(OP-ED) CIVIL UNREST BREWING IN AMERICA FORCING CITIZENS TO TAKE A SIDE

Civil unrest is brewing in the United States over the latest series of murders of unarmed African-American men at the hands of local law enforcement.  We are at another crossroad in our nation's history and the premise of 'justice for all' is in question once again. 

(VIDEO) BROAD DAY SHOOTING IN BROOKLYN CAPTURED ON VIDEO

ISRAEL SOLDIER KILLED IN GAZA NOT CAPTURED AS ASSUMED WHICH TRIGGERED HEAVY FIRE KILLING MANY PALESTINIANS

HADAR GOLDIN

An Israeli soldier the military feared had been abducted by Palestinian gunmen in a firefight that shattered a temporary ceasefire in Gaza has been declared dead.

(VIDEO) FACTS: BLACK BABIES WERE USED AS ALLIGATOR BAIT DURING SLAVERY

With the emergence of modern-day films over the past year that shed more light on the horrific facts about the slavery era in America, it seems that not much is able to fly under the radar anymore when it comes to the truth about what really went on back then. But did you know that black babies of slaves were once used as alligator bait during that era as well? This video, which is by no means “new,” has been making its’ way around the internet lately and explains the whole disgusting practice. If you aren’t familiar, check it out below.

MEMBER OF THE ANGOLA 3 DIES THREE DAYS AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM PRISON, SPENDING 41 YRS IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT

HERMAN WALLACE

A 71-year-old man who spent more than four decades in solitary confinement in Louisiana died Friday, less than a week after a judge freed him and granted him a new trial.

LAWMAKERS PASS BILL TO CUT $4 BILLION FROM FOOD STAMP PROGRAM AND BROAD NEW WORK REQUIREMENTS

Farm-state lawmakers hoping for passage of a farm bill by the end of the year will have to bridge a deep divide between the House and the Senate over the role of the government in helping the nation’s poor.

AFRICA'S DEADLIEST WAR ENTERING A NEW PHASE IN THE CONGO AND U.N. DOING VERY LITTLE

M23 MOVEMENT

Democratic Republic of the Congo — In a small garden behind a bamboo hut, rebels with the March 23 Movement fighting government authority in eastern Congo stand around a heap of freshly dug earth.

(VIDEO) TRAYVON MARTIN REENACTMENT PSA FOR "STAND UP TO 'STAND YOUR GROUND'"

EGYPT IN CHAOS AS SECURITY FORCES RAID CAIRO MOSQUE KILLING PROTESTERS IN ONGOING CLASH

EGYPT

Chaos spewed around a central Cairo mosque Saturday as the death toll from weekend violence climbed and authorities considered disbanding the Muslim Brotherhood.

WHITE RACIST CONFESSES "I KILLED TRAYVON MARTIN" (ESSAY)

EDDIE HATCHER

To show solidarity in the wake of George Zimmerman‘s acquittal, some White Americans have insisted, “I am not Trayvon Martin.”

CONFEDERATE FLAG LOVING BLACK MAN LOVES SLAVERY AND TAKES HIS FIGHT TO THE CAPITAL WTF!!!!

BYRON THOMAS

Do you remember that kid who went on YouTube to profess his love for the Confederate Flag a year or so ago? Well, Byron Thomas has taken his love for all things Dixie Mason to Capital Hill, where he is an intern for Tim Scott, the Republican Senator from South Carolina.

STUDENT LOANS SET TO DOUBLE JULY 1ST 2013

STUDENT LOANS

Student loan rates will double Monday — at least for a while — after a compromise to keep student loan interest rates low proved unwinnable before the July 1 deadline, senators said Thursday.

(VIDEO) WTF!! GEORGE ZIMMERMAN'S LAWYER OPENS WITH A KNOCK KNOCK JOKE AT MURDER TRIAL OF TRAYVON MARTIN

HUD REPORTS HOUSING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST BLACKS, HISPANICS, AND ASIANS

This week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Urban Institute released data from a study, regarding housing and racial discrimination. The study suggests that African Americans, Hispanics, and Asians are less likely to learn about specialized housing programs than White buyers.

DRIVING WHILE BLACK STRIKES AGAIN AS SOBER MAN ARRESTED FOR DUI IN ARIZONA

JESSIE THORNTON

A 64-year-old black man was arrested for DUI in Surprise, Ariz., even though he registered a 0.000 on a breathalyzer test.

