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I’ve been in some uncomfortable situations during my lifetime, but I have survived. There are times when I thought I couldn’t go on, and still I was able to persevere.

Over the years, I have overheard folks say they couldn’t bring themselves to watch a movie, especially those relating to slavery. I always wondered how they’d feel if they had to experience the savagery of that peculiar institution called “slavery.”

Which brings me to my truth.

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Colin Kaepernick kneeling during the National Anthem

I was just Thinking

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Norma Adams-Wade Football great Colin Kaepernick’s take-a-knee gesture is now

A Big Step For Mankind

By Ricky C. McNeal NAACP Garland Unit, President “We are supposed to fight for Willy.” This quote from the iconic movie, A Few Good Men, speaks volume to the ills that continue to plague and prevent our society from taking a giant step forward in race relations.

What is even more telling and just as much an indictment on the ethics and morals of the majority community is the sentiment, “We did nothing wrong.”

That quote from the private, aligns with some attitudes of individuals that sit on the sidelines idol, allowing systemic prejudicial behaviors, patterns, biases, indifferences and police brutality to puncture and permeate our society and especially Black people.

America, you cannot just fight for Willy. You have to fight for Jerome, Cedric, Hakeem, Shawanda, Lakisha, Carlos, Roberto and Rosia. If not, who will advocate for them? Who will defend the people who can’t fight for themselves due to systemic racial issues, policies and practices?

To our courageous Anglo community that fight for people that can’t fight for themselves

JUNE 17, 2020

Free Agent (UFA) by another?

The talented, caring and socially-savvy star athlete has made it clear throughout his National FootballLeague career troubles that playing professional football is what he wants to do.

Instead, politics and the League’s quest for sponsorship money and approval by conservative fans got in the way.

But a recent Black man killed by a White cop has unwittingly catapulted Kaepernick’s fight against police brutality and the killing of unarmed Black men and women to the top of daily newscasts, and front and center inendless social media posts.

Minneapolis white police officer Derek Chauvin, 44, was fired and arrested after a bystander’s cell phone video recorded him on May 25 committing a horrendous, fatal offense.

Chauvin pressing his kneefor eight minutes, 46 seconds on the neck of George Floyd, 46, -an unarmed Minneapolis Black manwho died after pleading that he could not breathe. Floyd was suspected of paying for a pack of cigarettes with a counterfeit $20 billat a nearbyretail store.

His death sparked daily protests and riots. The officer was arrested and his lesser, original charge ultimately was upgraded to 2nd-degree murder. Three other officers were fired and later charged as accessories.

If you don’t know Kaepernick’s back story by now you probably have been under a rock or asleep beside Rip Van Winkle.The player, fondly known as Kap, was the 49ers’ quarterback from 2011 to 2016 and led the team to several Super Bowls, although they ultimately lost.Later, Kap’s standing with the franchise plummeted after polarizing reactions to his kneeing began. He ultimately opted out of his contract, became a free agent, but no team has picked him up. He has made it clear that he still wants to play.

Since the George Floyd killing, much has been made about the link between two kinds of kneelings – Kap’s kneeling to save lives, the cop’s kneeing to end one.

Perhaps Kaepernick’s heroic kneeling might lead us to substitute the Black National Anthem to be sung at the opening of each NFL game instead of the traditional National Anthem. The BNA words and lyrics, written by two historic brothers – James Weldon and John Rosamond Johnson -- carry a significant, needed message: “Lift ev’ry voice and sing, till earth and heaven ring.

Ring with the harmonies of liberty...

Facing the rising sun of our new day begun, Let us march on till victory is won!”

SO NOW CAN WE HIRE KAEPERNICK BACK?

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Minneapolis police officer presses knee on George Floyd’s neck. Photo credit: Darnella Frazier’s video

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we salute you, please know that you are making a tremendous impact.

Regarding the sentiment, “We did nothing wrong,” that is at best a controversial position. This generation of Anglos may not have done anything directly to impede the progress

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of Blacks or may have never uttered the ‘N’ word; however, that in no way totally absolves them.

You probably never beat a Black person; however, you have benefitted from the prejudicial practices of your an-

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famous as a rallying cry around the worldagainst police brutality, racial injustices, and the killing of citizen George Floyd.

I was just thinking...does this mean that we now can get the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback rehired by his former team or as an Unrestricted

City of Garland Resident COVID-19 Testing Program The City of Garland has partnered with a lab to provide up to 100 COVID-19 tests per day for Garland residents during the months of June and July.

COVID testing limitations have been due largely to lab testing capacity and funding availability.

The City has obtained funding that can be applied toward community COVID-19 testing through the CARES Act. With funding availability, the City worked with Clinical Pathology Laboratories (CPL) to obtain testing capacity of up to 100 tests per day during the next two months.

CPL worked with two long time Garland medical providers, Dr. Duane Hinshaw and Dr. David Carlson, to provide sample collection services for this program. Between the coordinated efforts of CPL, Dr. Hinshaw, Dr. Carlson and the City, a community COVID-19 testing program is set to kick off June 2 and run through July 2020.

The community testing program provides COVID-19 (PCR) testing free of charge to Garland residents. This test determines if you have active COVID-19 virus at the time of the test. It is not the antibody test to determine if you have been exposed to the virus.

To be eligible for the test, you must be a Garland resident and provide documentation of residency, such as a driver’s license or other ID with a Garland address, a Garland utility bill, or other form of identification with a Garland address when you go to the test site. Persons being tested must also be age 2 or older. You will also need to obtain and complete a Garland Resident COVID-19 Test Form, which is available on the City’s website or at the test locations. You will need to

make an appointment prior to arriving at one of the two test sites listed below: First Family Health Care, 2201 Forest Lane, Garland Hours: Monday through Friday 8 - 11:45 a.m. and 1 - 4:30 p.m., Saturday - 8 – 11:30 a.m.

Please Call 972-276-6822 for appointment Best Care Family Medical Center, 4402 Broadway Blvd., Garland Hours: Monday through Friday 8 – 11:45 a.m. and 2 – 4:00 p.m., Saturday - 8 – 11:30 a.m.

Please Call 972-240-1789 for appointment Test results will be mailed to the Garland address listed on Garland Resident COVID-19 Test Form.

A call for change, a call for justice

By Royce West Texas State Senate Many Americans have been moved to stunned resignation that yes, police misconduct exists after viewing the final nine minutes of George Floyd’s life.

But for too many African Americans, it’s another verse of a song that mainstream America has not wanted to hear.

Just two weeks earlier, 26 yearold Breonna Taylor was shot to death by Louisville police while in her own bed, the result of questionable, no-knock warrant tactics. In Fort Worth last October, Atatiana Jefferson’s life was ended by an officer who fired rounds through her window, while on her property unan-

nounced. And in 2018, former Dallas officer Amber Guyger ended a promising future far too soon for Botham Jean.

Too many of us were left thinking that ‘Black folks can’t feel safe anywhere; not even at home.’

