“The drug war has nothing to do with making communities livable or creating a decent future for black kids. On the contrary, prohibition is directly responsible for the power of crack dealers to terrorize whole neighborhoods. And every cent spent on the cops, investigators, bureaucrats, courts, jails, weapons, and tests required to feed the drug-war machine is a cent not spent on reversing the social policies that have destroyed the cities, nourished racism, and laid the groundwork for crack culture.” WarWholeKidsCultureSocialBlackCommunityJusticeCitiesPolicyDrugCreatingWeaponsRacismTestsMachinesResponsibleCourtContraryDestroyedDecentNeighborhoodCracksJailCentsCopProhibitionDealerBureaucratsWar On DrugsInvestigatorsGroundworkSocial Policy Book:No More Nice Girls: Countercultural Essays Source: No More Nice Girls: Countercultural Essays
“And yet today, half of all black children are aborted. Far more of the African-American community is being devastated by the policies of today than were being devastated by policies of slavery” ChildrenTodayBlackCommunityHalfPolicySlaveryAfrican AmericanDevastatedAll Black Author:Trent Franks
“When that devil's bullet lodged itself inside the body of Martin Luther King, he had already begun an astonishing mobilization of poor, Black, white, latino Americans who had nothing to lose. They would challenge our government to eliminate exploitative, merciless, and war-mongering policies, nationwide, or else "tie up the country" through "means of civil disobedience." Dr. King intended to organize those legions into "coercive direct actions" that would make of Babylon a dysfunctional behemoth begging for relief. Is it any wonder he was killed?” MeanWarCountryBodyGovernmentActionBlackLosesChallengesWhitePoorWonderPolicyKingsDevilDirectTiesReliefBulletsDrsOrganizeLutherAstonishingLatinoDisobedienceBeggingCivil DisobedienceNothing To LoseLegionBlack WhiteBabylonDirect ActionMobilizationBehemoth Author:June Jordan
“The black line is carbon emissions to date. The red line is the status quo - a projection of where emissions will go if no new substantial policy is passed to restrain greenhouse gas emissions.” IfsBlackLinesPolicyRedGasCarbonStatus QuoProjectionEmissionsGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesCarbon EmissionsRed Lines Author:David Roberts
“I'm tired of the naked, raped, beaten black woman body. I want to see an image of black femaleness that alters our universe in some way.” WayWantWisdomBodyUniverseBlackCommunityLeadershipJusticeClassHistoryViolenceGenerationsHuman NaturePolicyEqualEthicsTiredUnityIndividualityNakedIdeologyBeatenBlack WomenEqual RightsI'm Tired Author:Bell Hooks
“You know, I've never believed, in anything, that you had to have role models who looked like you to do something. If I'd been waiting for a black, female, soviet specialist role model, I'd be still waiting.” IfsKnowsStillsWisdomWaitingBlackLeadershipWorkRolesHistoryPolicyLike YouEqualModelsFemaleIndividualityIdeologyRole ModelsSovietForeign PolicyEqual RightsSpecialists Author:Condoleezza Rice
“I am proud to live in a country with an African-American president. But President Obama cannot be proud of the fact that the prevalence of black poverty has actually increased under his leadership. The specific policies advanced by the president and his allies on the left amount to little more than throwing money at the problem and walking away.” LittlesCountryFactsProblemLeftBlackPresidentLeadershipPovertyPolicyAmountProudWalkingAfrican AmericanAlliesThrowingPresident ObamaBe ProudWalking AwayAmerican President Author:Rick Perry
“Look at, look, the Tea Partiers, who are controlling the Republican Party....Their stated policy, publicly stated, is to do whatever it takes to see to it that Obama only serves one term. What's, what does that, what underlines that? 'Screw the country. We're going to whatever we do to get this black man, we can, we're going to do whatever we can to get this black man outta here... It is a racist thing.” MenLooksDoeCountryBlackTermPartyPolicyRepublicanTeaRacistRepublican PartyScrewsWhatever It Takes Author:Morgan Freeman