The Ongoing Significance of Race and Racial Pride
May 3, 2017
Black Americans have not totally shed conditioned inferiority
Breaking News
- LACMA Showcases ‘Imagining Black Diasporas: 21st-Century Art and Poetics’ Exhibit
- Sheenway School and Culture Center — Educating Youth to Lead the Future Over 50 Years
- Record-Breaking Hate Crimes Against Black Angelenos on the Rise
- Los Angeles Rams and LAPD Spread Holiday Cheer with Annual Sleigh Ride
- Heather Hutt Sworn-in as Councilwoman for L.A.’s 10th District
- Visit Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza for Holiday Photos with Santa
- Homeless and Their Advocates Speak Out in New Film, ‘WE, the Vulnerable of LA’
- The Congressman Wore Sneakers: An Evening With Hakeem Jeffries
- Brotherhood Crusade Honors SEIU President April Verrett at 2024 Pioneer of African American Achievement Award Dinner
- Chargers Thwart Divisional Foe on Thursday Night
- No. 18 UCLA Men’s Basketball Defeats Prairie View A&M 111-75
- Athletes in $2.8 billion college lawsuit tell judge they want to create a players’ association
- Cal, UNLV Inspire La Tijera Students at Day of Play
Larry Aubry
Complacency Is A Barrier to Blacks’ Progress
May 2, 2017
Complacency is killing us. And together with its counterpart, silence, is a huge barrier to Black social, political and economic justice.
Complacency is a Barrier to Blacks’ Progress
May 1, 2017
Complacency is killing us. And together with its counterpart, silence, is a huge barrier to Black social, political and economic justice. Sadly, Black people, generally, and Black leadership, in particular, tend to perpetuate a status quo that is inimical to their own best interests. Yes, we are perhaps the most resilient people on the planet. But there is a disturbing parallel between our collective silence on crucial issues like failing to consistently denounce injustice and the “silence of the lambs” syndrome among Jews in Nazi Germany.
ACQUIRING JUSTICE CALLS FOR MORE THAN EPOSODIC OUTRAGE
April 12, 2017
Sustainable outrage is the key to mounting successful efforts to change a status quo that continues to deny Black people full equality and justice. Yet, most Blacks don’t seem to get it, and fail to consistently apply pressure on its leaders and “the system” necessary to secure such change. “We are Trayvon” was more than a slogan that resonated with Black people. It captured a kindred feeling among Blacks. However, except for Black Lives Matter, it seems that feeling has not been troubling enough to sustain justifiable outrage. Police killing unarmed Black men and boys is the tip of the
1992 UPRISING: MUCH MORE STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE
April 5, 2017
Some things have changed since 1992, but honest assessment will note negative conditions still overshadow the many positive efforts…
Black Immigrants Must Be included in the Immigration Reform Conversation
March 29, 2017
A comprehensive immigration reform bill passed the U.S. Senate three years ago but included no reference to Black immigrants. However, the Senate bill itself was weak and not supported by many Latino or Black organizations.
CONFRONTING ACADEMIA’S TIES TO SLAVERY AND REPARATIONS
March 15, 2017
Universities once worried that studies of slavery and reparations which somehow “tarnish our gates” in fact, they opened them
A. PHILIP RANDOLPH: CULTURAL GROUNDING KEY TO HIS SUCCESS
March 9, 2017
Randolph’s grounding in his own culture enabled him to successfully collaborate with others, including whites, other labor unions, government officials and politicians
REFLECTIONS ON A HOMEWARD JOURNEY
March 1, 2017
The world of my childhood was instantly recognizable, memories had faded only slightly
BLACK VIOLENCE SHOULD NEVER BE ACCEPTED AS THE NORM
February 22, 2017
Typically, the Black community responds to high profile cases of violence and brutality with episodic, not sustainable outrage
WHAT DO BLACK PARENTS WANT?
January 31, 2017
Black students remain disproportionately at the lowest achievement levels
MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION MUST ALSO FOCUS ON RACIAL JUSTICE
January 4, 2017
The following excerpts are from “Marijuana Legalization Without Racial Justice Risks Being Another Extension of White Privilege” by Bill Piper, Senior Director of National Affairs for the Drug Police Alliance.
INSTITUTE OF THE BLACK WORLD 21st CENTURY CONFERENCE
December 29, 2016
Declaration of Intent and Call to Action
I HEART OBAMA
December 8, 2016
Obama is an oddity—technically not a Black leader, but a Black folk hero nonetheless.
I HEART OBAMA
November 30, 2016
Barack Obama’s presidency will be documented ad infinitum. However, Los Angeles is fortunate to have Erin Aubry Kaplan’s new book, I Heart Obama, a solid jumpstart on what is certain to be a mammoth field of chroniclers.