Sen. Royce West

No, these stories are not new.

We remember the deaths of Jordan Edwards in Balch Springs in 2017, Walter Scott in 2016, Philando Castile and Alton Sterling in 2016, Michael Brown in 2014 and Eric Garner in 2013.

All whose lives ended unjustifiably, most with those responsible not facing the type of legal consequences that persons not wearing badges would if they took the life of another. But even rare guilty verdicts do not erase the pain felt by family members over lost loved ones.

It’s time, past time for changes to laws on the use of deadly force by those sworn to uphold the law. It’s time to respect and value the lives of Black and minority Americans. It’s also time

for leaders who are not Black or minority to stop acting like these heinous acts, administered by the hands of law enforcement, do not happen or have not occurred. Sadly, the blind eye of denial, indifference and maybe even complicity, has been around for centuries and seems renewed in recent days.

Those motivations are why I authored SB30, The Community Safety Education Act in 2017, which instructs officers and citizens on how they should respond during interactions with law enforcement – hopefully for reasons of self-preservation.

The bill’s language has been incorporated into Texas’ drivers’ license exams, along with driver

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My Truth from Page 1 Rev. Dr. Sheron Patterson laying on Dallas City Hall Plaza for 8 minutes and 46 seconds during program for George Floyd.

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I felt my heart beating faster and faster as I watched the video of Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin steadily applying pressure to the neck of George Floyd, until he killed him. Every time I think of those eight minutes and 46 seconds, I want to hug Darnella Frazier, the 17-year-old who remained focused and captured the atrocity.

On Friday, June 5, 2020; it was during the 8 am hour at Dallas City Hall and it was close to 90 degrees on the plaza. In a program that included several members of the clergy and Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson; Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson proclaimed the day as George Floyd Remembrance Day. My heartbeat once again began beating fast as the time came for eight minutes and 46 seconds of silence in Mr. Floyd’s honor.

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Hamilton Park United Methodist Church in Dallas, TX, was the officiant of the program and she immediately took to the ground where she laid for the duration.

It wasn’t a publicity stunt. Dr. Patterson is the real deal. She is involved, she cares and she works hard. The daughter of a police officer, she is the change we need and she works for it.

It was a time to really think about Mr. Floyd. We didn’t feel the pressure or pain that he endured; nor the uncaring, aloof attitude of his murderer, who was joined by three other officers.

What we felt then was minor. But what we are feeling is real and we must continue applying pressure and calling for change.

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Fathers Day Tribute - Men Who Gave Us Power The Warrior Model Rally v. Protest

By The Power of 3 Women

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Esterday.com The first presidential proclamation honoring fathers was issued in 1966 by President L. B. Johnson. The idea was conceived however, decades earlier. Williams Smart, a widowed Civil War veteran who was left to raise six children on a farm was the inspiration behind proclaiming an official Father’s Day. According to the Census Bureau, the estimated number of fathers across the nation in 2014 was 72.2 million. The number of fathers living in married couple families with children younger than 18 was 24.6 million.

Dip coming up: The number of single fathers in 2016 living with their children under age 18 was 2.0 million.

Seventeen percent of single parents were men. Nine percent were raising three or more children younger than 18 So, you can see from these relatively late census reports, that Fatherhood/Dad’s have changed in American homes. My wish is that all children be raised in a home with two loving parents. It makes a significant difference.

I was raised in a home with a married couple. They were married for 55 years before my Mother changed her address. Actually, I had a bountiful childhood, with a brother, two sisters, 25 cousins in the area, four cats, four dogs and baby chicks every Spring. We were raised with lots of space and a lot of love and attention. We never moved from the house my grandfather built when I was three years old. My grandparents lived on acreage with a smokehouse, hunting dogs, a cow, chicken coop, a half-acre garden and horses.

My Dad, James Saddler, taught us to drive everything with wheels on it and we could drive the family cars.

Hunting season was a big, big deal, because only the men/boys went hunting.

Well, one year, my Dad took me with my uncles and cousins, and I will never forget that excursion. My Dad was a good provider and a really smart man. He owned trucks

and was a respected mechanic, but on weekends, he dressed GQ in a suit, cleaned his fingernails and looked utterly handsome, even at the Sunday evening baseball games in his uniform.

It was a wonderful world, and all the precious memories throughout the years have been a stabilizing force.

Happy Father’s Day to all the good men.

I’ve watched my husband James, be a father to our three sons; Michael, Donovan and Alexander. As the boys have grown up I have listened to their life stories and each of them views their father differently. Yet when they tell their stories of growing up or now being an adult male they will reference “what dad showed me.”

James Beebe, the love of my life, the father of our children was a father by example. James never missed work, nor did he ever stay home and take sick days.

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While the children were small, James was the parent for our kids at doctor appointments, violin lessons, soccer games, swim practice and football. He was the dad who always made sure the kids got to whatever and arrived on time. He did all of this while supporting me finding my way in the world of work. Those times were challenging for us and as I look back; those were blessed times of our marriage, raising our kids and building life together.

Today, after 33 years of life together my husband has been what God our Father expects of an earthly father.

James has lived by example, faithful to God, committed to his wife and family; succeeding in spite of the odds of society against him.

Today, our children are adults. The two oldest reside in Texas and the youngest in California. They are all fine fathers, husbands, boyfriends and adult men. The women they have chosen for partners are very lucky, because each of our sons bring a specialness to our lives as parents.

As we look at our fathers, sons, brothers, uncles, cousins and friends, do not look through the lenses that society has defined for us. As a colleague in media, Cheryl Smith is known for saying, “don’t believe the hype.”

Don’t believe the negative images, words or situations created to demoralize, demean or reduce the power of the men that we love.

We must create and tell our own success stories of the men in our lives who strive against the odds to care for us as family. As they strive to earn a living and to be a man in a world that continually challenges their rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, I say we encourage, support and lift up the men in our lives.

We can love the men in our lives through the lenses of 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, and always perseveres. hairandscalpessentials. com My father John Samuel Amerson, Sr. was drafted to the army at the age of 18, where he served in Japan during WW II. John Sr, took pride in being the provider for his family and six children continue the legacy...

Athie, John Jr, James, David, Connie, and me; grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren. Love of family was always important.

Dad worked for 30 years until retirement. My father was a Christian and a deacon. Going to church and being active was mandatory in the Amerson household.

Dad and Mom loved Christian music. I reflect on music in our home with a piano and organ.

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Vincent Hall “They spit on your flag and government Cause help the black was a concept never meant Nigger please, food stamps and free cheese Can’t be the cure for a sick disease” – Paris 1990 The televised police execution of George Floyd was a seminal moment in American history. In old school terms, this was the LP or disco version of the same song we been watching for 401 years. Instead of bullets sprayed while the subject was “running, resisting or otherwise placing an officer’s life in danger,” these animals just waited George out. He couldn’t breathe.

