Barack Obama’s re-election, concludes that a new America is emerging. She held my hand tightly. Squeezing her pain into my body. Her eyes stared directly into mine and with a deep Jamaican accent, she said to me, “Me can’t beg, but I los’ everyting…
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If We Can Line Up for Jordans, We Can Line Up to Vote!
Global Grind‘s Michael Skolnik uses the story of a wheelchair-bound man’s commitment to President Obama’s re-election to emphasize that “anyone who can vote, needs to vote!” … [T]oday, in his mid 60s, he looked frail. He looked sick. His wheelchair was evidence of that. But, his sickness did not stop him from trying to vote…
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Silence the Bullets in Chicago
The personal story of Global Grind‘s Michael Skolnik anchors a heartfelt call to action to put an end to gun violence. 14-year-old Antonio Davis, shot dead. 13-year-old Tyquan Tyler, shot dead. 6-year-old Aliyah Shell, shot dead. 7-year-old Heaven Sutton, shot dead. They have names. They have people who love them. They do not die in…
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To Drudge, From a White Guy: Stop the Racist Nonsense
Global Grind‘s Michael Skolnik says that the latest drummed-up controversy about President Obama is part of a “white-man-losing-power bulls—t rap.” Splashed across his website was a link to a 2007 video of then Senator Barack Obama giving a speech at Hampton University in front of the nation’s top black clergy. In this speech, Senator Obama…
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White People Will Never Look Suspicious Like Trayvon Martin
In a blog entry for Global Grind, Michael Skolnik writes that because he was born white, he’ll never look out of place and has spent his entire life privileged. He explains why that makes him want to fight for Trayvon Martin and for every young black man who looks “suspicious” walking through his own neighborhood:…
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