GREEK 'BLACK PANTHERS' STAND AGAINST RACIST NEO-NAZI GOLDEN DAWN PARTY AND MORE THAN 150 HATE FUELED ATTACKS IN A YEAR

MICHAEL CHEGE

A group of Black and immigrant Greeks have banded together to form a self-defense group to counter the attacks of a gang that targets citizens of color in the country. Nicknamed the “Black Panthers,” the group uses cell phones, social media, and neighborhood patrols to record any activity perceived as a threat from the far-right neo-Nazi Golden Dawn Party.

(VIDEO) 9 YR OLD BLASTING CHICAGO MAYOR FOR CLOSING 54 PUBLIC SCHOOLS

ASEAN JOHNSON

Asean Johnson, 9, a student at Chicago’s Marcus Garvey Elementary School, electrified a crowd of hundreds speaking at a rally to protest the closing of 54 Chicago Public Schools by an un-elected board appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, former Chief of Staff for President Barack Obama.

PHILLY'S 3RD ANNUAL EX-OFFENDERS JOB FAIR SHUT DOWN DUE TO OVERWHELMING TURN OUT

The 3rd Annual Ex-Offenders Job Fair, sponsored by the City of Philadelphia.

More than 1,000 ex-offenders overwhelmed the Municipal Services Building in Center City for a job fair Friday morning.
The 3rd Annual Ex-Offenders Job Fair, sponsored by the City of Philadelphia, was set for today between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on the 16th floor of the Municipal Services Building, located across from City Hall.

AMERICA CHANGING AS BLACK VOTERS OUTNUMBERED WHITE VOTERS IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2012

Voters cast ballots in Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 6, 2012. 

President Obama won a second term thanks to record high turnout among black voters and the first-ever decline in the number of white voters, a U.S. Census report released Wednesday shows.

BLACK UNEMPLOYMENT COMPOUNDED BY WHITE AMERICA HOARDING JOBS

BLACK UNEMPLOYMENT AT HIGH RATES

We’ve been aware of how “white privilege” works in this country for years, but a new book is changing the way the country looks at the high rates of black unemployment.

Via HuffPo reports:

Racism and racial inequality aren’t just supported by old ideas, unfounded group esteem or intentional efforts to mistreat others, said Nancy DiTomaso, author of the new book, The American Non-Dilemma: Racial Inequality Without Racism. They’re also based on privilege, she said — how it is shared, how opportunities are hoarded and how most white Americans think their career and economic advantages have been entirely earned, not passed down or parceled out.

The way that whites, often unconsciously, hoard and distribute advantage inside their almost all white networks of family and friends is one of the driving reasons that in February just 6.8 percent of white workers remained unemployed while 13.8 percent of black workers and 9.6 percent of Hispanic workers were unable to find jobs, DiTomaso said.

“Across all three states where I did my research, I heard over and over again [white] people admitting that they don’t interact very often with nonwhites, not at work, not at home or otherwise,” said DiTomaso about the 246 interviews with working-class and middle-class whites she did over the course of about a decade in Tennessee, Ohio and New Jersey. Her research included detailed job histories and information about the way her study participants obtained jobs over the course of their careers.

“That was true for just about everybody unless they were still in college,” DiTomaso continued. “Others would allude to some college friend or experience. But since then, they had not had much contact with blacks. So how would they pass opportunities and information across race lines?”

DiTomaso concludes, based on her research, that most white Americans engage, at least a few times per year, in the activities that foster inequality. While they may not deliberately discriminate against black and other non-white job seekers, they take actions that make it more likely that white people will be employed — without thinking that what they’re doing amounts to discrimination.

“The vast majority assumed everyone has the same opportunities, and they just somehow tried harder, were smarter,” DiTomaso said of those she interviewed. “Not seeing how whites help other whites as the primary way that inequality gets reproduced today is very helpful. It’s easy on the mind.”

So white Americans tell a neighbor’s son about a job, hire a friend’s daughter, carry the resume of a friend (or, for that matter, a friend’s boyfriend’s sister) into the boss’s office, recommend an old school mate or co-worker for an unadvertised opening, or just say great things about that job applicant whom they happen to know. But since most Americans, white and black, live virtually segregated lives, and since advantages, privileges and economic progress have already accrued in favor of whites, the additional advantages that flow from this help go almost exclusively to whites, DiTomaso said.

Sounds like if you’re black and you don’t have a job, you may want to start making some white friends.