Before the first protest was set, I was ready.COVID-19 ain’t got nothing on COVID-1619. I played “The Devil Made Me Do It” by Paris. The phrase had been made famous by Flip Wilson’s famous female character, Geraldine. But Paris, a rapper known among Black hardliners and the Nation of Islam, was nothing to laugh about.

I knew the rage that was coming first. I saw 15 years of passion and protesting with John Wiley Price and the Warriors. Every racial incidence of this sort is compounded in the souls of Black folk by the memories of unjustifiable police killings past. Paris’ rage was tailor-made for me.

When I would listen back in the day before a picket, I would be stoked. The only fear of death was in my mother’s warnings. We picketed at least six days every week, and the mothers in this community were on edge.

Just the way the devil had planned it Rape then pillage everyone on the planet Then give ‘em fake gods at odds with Allah Love thy enemy and all that hoopla Rage has its place. Being sick and tired of being sick and tired can be a useful emotion. The level of disrespect that the Warriors felt was being heaped upon the Black community in Dallas gave us the stamina to keep coming.

The Warriors drew some big crowds from time, but mostly we were a band of about 40. Days before the first official protest, whereby billboards were whitewashed, there were 60 in tow, five of us showed up.

Even before social media, there

much. IJS The demonstrations revolving around Saint Floyd (My patron saint of Black male’s future) had some sparks but became peaceful. And they need to be because you cannot change chaos with chaos. Dr. King had it right. You can only change society through direct action and nonviolent confrontation.

His model was not rally, instead it was to protest. He often complained that the problem with the Negro was that he had a 10-day memory, and once we got past the emotions, we are prime to be victimized again and restart the whole process. They say that insanity is doing the same thing again and again and expecting a different outcome. If so, we, Black folks, and progressives of all races are insane.

This time we have to pick a course, stay the course and finish the course. It can’t be scatter-shooting

or emotional. This ain’t about hating police, it’s about the retrofitting racist systems. This is the difference between white boys with “Affluenza” and colored boys who end up in toe tags for the same crimes.

Over the next few weeks, I want to share what the Warriors did at the eight major institutions where we forged sustained negotiations, protests, attacks, and agreements.

Brute force will not get us where we want to go. In fact, I am grateful and glee-stricken to see that whites have outnumbered minorities in these protests.

Believe me, history says that if these gatherings had not had so many young white participants, the casualties and callousness of the local, state, and national war machines might have been astronomical. (Google MOVE in Philadelphia and realize that a Black Mayor ordered this bombing.)

“So let the rhythm roll on while I kick this Brothers gonna work it out, with a quickness And now you know just why a panther went crazy The devil made me”

Dr. Linda Amerson’s father, John

We formed a gospel group... sopranos, altos and bass among the six of us, our late cousin, Claudell Smith, plus others grew to 10. Rehearsals were EVERY Saturday evening. Dad and mom would sit on the front porch listening to us. Little did we know at that time, the neighbors also, took a seat on the front porch to listen to us.

Dad loved the Church, to sing, eat, watch television, dominoes, ride his 10 speed bike daily, and fishing was his favorite pasttime. Dad was there for me when I told him I wanted to move to Arlington in 1986. Dad, Mom and James helped me open my own business in Arlington in 1993. We renovated a vacant space. Dad was a great handyman, mother did her magic with upholstering and decor.

Dad also taught me to put God first, always be aware of your surroundings, count your money twice, and to not accept just anybody as a life partner. He was very proud of me with my career accomplishments and drive. He was married to my mother for 53 years until his transition March 21, 2005.

Happy Father’s Day!

were “media-hoes” (our term) who came to the protest so they could channel surf the six or 10 o’clock news to see themselves. Just about like social media “revolutionaries” now. If everything you do is open to Twitter or Facebook, you ain’t doing

West from Page 1 training, defensive driving courses and law enforcement instruction.

For the same reasons, I authored body camera legislation in 2015and passed Texas’ first statutes that prohibited racial profiling by law enforcement and placed cameras inside patrol cars in 2001.

But none of these tools, nor broad daylight, or eye witnesses, was enough to save the life of George Floyd from the gross callousness of four Minneapolis policemen.

Historians’ credit dinner time video of police dogs and fire hoses aimed at peaceful demonstrators with assisting the passage of Civil Rights legislation in 1965. It also took an awakening of the conscious of white Americans to confirm that what they had witnessed was undeniably wrong.

Sixty-five years later, we’re still

America had two weeks of rallies.

Stay tuned for Protests 101, which begins here next week.

Thanks, Paris.

Vincent L. Hall is an author, activist, and award-winning columnist.

on that long, winding, partly-paved road to justice that has left some travelers stranded.

I am committed to help pave that road. I’ve met recently with local activists and Dallas officials with the goal of creating new tools or sharpening the old ones, so that together, we can find a fix that will deliver fair and equal treatment under the law for all Americans. Days ago, the U.S Supreme Court said that the legal concept of qualified immunity needs to be revisited.

Even Justice Clarence Thomas agrees! What can you as citizens do? Remain vigilant. Speak out. And most of all - VOTE. We need your help!

Vote to elect officials who will hold accountable those who violate the public good; no matter what badge they wear or office they hold.

All Americans deserve the right to breathe.

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What About the Children?

THE LAST WORD Dr. Julianne Malveaux Do you see the light at the end of the coronavirus tunnel?

With all 50 states and the District of Columbia) either lifting “shelter in place” orders or relaxing them, with restaurants opening, albeit at half capacity, things seem to be slowly returning to “normal” whatever that is. Many of us are still “social distancing,” as defined by the Centers for Disease Control as staying six feet away from each other and covering our noses and mouths.

We are in a recession. It won’t get better until we have a corona vaccine, and until we provide more support for workers.

The recession will abate when people get back to work, and when people start spending money. But most parents can’t confidently return to work without safe, reliable child care.

And it isn’t clear how small children can observe social distancing guidelines, standing six feet away from other children.

Will child care centers have to accept fewer children so that they can keep children apart?

How will it affect their bottom line? Many daycare providers

won’t survive coronavirus, reducing the already scarce supply of child care.

Summer plans have gone kaput. Air travel is down 90 percent, as people still aren’t ready to get on a plane. What does that do to family vacations or plans for summer camp?

Many parents look forward to a kid-free week or so, and many children enjoy the educational enrichment that comes with summer camp. Now, many parents will patch together plans.

Something is likely to fall between the cracks.

In some jurisdictions, the delivery of education will look very different than in the past.

Some districts are considering having young people at school one or two days a week, or a week or so a month. How will working families manage child care when young people are not at school?

If getting people back to work is essential to economic recovery, then we had better start thinking of the children. Why is there such a shortage of affordable child care? Why don’t we have a families policy that supports families with food, child care, and other necessities? If we want parents to work, then we have to be prepared to support them.

Many people see the child care issue as a women’s issue

because most people assume that women should be in charge of their children. But in nearly half (46 %) of all households, both parents work. Child care should not be solely a woman’s job. If we are to meet our labor market needs, then the child care issue is not a women’s issue, but a societal issue.

