Perspectives
Guns and killings in America: Taking action during the holiday
The British are not coming back nor are the Russian's and Iranians coming; America needs to reconsider the 2nd Amendment of the United States Constitution that allows citizens the right to bear arms. In light of the tragic school massacre in Newtown, Conn., and the wider culture of violence gripping America today, the whole country is wondering...
Black history, disrespect and Henry Louis Gates
By Richard B. Muhammad I tried watching the first part of the PBS Series “The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.” While I love the history and the images, I have major problems. Problem One: Gates has a penchant for disrespecting the very people he is supposed to be teaching about. For example at one point,...
Will the real Black man please stand up?
By FinalCall.com News Black children need Black men. While the enemy and some of us who are misinformed may not recognize or see the value of Black men in the lives of children, our community has seen a downward spiral over the last 30 years as Black men have been taken out of the community and incarcerated. Since Black men have been incarcerated...
Banking on truth: Hip hop artist unrepentant on reparations and race
By Richard B. Muhammad (FinalCall.com) - Azealia Banks isn't the queen of Twitter beefs. She is a talented and a rare person: An unapologetically Black artist with a social conscience and a strong voice. The month of December found her speaking her mind and speaking truthfully via Twitter about the need for reparations. In an interview, she pushed back against the appropriation...
Reversing the 460-year-old White boycott
The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan on 10-10-15 at the “Justice Or Else!” rally in D.C. asked us to stage a nationwide boycott against unnecessary Christmas spending this year. To mount a successful boycott campaign we should take the advice of The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, who taught us as part of the Muhammad Economic Blueprint, that we should “Observe...
We can’t depend on others to protect Black women and girls
By Final Call News The worst thing about the indignity and brutality captured on the video of a White officer slamming a Black mother in Ft. Worth, Texas to the ground, then arresting her and her two daughters is that it was unsurprising. The enemy has always delighted in abusing and disrespecting the Black woman. But to see such unmitigated, unapologetic...
Washington Post reporting & the truth about the Nation
By Richard B. Muhammad The Washington Post recently published a piece about the Nation of Islam mosque in Washington, D.C. It offered an interesting perspective and exposed the continued problem of White media outlets and White reporters walking through the Black experience. It could be summed up this way: Can the children of the slaves and slave masters ever see things...
A Diamond Among Men
FINALCALL.COM A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.” Isaiah 40:3 68:1 (By) the inkstand and the pen and that which they write!68:2 By the grace of thy Lord thou art not mad.68:3 And surely thine is a reward never to be cut off.68:4 And...
Could American assassination, arrogance usher in Armageddon?
FINALCALL.COM “We took action last night to stop a war; we did not take action to start a war,” declared President Donald Trump, speaking to reporters from his Mar-A-Lago resort in Florida as America hurtled toward a possible major and destructive military conflict. Neither his words Jan. 3, nor his actions made much sense. Outside of Republican sycophants who see no...
Still at war against Black people: New report documents an old evil
In the “Struggle For Power: The Ongoing Persecution of Black Movement by The U.S. Government,” a new report, the Movement For Black Lives and the Creating Law Enforcement Accountability & Responsibility Clinic expose how the oppression of Black people by the government remains a constant threat to our progress and any attempt to obtain freedom, justice and equality—or even...