Perspectives
A Special Moment, A Special Song: ‘A White Man’s Heaven Is A Black Man’s Hell’
by Alverda Ann Muhammad, Guest Columnist In The Name of Allah. The Beneficent. The Merciful. And the trumpet is blown, when lo! From their graves they will hasten on to their Lord. They will say: O woe to us! Who has raised us up from our sleeping-place? This is what the Beneficent promised and the messengers told the truth. —Holy Qur’an,...
The ‘boyz’ in the hoodies: How we failed a whole hip-hop generation
“When there is no enemy within, the enemy on the outside cannot harm us.” —African Proverb One of most iconic scenes in Black film history is the part in “Boyz N the Hood” when “Furious Styles” is on the block schoolin’ the neighborhood homies about gentrification and how their actions were playing a role in the destruction of the Black...
We can’t make peace with Satan
The one year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd capped an emotional and, in many ways, a terrifying year of police murders and terrorism at the hands of law enforcement. Just 365 days ago, there was widespread outrage as videotape of then police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on the neck of Mr. Floyd in a Minneapolis street surfaced. Three...