Part of the issue is ensuring that child care workers and other domestic workers paid fairly.

The average child care worker earns $11.17 an hour, or about $23,000 a year. If a single mom with two children that much, she is below the poverty line.

How can she focus on caring for your children when she always worried about making ends meet?

In July 2019, Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Congresswoman Premila Jayapal(DWA) introduced the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights to protect the 2 million domestic workers who provide caretaking for seniors, children, and others. The legislation has not passed the Republican-led Senate, but its introduction is significant. Several states, including New York, Washington, and Hawaii, have passed similar legislation.

Perhaps the indifference to legislation like this is reflective of the fact that the majority of domestic workers are women of color and immigrant women.

These women are relatively powerless unless they are organized, and Ai-jen Poo, who leads the National Domestic Workers Alliance committed to organizing domestic workers.

When we ask about the children, we must ask about their children first since they are among the most vulnerable.

The children of people who are economically secure will enjoy good care. They’ll have tutors, computers, broadband, vacations and more. They won’t get the opportunity to play, but their parents have the means to get them everything else they need.

But the children in low-income families won’t have everything they need. They will fall behind in school with the

patchwork arrangements that are available to them. Some will go hungry because some food programs have run out of food.

People can’t go back to work unless they have a safe place to keep their children. Our recession reminds us of the need for universal child care and fair treatment for domestic workers.

People love to say they believe that children are the future, but even as they move their lips, no sound is coming out, there is no action.

Dr. Julianne Malveaux is an economist, author, media contributor and educator. Her latest project MALVEAUX! On UDCTV is available on youtube.com. For booking wholesale inquiries or for more info visit www.juliannemalveaux.com

Coronavirus Shines Spotlight on Healthcare Disparities FOCUSED Helen Giddings DALLAS – The emergence of the devastating Covid-19 crisis has forced every nation and people everywhere to recognize our interconnectedness.

This Coronavirus pandemic has shifted the way we live, communicate and do business.

It has cost many people their livelihoods and, as of May 28, 2020, infected almost 6 million people globally. Still growing, the heart-breaking number of deaths is more than 350,000, to date. Indeed, all of us are left with an indelible mark and forced to actively adjust financially, psychologically, and emotionally. The impact would have been greater but for the dedication, courage and resilience of so many. We all recognize Covid-19 is brutal and is challenging us in ways we never could have imagined in our lifetime. Although every ethnicity and demographic has been catastrophically affected by this disease, the elderly and people of color lead as the greatest impacted.

In addition, no population in the racial identity spectrum has been hit harder than African Americans, who make up 13.4 percent of the US citizenry. According to recent nation-

al reports, African Americans are dying at three times the rate of whites. While these numbers are greatly disturbing, they are, unfortunately, not entirely surprising. For some time now in Texas, we have been well aware of significant health disparities between Caucasians in contrast to African Americans and U.S. Hispanics. Perhaps not coincidentally, the legislative policies have a direct impact on the support that addresses those concerns.

In 1989, the late State Representative Fred Blair passed legislation to create the Council on Minority Health Affairs. This interagency committee held statewide hearings to gather information and bring attention to the discrepancies in health services between whites and people of color. Those hearings led Mr. Blair to the creation of the Texas Office of Minority Health. Although made with heroic stride, unfortunately, he was unable to obtain an appropriation to fund the office.

In 1993, during my first year in the Texas Legislature, I picked up his mantle and successfully authored legislation funding the Office of Minority Health (OMH). Over the years, several legislators, most notably, Representative Garnet Coleman and former State Representative, Dawnna Dukes, continued leading efforts to stabilize and strengthen the OMH. In 2017, partisanship ruled the

day and legislators dismantled the Office. They, instead, chose to withhold funding and ignore the need to collect data that could lead to improving the health status of people of color.

It is time to honor the facts, reinstate funding and reinvent the Office of Minority Health.

A serious dissecting of the evidence will certainly reveal how lack of access to healthcare, socio, and economic inconsistency factor in the Covid-19 crisis; showing those most impacted by the virus are often uninsured or have inadequate coverage. An even more comprehensive analysis would not only show how difficult it is to manage diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and other illnesses, but to do so without health insurance.

Many African Americans who fell ill or died have poor working conditions and are essential/service workers who seldom have the option to work remotely. These individuals often work in crowded environments and rely on public transportation; where social distancing is difficult, inevitably increasing their risk of Covid-19 exposure.

There are a host of unanswered questions regarding the treatment of African Americans during this pandemic.

Were African Americans insensitively turned away for testing and/or treatment? Are these experiences real? Did

Add One More Name WAKE UP AND STAY WOKE Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. In his poem “No Man is an Island,” John Donne wrote, “Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind.” I’ve always been involved in humanitarian issues and the universality of justice.

This past week has been exceptionally difficult for me and anyone else with even an iota of human compassion. Two unnecessary Black male murders have recently monopolized our airwaves, and will be the topic of discussion for the foreseeable future. The current social turmoil pushes me to the limits of my endurance.

On Sunday, May 24, readers of The New York Times were

greeted with a front page listing the names of 1,000 COVID-19 victims. Following was the announcement that the U.S. had surpassed the unwelcome milestone of 100,000 deaths.

While the numbers are shocking and heart-rending, I’m sure some were woefully desensitized to the full scope of loss from COVID-19.

To put these COVID-19 numbers into perspective, a comparison to the Vietnam War isn’t unreasonable. By official measure, the number of American deaths in Vietnam is 58,220.

That number was matched and surpassed in late April for COVID-19 deaths. Reaching the 100,000 milestone signifies a point of nearly doubling the loss of life in Vietnam. The greater tragedy is that it took U.S. forces 19 years in Vietnam to reach 58,000. We’ve nearly doubled that number in three

months!

Arguably, had the Trump administration begun efforts to combat this virus one week earlier, the loss of life could have been reduced by 36,000.

Instead, we add those names to the list of those we’ve lost.

Although not lost to COVID-19, one other name MUST recently be added to those we have lost: George Floyd.

By now, most Americans have seen the video of Mr. Floyd being suffocated by a police officer. The officer applied near-total force of his body to Mr. Floyd’s neck for eight minutes.

During that time, Mr. Floyd repeatedly begged for mercy and, probably from past life lessons, remained respectful to the police. Mr. Floyd even addressed his assailant as “Sir.” In an MSNBC interview, Princeton professor Eddie

ambulances refuse to transport them? Questions like these are posed, as many credible research studies have validated that medical treatment for people of color is so often disproportionately different from that of whites who present the same symptoms. The multi-layered reminders mirroring the intent and devastation of the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment conducted on African Americans by the United States Public Health Service from 1932 to 1972 ruminate in our hearts and minds.

At the surface, these issues may appear to be solely African American. But, they are the whole of American issues; they penetrate to the soul of who we are. Yes, Texas needs a healthy economy. Conversely, we need a full workforce that is robust, productive and can not only get us there, but allow us to thrive through the next level.

