Yesterday, Nine Years Ago
• September 12, 2010 • Comments Off on Yesterday, Nine Years AgoPosted in Afghanistan, African American History, Africans, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Arabs, Bailouts, Black People, Cancer, Class, Consumerism, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Terrorism, Hate Crimes, Health, History, Homelessness, Immigration, Indians/Bangladeshi/Pakistani, Iran, Iraq, Islam/Sufism, Jews, Joblessness, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, People of Color, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Protestant Denominations, Public Intellectualism, Race, Religion, Spirituality, Teabagging Party, The Catholic Church, The Economy, The Iraq War II, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin
Tags: 2001, 2050, 30 Mosques 30 States, Afghanistan, African Americans, al Qaeda, Alpha Kappa Alpha, American, American Exceptionalism, American Extremism, American Racism, Americans, Ayman al Zawahiri, B-17, B-29, BBC, Bin Laden, Black Muslims, Brown-Skinned People, Bush, California, Collateral Damage, Faculty Meeting, Fear, Fiction Writing, Human Beings, Iraq, Israel, Jingoism, Lebanon, Lives, Memoir, Mike Wallace, Mosques, Multiracial, Muslim Americans, Muslim Extremism, Muslims, Nationalism, Nativism, New York, New York City, North Dakota, Novel, NPR, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Palestinians, Racism, Reactionaries, Reactionary, Ross, Saudi Arabia, September 11, Sheboygan WI, Shi'a, Sunni, Television, Terrorists, The Bay Area, The Empire State Building, The FBI, The Justice Department, The Twin Towers, The World Trade Center, Travel Scholarship, Under Armour Caps, W, War on Terror, Writing, Writing Residency
The Fifth of Katrina – The People
• August 29, 2010 • Comments Off on The Fifth of Katrina – The PeoplePosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Documentaries, Documentary, Film, Health, Hurricanes, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Race, Spirituality, Stroke, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Ninth Ward, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: "Frontline", "The Nation", "The Old Man and The Storm", "When the Levees Broke", 5027 North Roman Street, AK-47, Algiers Point, Aligiers Point Ferry, Architectural Critics, Architecture, Artistry, Building Artisans, Bushwhacked, Catastrophe, Cheryl Gettridge Steele, Chris Collins, Common Ground, Communities, Cox News, Danny Brumfield, Donnell Herrington, Effort, Gun Nuts, HBO, Henry Glover, Herbert Gettridge, Hurricane Katrina, Interview, Katrina, Killings, Looters, Louisiana, Love, Lydia Gettridge, Madison WI, Marcel Alexander, Mardi Gras, Martial Law, Master, Mental Health, Middle Class Blacks, Milvirtha Hendricks, Milvirtha Knight Hendricks, Mississippi, Nathan Roper, Neighborhoods, New Orleans, New Orleans Police, New Orleans Police Department, NOPD, Order to Shoot to Kill, PBS, Plasterer, Police Shootings, Race War, Racist, Right Wing, Roland Bourgeois, Shoot to Kill, Shootings, Shot, Spike Lee, Survivalist, Sweat, Texas, The FBI, The Lower Ninth Ward, The Road Home Program, Trauma, Truck Stop, Ugly, Ugly Ways, Vigilantes, Vinnie Pervel, Wayne Janak, WDSU, White Vigilantes, Whites, Wisconsin
Mitrice’s Funeral
• August 26, 2010 • 23 CommentsPosted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, African American History, American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Hate Crimes, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Police Misconduct/Killings, Rape/Sex Crimes
Tags: "The Malibu Surfside News", African Americans, Anne Soble, Attention Hog, Black Women, Blacks, Butterflies, California, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Constables on Patrol, Display, Geoffrey's Restaurant, Inglewood Park Cemetery, Jasmyne Cannick, Jeff Peterson, Larry Sutton, LASD, Latice Sutton, Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, Love, Malibu Agoura-Lost Hills Sheriff's Department, Malibu CA, Malibu Canyon, Michael Richardson, Miiah Sutton, Missing Black Woman, Mitrice Richardson, Moe Dubois, Motherhood, Murder, Racism, Sheriff Lee Baca, Single Black Woman, Spat, Special Prosecutor, The FBI
They Got a Suspect in the Serial Stabbing of Black Men, But What Took The Cops So Long?
• August 12, 2010 • Comments Off on They Got a Suspect in the Serial Stabbing of Black Men, But What Took The Cops So Long?Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, African American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Hate Crimes, Health, Latice Sutton, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Mitrice Richardson, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "By The Book", African Americans, Anthony Sowell, Atlanta GA, Atlanta-Hartsfield Aiport, Black Male, Black Men, Black Women, Blacks, California, Chocolate City, Cleveland OH, Common Sense, Communities of Color, Constables on Patrol, Cops, Elias Abuelazam, Fear, Flight, Flint MI, Foul Play, Israel, Killing Spree, Los Angeles CA, Mitrice Hazel Richardson, Mitrice Richardson, Murder, Palestinian, Racism, Serial Killer, Suspect, The FBI, Unprovoked Attack, Virginia
Drone Did Not Find Mitrice Richardson’s Remains
• May 4, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Dr. Ronda Hampton, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Mitrice Richardson, Race, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "The Malibu Surfside News", Amber DuBois, Anne Soble, Black Woman, Captain Tom Martin, Dr. Ronda Hampton, Drone, Latice Sutton, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Malibu CA, Malibu-Lost Hills Station, Maurice DuBois, Missing Black Woman, Mitrice Richardson, San Diego State University, Santa Monica Mountains, Search, Sheriff Lee Baca, Sheriff's Deputies, Single Black Female, The FBI, The Viz Center, Young Black Woman