‘Black Minneapolis’ Archives
With no DFL endorsement how will leading DFL Minneapolis Mayoral candidate Mark Andrew deal with Minneapolis’ Civil Rights department and director Velma Korbel?
Mark Andrew (top) and Velma Korbel (bottom). (photo: top: MinnPost) It’s time to start asking the relevant questions. Minneapolis mayoral candidate Mark Andrew isn’t the only one with skin in the game. Look for Stephanie Woodruff and Dan Cohen, sleepers who will make Minneapolis’ rank choice voting fun as a barrel of monkeys. Read [...]
The Great Migration to Minnesota: Somali Disparities matching Black Minnesotans
"Unemployment for Somali Minnesotan immigrants is very near those of black Minnesotans. Say it ain't racism. (photo: Cool Cats-IBNN) 1 in 5 black Minnesotans is unemployed. This includes members of the Somali community. There is a complicated matrix of systemic causal reasons that need to be addressed. One might suggest that racism and [...]
No Confidence for Minneapolis Police Chief Jenee Harteau: She ought to go
"I had no confidence in Harteau long before this incident occurred. She's a "yes man" who only wants to sidle up to the political elite in DC and act as a tool for oppressive government." ~Shelley Leeson, Northeast Minneapolis, Shelley Leeson for Mayor of Minneapolis "They did it in Star Wars, we need it in Minneapolis." (photo: Star [...]
Death in the Basement: What is Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau covering up?
What is Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau covering up? Obviously not her hair style. Tune in tomorrow at 3 p.m. for the best in Black Talk Radio on BlogTalkRadio’s ON POINT – The Ron and Don Show. The team will examine and reconstruct information about the Franklin case that will show something is terribly wrong inside the Minneapolis [...]
Activists, Radio Hosts ask for the resignation of Civil Rights Director in Minneapolis
“The mission of the Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights is to enforce Minneapolis Code of Ordinances Title 9, Chapter 172 (police conduct oversight), and to promote understanding of civil rights among residents, businesses and government.” Listen to the program from Saturday, May 25 here: ON POINT, The Ron and Don Show. What you [...]
The successful Outsourcing of Black Blight: The House Negro Syndrome
"White America no longer needs the KKK. There are House N****rs that will get the work done for them." by Donald Allen, Editor-In-Chief - OurBlackNews.com Black Americans? How many you need? (photo:www.arabawy.org) Booker T. Washington said, “To hold a man down, you have to stay down with him.” The great words from Mr. [...]
Jobs on the New “People’s Stadium” are wide open for Black Minnesotans
The "People's Stadium" (photo: Star Tribune). Editors note: IBNN NEWS and OurBlackNews.com would like to welcome “White Boy Living in Minneapolis” as a guest commentator. “There is not one black leader (oxymoron) that can tell me the public policy for Black Minnesotans. Furthermore, most of the issues black people have in the Twin [...]
Youth Coordinating Board (YCB) meets: Where was the Northside Achievement Zone?
NAZ: "Doing very little or nothing is not something that you keep locked away and hidden from the general public. Or maybe you do..." This is the story: Something observed has to be measured to be analyzed; One cause can have more than one effect; One effect can be caused by more than one cause; Causes almost certainly have to be [...]
Does Minnesota Need a “13th” Grade?
Finding ways to keep black students behind the curve. If it does not happen by white men, there are black men and women who will step in. by Donald Allen, Editor-in-Chief – OurBlackNews.com and The Independent Business News Network Minneapolis, MN - The Minnesota House of Representatives have enacted a bill attempting to establish a [...]
Northside Achievement Zone: Aiming kids towards College? Former NAZ board member pulls the covers off no achievement in NAZ
Expected college graduation for poor minority students in 2035 does nothing to fix issues in 2013. On Saturday, April 27 a former board member of Peace Foundation/NAZ was interviewed on the Internet radio program ON POINT with Ronald A. Edwards and myself. This former board member uncovered that NAZ was not doing the community any favors and [...]
