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Reparations are the only way for Black Americans to finally achieve Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of happiness By Mone’t Schultz
Reparations are the only way out. What does this mean? Black Americans are owed a debt that remedies the heinous circumstances forced upon them by way of chattel slavery. Even after being “freed” from slavery in 1863, the ramifications of anti-Black racism continues...
Freedom is a process
This week, Jamaica celebrated both Emancipation (Aug. 1) and Independence Day (Aug. 6.) This post originally published in 2017 at the height of Usain Bolt's fame, is a reminder that freedom is a process. When the British colonizers, in response to repeated...
Reparations 101 : Because there are Two Americas
This week I am thinking of both President Abraham Lincoln and Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two of their most famous speeches. Both speeches at their very essence are, in my view, suggestive of the need for reparations for people of African descent though they do...
Remembering Black veterans in the public square
In the last few weeks, I have been asked to comment on the presence of Confederate statues in the public square. Many of these statues were erected in commemoration of Confederate generals or soldiers. I share some of my thoughts here in a recent interview with...
Those Confederate Statues Part 2
Dear Readers, Happy to share with you that my article about those Confederate statues got published today in USA Today. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/07/12/remove-confederate-statues-honor-abolitionists-end-racism-column/5406829002/ I want add...
American Society Masked and Unmasked: A Call for A National Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Last week, Rev. Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., gave a moving speech at the funeral of Rayshard Brooks who was shot by a police officer on June 12 in a Wendy’s parking lot in Atlanta. In a funeral which heeded COVID19 guidelines, she referenced...
