imperialism
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Small Town Horror Story: The Vietnam Veteran Who Refused To Leave A Man Behind
This Memorial Day we remember Vietnam veteran Melvin Morris, a 5-foot-4 Army soldier, who defied the odds and showed incredibly bravery on the battlefield.
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Black Twitter Responds To The Death Of Queen Elizabeth II And It Ain’t Pretty
People are going in on the late Queen's colonial history as it was placed front and center stage on social media.
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Confronting A Legacy, and Creating Her Own: Meet The First Black Rhodes, Truman, and Udall Scholar
Like many 21 year olds, Wanjiku “Wawa” Gatheru is on Twitter. And on Nov. 24, 2019, one of the University of Connecticut senior environmental studies major’s tweets went viral. No, Wawa didn’t absolutely body the latest TikTok dance craze, nor did she create a top-trending hashtag. Instead, she tweeted out news that would earn her…
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America Is Not Ready for, Nor Does It Deserve, Another Black President
It’s been several weeks since the general public decided that Oprah—following her amazing speech discussing #MeToo and #TimesUp at the Golden Globes—would be the perfect candidate to run against Donald Trump in 2020. Oprah undoubtedly is a legend, great orator and motivator, and billionaire, and essentially “qualified” to be president. Now she has gone on…
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The Crisis in Puerto Rico Is a Racial Issue. Here’s Why
Last week, CNN’s Jake Tapper interviewed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and asked if he thought President Donald Trump’s punishing response to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico had something to do with “race or ethnicity.” Sanders hesitated a bit but ultimately said, “We have a right to be suspect.” The relative surge in coverage about Puerto Rico after…