Posts Tagged ‘Color’
Identity: What you see and what is…The Color White
(Don Allen in photo) " I'm a walking nightmare, an arsenal of doomI kill conversation as I walk into the roomI'm a three line whip, I'm the sort of thing they banI'm a walking disaster, I'm a demolition man."(Lyrics from Demolition Man by the Police.) “Don’t get caught sleeping. I know all you see is a black man – someone that you were [...]
The Attack on Black Student Success: Performance justifies reward
2012 looks much like the 1950's in Minneapolis. (photo: vkb.isvg.org) On Saturday, August 18, 2012 at approximately 12:15 p.m. – African American Leadership Forum’s Gary Cunningham patronized Sunnyside Café for lunch. This chance encounter with Mr. Cunningham gave me the opportunity to tell him the following: “We need to put our petty [...]
In America: Mass Murders by White Males – does America really need to fear Black men?
"You should probably fear both. Data tells us the Black man isn't going to shoot up a theater." (photos: Facebook) Media reports are now saying that The Colorado Mass Movie Murderer James Holmes might have a chemical imbalance or is dealing with some difficulties in his life. It's also been reported that he doesn't remember the event (I'll be [...]
Who’s talking to FEMA? Certainly not the “Right” people
"FEMA, City of Minneapolis, CPED, Core-Group complicit in keeping the chains around the necks of Black Minneapolis while keeping Economic Opportunity out of reach." FEMA says no! The prestigious Minneapolis Foundation remains under serious pressure to fund an ill-conceived proposal by the Northside Community Response Team led by Pillsbury United [...]
F.E.M.A denies renters and individuals disaster assistance; City officials and Relief organizers complicit in obstructing information to community stakeholders…Coonery 101
"Doing something outside of your line of expertise: Coonery" Yo-d-Dou! Tweet FEMA @fema and tell them what's on your mind! If the Tornado that hit north Minneapolis would have hit Edina and done the same damage, local city officials would have made sure that individuals were covered. Citizens of north Minneapolis must take a closer look at [...]
North Minneapolis in the Year 2014: Three years after Tornado Nancy (Updated 6:23 p.m. 6/14/11)
"2014: Minneapolis Mayor Mark Stenglein" It’s been 3-years since the tornado ripped through north Minneapolis killing one and displacing over 5,000 families, (an estimated 12,000 people). A group of community members formed a North Minneapolis Disaster Response Team lead by Summit Academy/H.I.R.E. Minnesota’s Louis [...]
The Great Hand-Off: Why North Minneapolis tornado victims have something worse than a Tornado and ongoing relief efforts to worry about
"The questions have to be asked. The silence tells the story." The center snaps the ball; the quarterback back-peddles, turns to the right and hands the ball to the running back that has read the defense, and found a route to the goal-line. A large majority of north Minneapolis non-profit agencies are still stuck on the line of [...]
Minneapolis Mayor R. T. Rybak cares about North Minneapolis: The Negro Cash Crop – Tune in Saturday to ON POINT at 4 p.m.
"You're worried about looting? You haven't seen nothing yet!" On Saturday, May 28, 2011 at 4 p.m. tune in to ON POINT! With co-hosts Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen to get updates on Minneapolis’ latest venture to ride the backs of poor people from north Minneapolis all the way to FEMA funding and right to the [...]
Gentrification for Dummies: The City of Minneapolis prepares for the mass exodus of poor Black people from north Minneapolis – and they’re not going to do anything about it
The City of Minneapolis DFL political plantation has not done due diligence for the poor minority-ethnic population of north Minneapolis after Sunday’s tornado. While the flagship Black non-profit, the Minneapolis Urban League has not busted a grape on the future of funding to assist the Black, poor and homeless residents over “Nortf,’ a [...]
Updated 3:15 p.m. – Hypocrisy in Crime Alerts is simple as Black and White – Kris Miller shot and killed
IBNN NEWS and affiliate Black Focus has just learned that a local well known minister has just been arrested in the shooting of Kris. More to come... Last night Kris Miller was shot and killed in North Minneapolis by a jealous boyfriend as he walked a women to her car. Chris had just gotten his law enforcement licenses and was being hired as a [...]
