Tonyaa J Weathersbee

7/8/16

Black People, Be Careful What You Ask for When You Ask for Gun Control

For the most part, Rep. John Lewis had the right idea.

6/27/16

Poverty Doesn't Stop Cuba From Keeping Its Black Citizens Healthy, so What’s America’s Excuse?

Whenever I hear Cubans talk about their nation’s advancements in health care, and when I think about where the U.S.…

5/28/16

Red States Aren’t That Red for Trump, Thanks to Latinos

Donald Trump may be on his way to claiming the Republican presidential nomination, at least in part, by vowing to…

8/29/15

Before Emmett Till’s Death, Willie James Howard, 15, Was Murdered in Fla.

Eleven years before Emmett Till’s bloated and brutalized corpse was displayed on the pages of Jet magazine as proof…

8/20/15

Is Donald Trump Vying to Become the Next George Wallace?

Replace Donald Trump’s New York accent with a Southern drawl, then replace his use of “illegals” with the n-word,…

8/18/15

Why It’s Important to Remember Cuba’s Connection to Africa

Since President Barack Obama restored diplomatic relations with Cuba—culminating with the reopening of the U.S.…

7/21/15

A Conversation With Cuba That Is Long Overdue

Two weeks before President Barack Obama announced that the U.S. and Cuba would reopen embassies that had been…

7/16/14

Law Enforcement and the KKK Have a Close History in Florida

Once upon a time in Florida, for many law-enforcement officers, being in the Ku Klux Klan was almost akin to being…

6/4/14

The Baby as Accessory: This Ridiculed Mom Didn’t Start It

On one level, I can see how Shona Carter-Brooks got it twisted.

3/13/14

How ‘Stand Your Ground’ Is Killing Black People

If Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis weren’t worthy-enough victims for people to push for “Stand your ground” laws to…

2/16/14

A Juror Looked at Jordan Davis and Saw a Criminal

Michael Dunn got away with murder.

2/12/14

How Keeping Our Sons Safe Makes It OK for Whites to Be Racists

The slaying of 17-year-old Jordan Davis by a white man who didn’t appreciate his taste in music had some black…

1/13/14

Marissa Alexander Must Watch Her Every Step

I’m worried that Marissa Alexander might end up becoming another Claudette Colvin.

12/17/13

For Black Cubans, That Handshake Was Hope

It’s hard to get excited about a handshake. It is just a courteous gesture, after all.

11/12/13

Removing Klansman’s Name From School Is Long Overdue

Since Barack Obama made history as the nation’s first black president in 2008, efforts to whitewash all the other…

8/9/13

Educating Black Boys Means Believing in Them

In "a society dominated by forces bent on breaking" black boys "instead of nurturing them," it's important for…

3/6/13

Why the Black and Poor Loved Hugo Chávez

(Special to The Root) — In June of 2007, I was eating breakfast at a restaurant in downtown Caracas when a sea of…

2/7/13

A Bleak Future for Unprepared Workers

BlackAmericaWeb blogger Tonyaa Weathersbee writes that with an unemployment rate of 13.8 percent, blacks in America…

1/11/13

Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the Stench of Opportunism

In a post at BlackAmericaWeb, Tonyaa Weathersbee dismantles a plan by Arizona's controversial Sheriff Joe Arpaio to…

11/23/12

Why the Voting Rights Act Is Still Vital

Writing at BlackAmericaWeb, Tonyaa Weathersbee explains the importance of the civil rights issue currently before…

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