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Reading, Writing and Rape: Sexual Assaults on Campus Must End
In a piece for BlackAmericaWeb, Tom Joyner says that these drug- and alcohol-fueled incidents have gone too far, and parents need to step in and drill into children’s heads that sexual violence is never OK. While too many of us were concentrating on an NBA player’s sexuality despite the fact that most of the population…
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Terror and How People of Color Live Every Day
Writing at BlackAmericaWeb, Tom Joyner says living in fear is the new normal in many black cities. This isn’t new to us anymore. Oklahoma City, New York, Boston and maybe West, Texas and Mobile, Alabama are all places where terrorists have struck right here on our own soil. And let’s not forget the poison-laced letter…
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Is Tavis Smiley Fascinated With His Own Legacy?
Writing at BlackAmericaWeb, Tom Joyner gives his take on the criticism of President Obama’s use of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Bible at his swearing-in. Tavis’s commentary on CBS News Sunday Morning was both, a tribute to his hero Dr. King and a slam at his nemesis President Barack Obama. This is nothing new. In the…
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Who Cares About the Color of Obama's Cabinet?
Tom Joyner’s response to the criticism, in a piece for BlackAmericaWeb: “He isn’t a white Republican. He’s a black Democrat who is going to be harshly criticized whichever way he decides to go.” Once again the President is getting flack, this time for not appointing enough people of color to his cabinet. Never mind that…