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MLK Day 2020: Defining the Next Narrative for Black America
“Freedom is experienced as deliberation, decision and responsibility.” —Martin Luther King Jr. text It’s time for black leaders to end our Stepin Fetchit approach to racial equity. Overemphasizing our failings has unified friend and foe in defining black people by poverty, pathology, and problems. While we’ll never ignore those conditions, they have never defined us.…
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Black Lives Matter in Germany, but Not the Way You Might Think
Black lives matter in Germany. Last month, by request of the Commission for Security and Cooperation in Europe (the Helsinki Commission), I keynoted the Network Inclusion Leaders, or NILE, conference, in Berlin, which focused on “building sustainable collaboration among young leaders of color who are committed to a just and inclusive society.” There, I learned…
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#BlackMenLove: Time to Reframe the Old Narratives About Race in America
Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of articles that were shared in partnership with BMe Community’s #BlackMenLove to remind readers of who, what and how deeply black men love during this final weekend of Black Family Month. BMe is a growing network of all races and genders committed to building better communities across…
Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