Maternal and infant mortality, diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure are only some illnesses that ravage the African American community as a byproduct. Social and economic imbalances and their effects -- low-income worker conditions, a desert of nutritional foods availability that often create reliance on fast foods, coupled with lack of transportation to get to medical appointments--must be addressed. Billions of dollars that should help to take care of

Texans who suffer mild to severe health challenges are being unrightfully redirected to other states.

Governor Greg Abbott created the Supply Chain Strike Force to provide medical solutions to contain Covid-19.

He similarly created a Strike Force for recommendations on reopening the economy.

To implement a Governor appointed task force for a more all-encompassing healthcare and truly bring balance to health incongruity could make a significant difference in the advancement of Texas. Wise and nonpartisan leadership is the portal for which true change can occur. There is a great need to address bias that hinders wholesome patient and provider engagement for everyone. Accountability is essential. Communication is crucial. Action towards a structure that acknowledges the breadth of humanity as an undeniable oneness, while simultaneously embracing the importance of properly dispersing resources accordingly, would just make good sense.

Glaude Jr. described this problem as one of African Americans having to live under the “trauma” of coronavirus and the “terrorism” of lawless policing.

Those who have lost relatives or friends to the coronavirus, or even had relatives or friends contract the disease, understand the trauma and uncertainty of living under the threat of the disease. There is genuine trauma in wondering, “Who’s next?” or “How can I avoid it?”

If one cannot understand the terrorism that Professor Glaude describes, imagine being apprehended, tried and executed by a rogue police officer. Backing-up from George Floyd on the ground and begging for mercy, we learn of the initial allegation that brought Mr. Floyd and the police in contact. A store owner called the police with an allegation of passing counterfeit currency. Whether he attempted to pass bogus money or not, there is no charge of counterfeiting

that results in execution.

George Floyd joins Eric Garner, choked for selling single cigarettes; Ahmaud Arbery, killed for jogging; Tamir Rice, killed for playing as a 12-yearold child would; Trayvon Martin, killed for walking home wearing a hoodie and eating Skittles; Emmett Till, killed for allegedly whistling at a white woman; and on and on.

George Floyd endured suffocation AND ridicule to the point of his death. These killings are the result of ideation that denies the humanity of the victims. They cannot be excused because of mental illness. They are deluded expressions of superiority and control over selected victims. This MUST stop!

We need no more names on this list!

What do you say…Governor?

Helen Giddings is a former Texas legislator representing southern Dallas and DeSoto in the Texas House. She is also a successful entrepreneur and the founder of an empowering conference called the Women’s Leadership Summit (WLS).

Dr. E. Faye Williams is National President of the National Congress of Black Women (www. nationalcongressbw.org) and host of “Wake Up and Stay Woke” on WPFW-FM 89.3 radio.

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Babylon Confusion in 2020 FAITHFUL UTTERANCES Dr. Froswa Booker-Drew This has been a difficult week.

Processing my feelings—my pain, my anger, and my disillusionment. It was like a rollercoaster of emotions and I found myself relieving my own experiences while juggling the frustration of my young adult daughter and my elderly mother. We have all had experiences with racism. In a recent Facebook post, I shared my recent encounter with being stopped by a State Trooper earlier this year. I was driving back from visiting my daughter in college and I jumped in front of a state trooper. I wasn’t speeding, just trying to get home. I was pulled over and I couldn’t understand why. He said I didn’t have a front license plate. I informed him it was a rental car I was returning the next day. He then accused me of drinking because he smelled alcohol in

my car. I reached down to pick up the hand sanitizer that had fallen on the floor. I was then interrogated about why I rented a car and why I wasn’t driving my car. When I replied I don’t drive my car long distances because it’s older, he then asked me how old it was it. Questions that were in my opinion, intrusive. After running my tags, he found nothing. I drove away shaking and angry. This was the same county Sandra Bland was killed in. All I wanted to do was go home safely, alive. I ultimately filed a report with the Inspector General’s office and spoke with some others in leadership about my experience. I was blessed to use my voice.

George, Breonna, Sandra, Eric, Philando, Trayvon, Aubrey, Tamir, Jordan and so many others did not have that opportunity. I could tell you stories about being stopped in in different parts of Dallas. And it does not matter that I have a PhD, say the right things, do the right things--because of the color of my skin, assumptions are made about me. It has

been heartbreaking listening to friends as we share our fears for our loved ones. Terrified of them jogging, bird watching, leaving parties, listening to music in the car, going to the store, sitting in their homes. A friend said his 13-year-old grandson asked if he could be taught how to deal with the police because he does not want to die.

It is painful to prepare your kids for the first time they’ll be called the ‘n’ word or stopped by authorities or mistreated because of their skin color and worry every time they are out, if that will be the last time you see them. My story is the story of many of our people. We know racism, discrimination, and hate. What makes it overwhelming is that this pain and hurt is generational. I have listened to the stories of my mother witnessing police brutality when she was a young woman or watching my grandmother as a senior citizen being called gal by a younger white woman when I was a girl. We carry this pain not only in our minds and spirits, but it is carried in

our bodies. The stress is overwhelming and has both physical and psychological impacts on our well-being which is well-documented in Science.

Despite what I am feeling, throughout this entire season, I have been reminded of Babylon in the Bible. I strongly believe there are some nuggets of knowledge for us to examine.

Babylon is mentioned several times beginning in Genesis 11 with the Tower of Babel. It was in this place that people became unable to understand one another because God confused their languages. They were trying to build a tower to reach the heavens. Babylon is mentioned several times throughout the Bible especially during the time of exile of the Jews in the book of Jeremiah: “This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those I carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: 5 “Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce. 6 Marry and have sons and daughters; find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Increase in number there; do not decrease. 7 Also, seek

the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.” 8 Yes, this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “Do not let the prophets and diviners among you deceive you. Do not listen to the dreams you encourage them to have. 9 They are prophesying lies to you in my name.

I have not sent them,” declares the Lord. 10 This is what the Lord says: “When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my good promise to bring you back to this place. 11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12 Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.”

Jeremiah 29: 4-14 Dr. Froswa’ Booker-Drew is the Founder and CEO of Soulstice Consultancy, specializing as a Partnership Broker and Leadership Expert for companies and organizations to thrive with measurable and meaningful impact. She also is the VP of Community Affairs and Strategic Alliances for the State Fair of Texas.

That Fake $20 Bill Might Buy True Police Reform THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES Thomas Muhammad “I do not pretend to be a divine man, but I do believe in divine guidance, divine power and in the fulfillment of divine prophecy. I am not educated nor am I an expert in any particular field...but I am sincere and my sincerity is my credential!”

Malcolm X, March 12 1964.

I used this quote by Malcolm to illustrate his honesty in challenging the civil rights leaders then to demand human rights.

He reasoned that when you are seen as a fellow human your civil rights are given!

Listen to the vast majority of young Black protesters they are screaming that all they want is to be treated as human beings!

