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April 19, 2011 •
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Judith Hall Guyanese-born NYC High School Teacher As of late, we’ve seen a resurgence of the labor movement of sorts. Unionized workers all across the country have banded together in a show of solidarity. As they fight to maintain not only
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December 21, 2010 •
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Ah yeah, I never thought I would say this about Jaun Williams, but then again, I’m the guy who defended him after being dumped by NPR while you people continued to berate him. But as the saying goes, a broken clock is right twice a day. That said,
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November 5, 2010 •
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Being of Afro-Caribbean descent, and an immigrant to the United States, it’s been pretty tough to watch the apathy of African Americans on the issue of immigration reform. Yeah I know the brown man came here voluntarily to work for a quarter
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September 22, 2010 •
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I’m kinda disappointed that the blockage of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is getting more attention than the blockage of the DREAM Act which was also an amendment included in the Defense Authorization Act. Personally, I see them both as equally
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September 6, 2010 •
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Some time ago on this site Eco.Soul.Intellectual highlighted the plight of often invisible Caribbean nannies here in the United States. In particular, the piece touched on the many female undocumented workers charged with the responsibility of raising future
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August 24, 2010 •
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So with all this talk about a mosque being built next to strip club inside of ground zero, the immigration reform debate has been placed in the back of the minds of many (you can thank the media for that). I’ll be honest, for the past week or so I
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August 17, 2010 •
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You know, for all the jokes about the people of Tennessee being slow country-folk from the hills, I’m really glad that the state within which I live has managed to keep up with the latest hot button issues politically. People are grumbling about an
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August 11, 2010 •
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In a recent post we had a pretty good conversation (sans the typical idiotic trolls) on the lies of the anti-immigrant movement and just how the disinformation from said movement, keeps black and brown people divided. As I mentioned then, our shared interest
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August 9, 2010 •
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John Boehner’s tan should be nominated for an NAACP Image Award. Of course if this were to happen’ it would mean that Beohner is racist by association. Which is absurd because by looking at him it’s obvious that he’s a black man nicely
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August 4, 2010 •
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I was invited to do a radio show last night by my man Rock from the blog African American Political Pundit to discuss the issue of immigration reform. It was an appearance I had been looking forward to for several weeks. Hey, anytime I can get the opportunity
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August 2, 2010 •
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Sen. John Kyle (R-Ariz), top GOP Senator calls for repeal of the 14th Amendment to reverse the citizenship status of the children of undocumented immigrants, born in the United States. Yep, and while we’re at it, let’s just go ahead and make black
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July 5, 2010 •
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So he wicked witch of the west, Arizona Governor Janet Brewer, recently asserted that most illegal immigrants are drug mules. A claim that she continues to stand by, and not repudiate; even in the face of fact checking, and liberal truth. So, since she feels
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May 29, 2010 •
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So apparently the mayor of Columbus, Ohio, has pissed a few people off by proclaiming a city boycott of the great state on Arizona. This comes in wake of the recent passage of their racist anti-immigration laws. “Well damn RiPPa, are you just gonna keep
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May 18, 2010 •
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So here’s John McCain, or whatever he calls himself these days, making an attempt to be the un-maverick “tough guy”, and capitalize on the current immigration debate. Sure he voted YES on building a border fence in 2006. But I realize that
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May 15, 2010 •
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Last year I told you about local law enforcement who were employing racial profiling tactics and illegally seizing and deporting individuals without proper legal authority. So while everybody is focused on Arizona, and the “new” immigration
