May 13, 2008
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HBCU, Morehouse College, african american, civil rights, college, education, issues of race, race, race relations, race relations in america, racism | Tagged: african american, black colleges, change, college, education, HBCU, Joshua Packwood, Morehouse College, race issues, race relations, school, valedictorian | 
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May 12, 2008
No Comments » | african american, al sharpton, civil rights, crime, human rights, jesse jackson, police, police brutality, race, race relations, racism | Tagged: activism, african american, al sharpton, black culture, black life, black on black crime, civil rights, commentary, crime, George Cook, human rights, justice, Let's Talk Honestly, NYPD, police, police brutality, police shootings, Sean Bell, society | Permalink
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May 12, 2008
Some involved with the designing and construction of the MLK Monument in Washington DC believe that are design of the MLK Statue featured at the monument which now features King standing tall with his arms crossed is now too confrontational??????? I guess even when a black man is made of stone he has to worried about how others perceive him……Read more on this story here
http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html
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May 11, 2008
In Metairie Louisiana it took less than one week for a black family moving into a predominantly white neighborhood to be greeted by racism. Someone burned the letters KKK into their front yard. What’s sad is that the family moved to the town so their children could grow up in a safer neighborhood. Read the entire story by clicking the link below:.
http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html
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May 10, 2008
Now check this out and trust me I am not making this up. Mind you the following incident happened while the NYPD is under increasing scrutiny for racial profiling.
Two of NY’s finest who happen to be white walked up to a SUV that belongs to the NYPD and asked the black man inside to get out an ID himself. After the black man a 3 star chief in the NYPD identified himself one of the two the geniuses decided it would be a great idea to argue with him. Now the idiot is on desk duty minus his gun and badge. Read the entire story by clicking the link below:
http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html
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May 9, 2008
NY Post reporter Leonardo Blair who is black is now suing the NYPD. The lawsuit is in response to his being stop and frisked for no valid reason. He believes the NYPD engages in racial profiling. With over million people stopped half were black. Listen to Mr. Blair’s story by clicking the link below:
http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html
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May 8, 2008
On this day I’m just tired of posting sad stories about missing women or worse yet women found dead. Just looking for stories to post is just downright depressing especially when the pictures of young girls come up.
So today I am posting this great story about a young black girl from Pennsylvania found alive. Click the link below to read the details:
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May 7, 2008
Philadelphia police chief Charles Ramsey went on local TV in Philadelphia to explain the recent police beating incident and to ask everyone to wait for the investigation to run it’s course. He explains some of the events preceding the beatings. He neither defends or attacks his officers although he says he is not proud of what he saw.
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Posted by glciii
May 6, 2008
Check out this great interview with Laurence Fishbourne about his new one man play , “Thurgood” The play chronicles the life of the great civil rights leader and legal legend. The play is running in NY at the Booth Theatre from April 30 to July 20th and I hear Laurence is great in the part. Click the link below to watch the interview:
http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html
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