We are once again at a place when the plight of America’s Black masses has engulfed the world! This time people all over the world are taking a knee in an attempt to show solidarity with the image made famous by former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick who sacrificed losing his job spotlighting police abuse of Black Americans at the hands of white police officers.

There are now tons of images of police chiefs and ordinary officers taking a knee, some alongside protesters and one must admit that yes it’s an awesome sight. But to young folk on this emotional ride; don’t forget what brought you here!

Remember it was police murders and abuses; particularly of innocent Black males that has to stop now! In this moment of high visibility you must work toward a solution because a different, hateful emotion will soon follow this one and you’ll be right back where you were before George Floyd’s brutal

death!

That horrendous image of a smirking and callous look on the face of Officer Derek Chauvin as his knee shoved in the neck of Brother Floyd, literally choking out his life out was akin to what many of us 1960s children saw on Emmett Till’s face as he lay in his coffin at his funeral.

Till was a 14-year-old African American boy who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, after being accused of offending a white woman in her family’s grocery store. His mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, demanded that he have an open casket funeral because she wanted the world to see what white bigotry did to her innocent son! Malcolm X went around the nation speaking and showing that picture to Black audiences to highlight hatred of Blacks in America!

And as a veteran of hundreds of protests, my life experiences have taught me that what is important in these types of events is to use this existing moment to come up with a solution that would avoid a recurrence.

Let’s take that fake 20 dollar bill Floyd was supposed to have had and buy Strong Citizens Police Review Boards, complete with subpoena and investigative powers, with a solidly-financed budget for major cities across America!

By now it should be perfectly clear that police should never be allowed to investigate themselves, especially in possible murder charges or other types of physical abuse cases.

Here’s a case in point!

Officer Derek Chauvin had had 18 offenses lodged against him during his 18 years of working on the force, but not one complaint stuck until that faithful day when 17-year-old Darnella Frazier taped him committing a crime — taking Brother Floyd’s life.

A strong police review board

of empowered citizens probably could have caught him on his second offense and gotten the department to terminate him from the force.

My long-time friend, Minnesota State Attorney General Keith Ellison, now has formerly charged all four officers; including upgrading charges of Chauvin to 2nd degree murder.

Justice seems assured!

But as Attorney Ellison warned the people of his state that this isn’t a slam dunk case, and based on my experiences he’s damn right! White juries have historically let cops off even in murder cases as horrible as the Floyd case.

A strong police review board, with the type of powers cited above, is the best answer for the future.

And yes be pissed off with President Donald Trump for his lack of feeling and his lack of calling for change in America’s policing tactics!

But, please folks don’t get caught up in the emotional partisan crap that political opportunists are trying to spread!

Let’s be honest!

Former President Barack Obama and Joe Biden, his Vice President, didn’t prioritize solving police abuse during their administration. In fact many of the names of Black people who suffered at the hands of police abuse happened under their watch!

The repercussions from a lack of actions climaxed into the stark killings of five white police who were systematically sniped from rooftops in downtown Dallas along with police ambushes throughout America done by Black ex-army soldiers.

Black Lives Matter was first birthed during the Obama/Biden administration in 2012 and lasted till the end of their term in the White House.

Beginning with Michael Brown to Sandra Bland, Fred-

die Gray,and young 12-year-old Tamir Rice: killed while playing with a water pistol in a park.

Black ex-soldiers went on killing sprees seeking to revenge police killings. And you can best believe that if nothing meaningful comes from this latest killing those types of events happen again.

Biden is promising to create a National Police Oversight Board, should he be elected in November. On that I’ll simply quote Brother Malcolm, “Time will tell!”

Let’s face it the reality is that video of Floyd’s killing and the fact that there are millions; primarily young White kids out of schools, unable to work and therefore have plenty of time on their hands, is the main reason these protests have been tremendously huge and have grown to world popularity.

It’s also why the protests are peaceful and white cops are not wholesale killing protesters!

It would be very difficult to get away with that in the public.

If they did there most definitely would be hell to pay from even white bigot conservatives!

In Dallas we collected 20,000 signatures in 1989 and placed a vote for a strong police review board on the ballot and we lost big time; because of a campaign led by the Dallas Police Association.

I will never forget how some Black elders in Black South Dallas told me, “Honey I’m gonna vote against you cause baby we need the police and y’all trying to get rid of em!”

It was a pure lie, but we were defenseless against the police union and its heavily-funded war chest that ran ads convincing seniors we were trying to close the department.

And if there’s one thing that has remained constant in the battle for true police reform is that white police unions everywhere will always stand in

protection of bad cops and yes even bigoted cops like Chauvin.

Don’t get me wrong, police are needed.

So you don’t believe we do?

Tell me what would you do, if you left your home only to return and your home or car has been robbed. Now tell me who you gonna call, the New Black Panther Party?

I love my dear brother, Aaron Michaels, a founder of the New Black Panther Party, but should I believe he can find and arrest the perpetrators that robbed me? Do you?

Hell no, he couldn’t!

Police are needed or there would be pure chaos right? We just simply want them to be held accountable to all of their taxpaying citizens, and not kill us over petty bul$/@;#t or physically abuse citizens, simply because some officer is having a bad day!

Of course there are some of my dear friends and comrades who are calling for abolishing police departments!And I’m saying okay I could be for that.

But first you gotta convince me that crime could be eradicated without them.

I strongly believe it is the most crucial time for getting real police changes while America’s heartstrings are beating with the rhythm of police reforms.

Now is the time to spend that fake 20 dollar bill that cost a wonderful life; and buy some true police reforms before some fake civil rights political opportunists take charge and pull a con on ya!

Take this advice from an old protest veteran, Homey!

Until then the Struggle Continues…

Thomas Muhammad is Chairman of the National Black United Front (NBUF)-Dallas Texas Chapter

We are not disposable, we are essential THE BLACK CARD Terry Allen Thanks, you readers, for your loyalty to I Messenger and my column as it is being read all over the world. Your feedback has confirmed that the paper, the column and the information is what is needed in these times.

Before I get focused on our essential value, I want you to pause to remember Mr. George Floyd and pray for our cities and all of our citizens.

Now. I want to assure you that I understand that your time is a priceless resource and being alone with our thoughts can be an alarming place for some of us, especially when the public has treated African Americans as if we aredisposable.

Black Americans have a great-

er risk to loss from health and economic disparities than our mainstream counterparts as we account for more than half of the COVID-19 cases and over 60% of the deaths nationwide.

One reason is Black workers account for more than 80% of essential frontline employees in the health, retail, delivery and warehouse jobs in the USA. Also, most of these jobs are on or under the poverty level, subjecting people of color to restricted access to healthcare, work leave, health insurance and self/employer provided PPE. And some neighborhoods of color are food deserts, underserved transportation pathways and higher-priced retail products for same basic staples in other areas. In summary, many Black people, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, are also in the midst of a RACIAL pandemic. Many Blacks have to go

to work; cannot shelter at home and live in neighborhoods that may have less life-enhancing environment than our counterparts.

