Rachel Jeantel responded to Rush Limbaugh's use of the word "n---a" during an appearance on HuffPost Live that aired Wednesday.
On Tuesday, Limbaugh had used the word out loud, saying that he was now able to utter it because Jeantel had, in his vi ...
Posted Wednesday, July 17th 2013 at 3:32PM
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Rush Limbaugh crowed on Tuesday that, after hearing an interview with Trayvon Martin's friend Rachel Jeantel, he was now allowed to use the word "n---a." He then used the word.
Jeantel, who was on the phone with Martin just before he was killed by ...
Posted Wednesday, July 17th 2013 at 3:25PM
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Author, poet, and activist Maya Angelou was shaken by the verdict of the George Zimmerman trial, saying it shows “how far we have to go” as a country. “That one man, armed with a gun can actually profile a young man because he is black and end up sho ...
Posted Wednesday, July 17th 2013 at 12:37AM
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Marissa Alexander who is facing 20 years in prison after having her 'Stand Your Ground' defense rejected in Florida
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This is sickening! I'm tired of my people getting treated like this! SOMEBODY ANYBODY with a VOICE some P ...
Posted Tuesday, July 16th 2013 at 9:06PM
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71-year-old black man found guilty of manslaughter, jury rejects ‘Stand Your Ground’ claim
A Tampa jury has found Trevor Dooley, a 71-year-old black man, guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of his white neighbor, 41-year-old David James, ...
Posted Tuesday, July 16th 2013 at 6:37PM
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George Zimmerman was tried and acquitted because his guilt was held in reasonable doubt. Media outlets have chosen to focus on that one incident, one person, and one problem. Meanwhile, 16-year-old Darryl Green was murdered for refusing to join a gan ...
Posted Tuesday, July 16th 2013 at 5:45PM
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"There is something dreadfully wrong with an education/socialization process that leaves us ignorant of our past, strangers to our own people, apes of our oppressors, and creatures of habitual shallow thought, and trivial values. Therefore, ther ...
Posted Monday, July 15th 2013 at 8:19PM
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Why is the American Flag behind him??? No no no this FLAG is not for us.... It has never been for us, there is no justice or freedom that the flag has ever represented for us. He had been robbed.... His son was murdered and now he is being tormented ...
Posted Monday, July 15th 2013 at 8:11PM
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I am an African American male and recent high school graduate.
Throughout the duration of my high school career, I gained a great deal of knowledge as to what the key factors are that drag us to the depths of society. Whether derived from a cult ...
Posted Monday, July 15th 2013 at 3:00AM
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Bishop T.D. Jakes visited Philadelphia’s Praise 103.9 and got emotional when asked a question about Trayvon Martin and getting justice for his death. Jakes explained why this case is bigger than Trayvon and what we all should take from this tragic lo ...
Posted Monday, July 15th 2013 at 1:18AM
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“UPDATE On July 14, 2013: Here’s Rev. Al Sharpton’s statement on the George Zimmerman verdict and his plans for justice: “The acquittal of George Zimmerman is a slap in the face to the American people but it is only the first round in the pursuit of ...
Posted Sunday, July 14th 2013 at 5:19PM
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black man guilty of manslaughter for shooting of an unarmed white teenager
A Suffolk County jury on Saturday night found a black man guilty of manslaughter for shooting of an unarmed white teenager outside the man’s house last year, ending a r ...
Posted Sunday, July 14th 2013 at 5:12PM
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. "If you do, know that you can't raise him, only care for him like you would one of your children. A boy will leave you hurt & frustrated by him, because he will never be able do what needs to be done, to make you feel loved & cared for like a woma ...
Posted Sunday, July 14th 2013 at 4:39PM
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Just when we thought the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin case was over after Zimmerman’s acquittal, the Obama Administration has taken the steps needed to file federal charges, thus sidestepping the well established double jeopardy, against Zimmerman ...
Posted Sunday, July 14th 2013 at 1:32PM
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A reader of mine sent me this photo last night. As the murder trial of George Zimmerman wheezes to its conclusion, the TV networks dutifully pipe in live pool video from the courtroom, as if it is force-fed to them and they have no choice but to excr ...
Posted Sunday, July 14th 2013 at 1:17PM
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As the jury begins considering the case against George Zimmerman in the death of Trayvon Martin, people are taking to social media to weigh in — everything from blacking out their profile pictures to spreading the word about a “day of absence.”
I ...
Posted Saturday, July 13th 2013 at 3:45PM
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US President Barack Obama quietly signed his name to an Executive Order on Friday, allowing the White House to control all private communications in the country in the name of national security.
President Obama released his latest Executive Order ...
Posted Monday, July 8th 2013 at 11:46PM
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Be yourself. If you water yourself down to please people, or to fit in or to not offend anyone, you lose the power, the passion, the freedom, and the joy of being uniquely You. It’s much easier to love yourself when you are being yourself.
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Posted Monday, July 8th 2013 at 2:41PM
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Whether you are ready or not for this news , its here
Lauryn Hill checked into a Federal Correctional facility in Danbury CT this morning, to start her 3 month Tax Evasion sentence.
We wish her family the strength they will need in her absence. H ...
Posted Monday, July 8th 2013 at 2:38PM
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This is Awesome, Awesome, Awesome !!! A Must See !!! I just had to share this with you...it is only 3 minutes long...but it is so good... It only takes one person to change a Nation. Thanks Melvin Lane for sharing this with us... Be Blessed. ...
Posted Monday, July 8th 2013 at 2:17PM
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Move over HARRY the king is in the building on black in america ,,,I HAVE RETURNED FROM MY TRIP,,,L,A, rib shack ,,AND IM HERE TO CLAM MY CROWN as blackinamerica.com anointed one while licking the BBQ sauce of them pork baby backs, A light flashed b ...
Posted Sunday, July 7th 2013 at 1:35PM
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