Imagine for just a moment that you have lived somewhere for all of your whole life, in the same place where generation after generation of your family has lived for entire centuries — only to be told by someone that you’re no longer welcome to be there — and you should leave to go back […]
On June 1, Julie Lea, Captain of Krewe of Nyx, posted an image of a black child and a white child with the title All Lives Matter on their official Instagram page. In response, the lieutenants and members asserted that the trope “All Lives Matter” undermines the Black Lives Matter movement. Shortly after, Lea issued […]
Chokehold Choke + Hold Hold + Choke A Knee to the Throat ? + ? These words, and their combinations, flashed across our screens, news cameras, and even print news in droves this week. It’s about time. Talking about time, in 1963, James Baldwin wrote about the murder of a middle-age woman in at the […]
Recently, on June 1, 2020, we reported that Julie Lea, the Captain of Krewe of Nyx issued an apology letter in response to the Krewe’s tone-deaf Instagram post that read “All Lives Matter.” Despite the apology, after meeting with the Captain, approximately 1000 Krewe members resigned in addition to the thousand that did not renew […]
On May 25th, an African American man, named George Floyd, in Minnesota became the latest in a long list of African Americans to be killed by American law enforcement. In a nearly nine minute video, Officer Derek Chauvin can be seen kneeling on the neck of Floyd, who repeats “please, I can’t breathe”. At a particularly […]
Washington, DC – Donald Trump has apologized for posing with a Bible in front of a church the other day. In a first-ever for Trump, he explained that he intended to grab the copy of Mein Kampf he keeps by his bed, but snatched up a Bible instead. The Donald has taken a lot of […]
As Black Lives Matter protests have spread worldwide following the murder of George Floyd, the Mystic Krewe of Nyx, which touts itself as a diverse and inclusive Mardi Gras organization, repeated the same right wing trope of “All Lives Matter.” The photo, which depicts a black and white child embracing, also says “Our souls are […]
‘Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries by a government, which we might expect in a country without government, our calamity is heightened by reflecting […]
As a person that grew up in a modest middle-class home in Memphis, I was never short on anything I needed. Whether it was support from my mom despite her working two jobs along with my grandmother or the fact that I had name brand clothes and shoes, I don’t ever recall a time in […]
Tracey's Irish Channel Bar once again finds themselves the center of controversy. On May 30, an employee of the bar posted a comment regarding a Black Lives Matter sign displayed by protestors against racism and police violence stating "I thought all lives matter."
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