So, let’s call a “thing” a “thing,” acknowledge it, and recognize that “thing” dwells within our world. I am a Black man with an adult Black son and I live in fear for my life every day.

In the words of Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms. “You cannot out concern me!” My son, my nephews, my male cousins and I have a different code of conduct and rules of engagement than our counterparts.

Racism is a greater pandemic for us than anything else.

We are forced to work inside a world built by institutionalized racism. From enslavement and experimental medical trials, to legal genocide and redlining the US has a long history of using our labor and contributions

for free.

We need an overhaul of our community to combat all the underlying issues that affect us. So, if you did some soul searching over the past couple of months, what can you do collectively to pull back the curtain; identify racism at all levels; and make masterful steps to end the cycle once and for all?

My grandmother would say; “Beloved, nothing can be dealt with until we actually DEAL with it.” So, let’s please put together steps to empower us to end racism in our lifetime. I believe in reparative concessions.

If we dig deep enough, most of us can find build a collaborative process to help topple racism. I am going to add one issue we can work on right now.

People of color, stop undermining our own and practicing selfhate and self-sabotage to make sure our voices are snuffed out.

Every day, I have to defend my

experience to some Black person who undermines my fight; who thinks racism is my fault and I can overcome it!

How many of you advertise with Black newspapers and require that mainstream manufacturers advertise? For example, how many of you have gone to a Black business owner who failed to get your”it” right and you 1) did not say anything 2) did not return nor let them know 3) and trashed them to others and 4) went to another non-Black business owner; got treated the same but stayed?

Don’t lie!

Words are powerful. We can use them to affirm ourselves or they can lead to self-sabotage.

We are not disposable we are essential. What can you do to contribute to our success?

Terry Allen is a multi-media journalist and board member of the National Association of Black Journalists.

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LL Cool J is Mad as Hell - Legendary rapper’s tirades lead to blistering lyrics on current events

By Eva D. Coleman

LL Cool J is hard as hell Battle anybody I don’t care who you tell I excel, they all fail Gonna crack shells, Double-L must rock the bells These famed lyrics by James Todd Smith, better known as LL Cool J, from his 1985 song “Rock the Bells” ring true during the current state of affairs in the United States of America as protesters, rioters and looters rock the country following the senseless murder of George Floyd.

LL made headlines and recently experienced some backlash over wondering and asking what parents of bi-racial children are saying during this time of unrest.

“What does the parent of a bi racial child say to that child about systemic racism? I’m curious.. I’m a black man.. my mama was very clear. What do you say?” he asked via Twitter.

This backlash caused LL’s anger to swell, and he let it all out during a live social media tirade where he often kept misplacing the word “neck” for “knee” all throughout as he responded to the image of George Floyd being pinned down by Derek Chauvin in the tragic occurrence in Minneapolis, MN. A reply to a post LL made on his Instagram page of which he included protest photos captioned with “This is what America looks like on May 30th 2020”

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Everyone has microorganisms on the skin and scalp, which is termed the normal skin flora. In some cases, these microorganisms multiply at a more rapid rate, further affecting the skin and scalp regeneration process, showing thicker scales on the eyebrows, inside and outside of the ears, forehead and scalp. Furthermore, some of the scaly conditions are combined with inflammation, erythema, scalp discoloration, and excessive itchiness.

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LL Cool J

had the rapper come out of his “Ladies Love” character in his response back to the Instagram user, calling her a “hoe.”

LL came back even harder with raging lyrics that cut deep, showcasing his expert lyricism while expressing his anger and pain.

He starts by saying, “For 400 years you had your knees on our necks. A garden of evil with no seeds of respect.”

Staring squarely into the camera with watery eyes, his delivery references many in-

justices and cleverly weaves in names with play on words of many African Americans who have been slain, including many more besides the recent deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.

“Sandra wasn’t bland, they hated Mike cause he Brown.

Trayvon should have had an Aston Martin ridin’ around,” were verses he spit.

LL ends his powerful a cappella freestyle with “Black lives matter. Forever.”

And they do.

scalp is some thing they inherited from their parents, thus trying numerous over the counter products with no results. This occurs because, in many cases a consumer may have two or more scaly scalp conditions and the over the counter product is only effective in treating only one of the scaly conditions, while the other scaly conditions require a different treatment.

A dry scalp condition is not the same as dandruff. This condition does not result in scales that you can lift or move on the scalp. Most importantly, a dry scalp is best corrected with moisture -- not heavy oils or pomades applied to the scalp.

Heavy oils or pomades can clog the pores of the scalp, further resulting in slow hair grow.

Scalp Conditions There are actually several types of unattractive scaly scalp conditions. I have listed a few scaly scalp conditions below: Psoriasis is a common scaly scalp disorders that affects people at all ages. Get an accurate diagnosis from a scalp specialist expert for all scalp issues.

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be either dry or oily scaling on the scalp.

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Do your flakes look like layers of corn meal? All scaly scalp conditions can range from mild to severe and can be listed as pityriasis capitis, atopic eczema, pyrogenic granuloma, or seborrheic eczema to name a few. Please DO NOT attempt to make a self-diagnosis.

Other factors of scalp disorders In addition, contributor to scalp disorders include: a poor diet, medications, health conditions, fluid retention, and stiff hair designs & braids (worn for two weeks or longer). Actually 98% of Americans are nutritionally deficient, which also affects scalp health.

To conclude, are you tired of feeling embarrassment or ashamed when scales appear on your scalp, and/or shoulders, eyebrows, forehead, ear area, clothing or neckline area?

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I Don’t Want a Fat Bridesmaid!

ASK ALMA Alma Gill Hey Ms. Alma, I’m getting married and I want everything to be perfect.

We’re getting married at my childhood church and I got the reception hall I wanted.

Everything is falling into place perfectly except one thing. My sister is in the wedding and she’s fat. I love her but I can’t help but feel like she’ll mess up my wedding photos.

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You may not have Dandruff ABOUT THE HAIR

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How can I excuse her from the wedding party without hurting her feelings? What would you suggest?

— K.K.; New York Dear KK, Clearly you just exited the bridal bus at the intersection of naïveté and foolishness.

Are you serious, really? I understand when you’re planning your wedding, there are many rivers to cross, but I’ve got to ask sweetie, have you lost your oars?

This is a special moment that should include the people who love you, no matter how tall or wide. Love comes in all proportions, you’ve got

to know that.

Scratch perfection off your to-do list. Stop judging your sister based on her size and be grateful you have her in your life. Your priorities need adjusting.

Stop using reality TV and music videos as a barometer for what you should value in life. Lean in close and hear me when I say, fat is better than dead.

Twenty years from now at your anniversary party when you’re forcing your kids to watch your wedding video, for the umpteenth time, your sister’s size won’t matter.

