“Just Shut up and Dribble”
NFL to halt ‘race-norming,’ review Black claims in $1 billion concussion settlement https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/ In the past, chattel slavery had many ways in which it was justified. The founding documents of America clearly Identify all men as created equal. But then arose the conundrum. “How do we justify slavery?” On the contrary, Scripture says: “A kidnapper must … Continue reading
At Twilight’s last Gleaming? (A Nation at the inflection point)
Originally posted on accord1:
No refuge could save the hireling & slave/ From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave:/ And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave/ O’er the land of the free & the home of the brave. Francis Scott Key The forgotten lines of the national anthem present a…
The Day That Changed the World
“A year ago today, I witnessed a murder. The victim’s name was George Floyd. Although this wasn’t the first time I’ve seen a Black man get killed at the hands of the police, this is the first time I witnessed it happen in front of me…” “It changed me. I changed how I viewed life. … Continue reading
Greenwood and the Face of Hate
It was a summer day in the central part of Oklahoma. Another day of money-making and good times for those on Black Wall Street (The Greenwood section of Tulsa Oklahoma.) Could this be the beginning of what the American dream realized black bodies brandishing the finest of clothes and living their best lives? Nothing could … Continue reading
Not To Be a Hidden Figure
The highly acclaimed box office hit movie, Hidden Figures exposed America to three African American female heroines; Creola Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Johnson Vaughan, and Mary Jackson. In the 2016 movie, based on the same-titled nonfiction, the three women were portrayed by Taraji Penda Henson, Octavia Lenora Spencer, and Janelle Monáe Robinson. The three women made … Continue reading
Woke?
I started my day with a question as I literally woke up from my sleep. My thoughts eventually meandered to a place of many questions. Questions held my thoughts captive within narratives misplaced in reaction to a tribally splintered America. My curiosity moved me to discover why a phrase had bulwarked an impregnable position in … Continue reading
The Battle Continues
Thank you for the strength and resolve of the Floyd Family, every peaceful protester, justice seeker, the heterogeneous army of allies, human rights advocates, prayer warriors, and every jury member in the Derek Chauvin Murder of George Floyd trial. Justice has prevailed; The Battle now continues. Without a year of pandemic racial reckoning, revelation, and … Continue reading
SERENDIPITY (POLICING YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW ) Revisited
This post was originally published on July 3, 2020. After this past week of events and the convection of Derek Chauvin for the Murder of George Floyd, necessity dictates that we give this a second look. Some researchers claim that serendipity arises in moments of misfortune and failure and that these are necessary before luck, … Continue reading
Daisys of Delusion, One Petal at a Time
On September 7, 1964, a political television advertisement entitled Peace, Little Girl (a.k.a. Daisy) was released. It was an extraordinarily controversial yet sobering commercial. The Black and white video showed a little white girl picking daisy petals from its flower while counting. Toward the end of the girl’s counting, the sound of an official countdown is softly … Continue reading
The 8th Day, New Beginnings, Three-Fifths Magazine Premieres
WHO ARE WE I am pleased to announce a new concept set to debut by the end of the first quarter of 2021. It is a stand-alone Magazine named Three-Fifths. Why the name “Three-Fifths?” The inspiration for the concept of three-fifths was spurned by a series of articles in the Accord1 Blog. The articles identify the constitutional … Continue reading
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