Tag Archives: America

Treaty-breakers: The Genocide of the First Peoples by the U.S. Government

Attempting to “reclaim our heritage” by examining the first crimes of the United States government that continue today. “I know of no other instance in history where a great nation has so shamefully violated its oath. Our country must forever bear the disgrace and suffer the retribution of its wrongdoing.”

Book Review: The Good Death: An Exploration of Dying in America

How is Neumann an authority on death? She concluded, “There is no good death, I now know…. But there is a good enough death…. knowing death makes facing it bearable…. And there is really one kind of bad death, characterized by the same bad facts: pain, denial, prolongation, loneliness.”

“The Indian Question.”

The language of hate and propaganda against non-white populations in America is not new. “The Indian Question.” The solution of the Indian Problem, as it is called, is citizenship. Like all great questions which have agitated the world, the solution is simple; so simple that men cannot understand it. They look for something complicated, somethingContinueContinue reading ““The Indian Question.””

Affirmation

I believe in living. I believe in the spectrum of Beta days and Gamma people. I believe in sunshine. In windmills and waterfalls, tricycles and rocking chairs. And i believe that seeds grow into sprouts. And sprouts grow into trees. I believe in the magic of the hands. And in the wisdom of the eyes.ContinueContinue reading “Affirmation”

Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution

…once a judicial opinion rationalizes such an order to show that it conforms to the Constitution, or rather rationalizes the Constitution to show that the Constitution sanctions such an order, the Court for all of time has validated the principle of racial discrimination. … The principle then lies about like a loaded weapon ready for the hand of any authority that can bring forward a plausible claim of urgent need.”

America First, The Netherlands Second

A funny for the day. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ELD2AwFN9Nc?feature=oembed As President Donald Trump has mentioned, people are talking about America all over the world — and that includes satirical comedy shows in the Netherlands. In response to Trump’s first speech about putting “America first,” the comedy show Zondag met Lubach is asking him to put the Netherlands second.ContinueContinue reading “America First, The Netherlands Second”

President Barack Obama: Thanks & Keep Moving Forward

“America is not the project of any one person. Because the single most powerful word in our democracy is the word ‘We.’ ‘We The People.’ ‘We Shall Overcome.’ ‘Yes, We Can.’” ~ Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States of America President Obama’s Farewell Speech, Full Text, JAN. 9, 2017 (LAUGHTER) Everybody have aContinueContinue reading “President Barack Obama: Thanks & Keep Moving Forward”

CHARLES RAMSEY: An unlikely, but much appreciated, upgrade to the American Black Male image

Charles Ramsey, Amanda Berry, Gina de Jesus, Michelle Knight, Cleveland OH, superhero, courageous, pure heart, good character