--Alma

Spike Lee hits the nail on the head of the portrayal of the Black soldier during the Vietnam war in his new NETFLIX film DA 5 BLOODS. In the movie four former soldiers, played by Delroy Lindo, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis and Isiah Whitlock Jr, return to Vietnam to retrieve the remains of their fallen squadron leader and to find a stash of gold that they left buried in the jungle. Once they get there they are also joined by Lindo’s character’s son, played

by Johnathan Majors, an excellent actor who is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama.

Stormin’ Norman, played by Chadwick Boseman (BLACK PANTHER), is their fallen leader who was their “Malcom” and “Martin Luther King” during the war. He was loved and respected by the squad and every member of the platoon was deeply affected by his death; mainly Paul, Lindo’s character, who dreams of Stormin’ Normans ghost and who still has conversations with his former leader and mentor.DA 5 BLOODS is one of Spike Lee’s finest movies to date. It tells the history of the “Black Lives Matter” movement from a historical perspective taking it back to Dr. King with excellent aca-

pella versions of Marvin Gaye’s socially-conscious music of the 70s that sets the mood for the film.

The returning soldiers have to deal with issues from their past while on their journey but they are up for the task. They each do an excellent job in supporting roles. Also Amanda Nguyen as “Hanoi Hanna” deserves mention for her portrayal as radio host and official dispenser of propaganda, who talks directly to the “Soul Brothers” and shows them more understanding than their own government.

DA 5 BLOODS is rated R for violence and runs a little bit long at 2 hours and 34 minutes, but hey, it’s on NETFLIX in your home. I think DA 5 BLOODS is a fine piece of cinema and on my “Hollywood Popcorn Scale” I rate it a JUMBO (with extra butter), my highest possible rating.

The Church and COVID-19 Pastor Roy F. Jones marriage, and sometimes even grief, you’re there. So what a joy FROM MARVA and a blessing that God would have you in their lives. You beWITH LOVE come family, and that’s the greatest blessing that anyone Marva Sneed can have.

MS: How are you handling On “From Marva with Love,” we recently heard from Pas- the challenges of helping your tor Roy F. Jones, II, Pastor of parishioners during this COVID New Hope Missionary Baptist pandemic?

RJ: One of the things we’ve Church in Austin, TX. He is an extraordinary man of God done, and of course, when who possesses a unique style everything hit, it was complete of preaching and teaching the chaos for every pastor because word of God with humility, it’s new to everybody, not just pastors, businesspower, and reles and everything. evance.

Pastor But one thing that Jones is marI realize with soried to Willie M. cial media and Wooley, and they everyone on the have a son Roy F. internet, that Jones, III. there needs to be MS: Pastor structure. So one Jones, you were of the things we called to be a mindo is Zoom. We ister in 1997.How still have our Sunlong after that, day school meetdid you become a ing in the mornpastor? ing. I’ll come back RJ: I announced and preach from my call in 1997. I my sanctuary in preached my first Pastor Roy F. Jones my house at the sermon in March of 1997, and my pastor that was 11:00 hour so people can have 93 years old, passed in 1999 and structure cause if they don’t, I became the interim pastor in folks will get on the internet, 1999, and about 21/2 years lat- and what will happen is they er, I became pastor. About three will get stuff from everywhere. weeks ago, we celebrated 20 When I grew up, my mother and my grandmother taught me years as a pastor.

MS: How has it been pas- that you don’t eat at anybody’s toring? Have you experienced table. With so much out there, you have to make sure that you growth?

RJ: From my standpoint, I give them the proper meal or have grown. I’ve matured, and (word of God) so they don’t eat also, you learn that the most everywhere because they could significant thing you’re doing is get food poisoning depending for the Lord, ministering. I have on where you eat.

Pastor Jones shares even baptized children, and now I’m baptizing their children and more about the challenges of watching their children grow. It the COVID pandemic. To hear has been a phenomenal experi- the full interview go to Blogence. That you play an essential TalKRadio.com Link: https:// aspect in people’s lives, God bit.ly/3aCmWyA. Tune into would have you play a signifi- “From Marva with Love,” Fricant part in their lives’ baptism, days from 11 am-1 pm.

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cestors. Consider these facts: 1) When Blacks were denied education during slavery and afterwards, Anglos had no restrictions – that’s a benefit. 2) When Blacks were denied the opportunity to purchase land, Anglo’s had no restrictions – that’s another benefit. 3) Even today in 2020 when Black’s salaries are still not equitable to that of their Anglo co-workers with the exact same education levels, skills and experience – that’s a benefit. 4) When Black teens are charged, they are automatically assumed guilty and have to prove their innocence.

Even when Anglo teens are charged and convicted their sentences are extremely low compared to Black teens.

Study after study substantiates these facts and more. Can you handle the truth?

Can you even phantom a Black teen getting two years probation for killing 4 people? Well, we know Blacks are found guilty and incarcerated even when there is less than questionable evidence –

please don’t forget the Central Park 5.

Right here in Dallas County the lists continue to grow of Blacks being exonerated from past jury verdicts.

How do you mitigate or even attempt to correct the wrongs of the past? You must create solutions and policies to balance the scales. Affirmative Action and Quotas/Set-asides are railed against by some and others sit silently on the sidelines failing to advocate for these tools that will assist in trying to level the playing field. These corrective action tools are viewed negatively and the narrative has been totally hijacked by small minded people that refuse to accept the truth.

People are talking about the looters and sharing their disgust; but, my question is which looters? What about the corporations that took millions of SBA PPP dollars? Municipal, state or federal registration is required to open a business; therefore, a governmental agency had the appropriate information that could have been vetted prior to releasing the funds to those looters. Can you hear the chorus, ‘We did nothing wrong?”

Drew Brees’ comments only amplified the perspective – “We did nothing

wrong.” In his attempt to declare and defend his allegiance to saluting the flag due to his father and grand-father’s military service (which we honor the service of all veterans), he only shined a brighter light on the issue. He totally neglected to consider the fact that Black NFL player’s fathers, grandfathers, great-grand-fathers served this great country also. The biggest difference being when his father and grandfather returned to America they did not have racial restrictions to compete with.

Finally, the most iconic quote from the same movie, “You can’t handle the truth,” epitomizes the attitude of too many. When people disparage Affirmative Action or Quotas, they are actually failing to recognize and accept the fact that the field is not level.

We know race is perhaps the most polarizing subject in the public sphere.

Generally, Anglos get defensive and retreat to the attitude of – it wasn’t me.

Blacks tend to retreat to the position of ‘disingenuousness’ in order to reduce tension and to placate the audience.

Everyone has biases; however, you can’t allow them to prevent the upward mobility or advancement for blacks. This

is when you should say we will do something right and do it, faith without works is dead.

Systems, policies and patterns of behavior are the enemy. Those items have to be eradicated in order to move America beyond this current quagmire. When you hear and see Black Lives Matter, what is being said and said emphatically is simply we know Willy’s life matter; but, what about Jerome, Cedric, Hakeem, Shawanda, Lakisha, Carlos, Roberto, Rosia and Esmeralda?

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