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Word on the street circulated for weeks about former judge Faith Johnson being a finalist to succeed former Dallas County District Attorney Susan Hawk, who resigned due to medical reasons. After several months of speculation, inuendoes, threats of lawsuits and public attacks Dallas County finally has a new District Attorney. On Tuesday, Governor Greg Abbott announced the appointment of Faith Johnson as the Dallas County District Attorney for a term set to expire December 31, 2018, or until a successor shall be duly elected and qualified. This appointment makes Johnson only the second African American and second woman to hold the post. “Throughout her career, Faith has proven herself a dedicated public servant, most notably as a criminal prosecutor where she attained the status of Chief Felony Prosecutor during her time in the Dallas County District Attorney's Office,” said Governor Abbott. “As a former prosecutor, district judge, and while serving on the Department of Public Safety Commission, Faith has shown a commitment to law enforcement and the rule of law. She has devoted herself to defending some of our most vulnerable Texans, and I am confident that in her new role as District Attorney, Faith will continue to fight for the people of Dallas County and ensure that justice is served.”
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Attorney's office and exact due process of the law in a fair and unbiased method! That is always a win for Dallas County and ultimately for Texas!" – T.D. Jakes, Bishop, The Potter’s House Johnson has the distinction of not only being the first African-American female district criminal judge elected in Texas, where she served as the presiding judge for 17 years, but also being the first African-American female to attain the highly regarded status of Chief Felony Prosecutor during her time in the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office. She has handled thousands of felony cases ranging from drug possession and theft to sexual assault, child abuse, and capital murder. After leaving the bench, Ms. Johnson practiced with a non-profit law firm for two years before establishing Faith Johnson & Associates, L.L.P. in 2009. Ms. Johnson is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the Dallas Bar Association, J.L. Turner Legal Association, Committee for a Qualified Judiciary, Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce and the U.S. Christian Chamber of Commerce, among other professional organizations. She is secretary and a board member of The Potter’s House of Dallas, and a past board member of several non-profit organizations. In 2014, Ms. Johnson was appointed by Texas Governor Rick Perry to the Texas Public Safety Commission, where she is one of five Commissioners who oversee homeland security, border patrol, and terrorism in Texas.
TxDOT holds S.M. Wright Parkway Public Hearing PHASE IIB Project Limits are from SH 310 to Pennsylvania Avenue to North of Al Lipscomb Way and I-45 from Lenway Street to Good Latimer Expressway The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is proposing improvements to the interchange between State Highway 310 (SH 310) and Interstate 45 (I-45) in Dallas. Project limits for SH 310 extend from Pennsylvania Avenue to north of Al Lipscomb Way, a distance of approximately 0.5 mile. Project limits for I-45 are from Lenway Street to Good Latimer Expressway, a distance of approximately 1.0 mile. The public hearing will begin at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 15 at the Park South YMCA, 2500 Romine Ave. in Dallas. Displays will be available for viewing at 6 p.m., with the formal hearing starting at 7 p.m. The purpose of the hearing is to present the planned improvements and to receive public comment on the proposed project. S.M. Wright II, son of the deceased leader who has followed the project since its challenging beginnings says “We hope to see new development and growth in this area. Once it is all done, we hope people will not just ‘drive by’ but will stop and take note of the uplifting changes.” The project, referred to as the “SM Wright Project Phase IIB,” includes the reconfiguration of the existing interchange between I-45 and SH 310
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Elected officials, organizations and community leaders offered statements in response to Johnson's appointment as Dallas County District Attorney: “Governor Abbott has made an exceptional choice with the appointment of Faith Johnson for Dallas County District Attorney. I would like to commend the Governor for his deliberate effort to bring forth the best candidate to serve the great people of Dallas County. Throughout Faith’s career she has exhibited the utmost professionalism and a steadfast commitment to upholding our rule of law. I have no doubt that she will thrive in this new position and dedicate herself to protecting the rights of all citizens in our community. I look forward to working with Faith to make our community safer and stronger.” – Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX) “The Governor’s appointment of Faith Johnson as Dallas District Attorney demonstrates his unwavering commitment to the integrity of the judicial system in Texas. Faith’s hard work and many years of dedicated public service make her the ideal candidate to head the District Attorney’s office. Faith will bring new ideas and fresh leadership, seeing beyond the obvious for a brighter future for Dallas County. I am confident in Faith’s ability to uphold the duties of this office and serve as a tireless advocate on behalf of the people of Dallas.” – Senator Don Huffines (R-Dallas) “Governor Abbott’s decision to appoint Faith Johnson as Dallas District Attorney is a testament to what he values in public service. Throughout her career, Faith has exhibited a strong commitment to the Dallas community and to Dallas law enforcement. The Dallas Police Association could not be more pleased with the Governor’s appointment and we look forward to working with Faith as she assumes this important role.” – Frederick Frazier, President, Dallas Police Association "Faith Johnson's impressive public service record and commitment to upholding the rule of law makes her an excellent choice to serve on behalf of the people of Dallas County. As a former district judge and prosecutor, she exhibited the utmost integrity and fought to ensure justice was served. I applaud Governor Abbott's appointment and his choice is affirming to women and people of color that there is indeed a place for all Americans in his administration. I believe that Faith will restore stability to the Dallas County District
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(S.M. Wright Parkway), Cesar Chavez Boulevard and Good Latimer Expressway. These changes would convert the existing freeway-to-freeway connections between I-45 and SH 310 to a diamond-type interchange involving two crossstreets: Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (MLK) and Al Lipscomb Way (formerly Grand Ave.). The proposed improvements will extend SH 310 to connect exclusively to Cesar Chavez Boulevard. The existing SH 310 underpass at MLK would be converted to an at-grade, signalized intersection. The existing I-45 frontage roads would be extended to MLK, and the existing ramps connecting MLK and I-45 would be relocated to the proposed signalized intersections of the proposed frontage roads and MLK. A northbound exit ramp to Al Lipscomb Way from I-45 as well as a southbound entrance ramp from Al Lipscomb Way to I-45 would also be constructed. Pedestrian and bicycle improvements would be constructed along SH 310 to create a continuous network between SH 310, MLK, Al Lipscomb Way and Good Latimer Expressway. The existing right of way (ROW) width along SH 310 is typically 220 to 240 feet, but widens to 360 feet north of MLK. The existing ROW width along I-45 varies from 240 to 500 feet. Approximately 1.7 acres of additional ROW along both sides of I-45 would be necessary for the proposed project. The proposed project would displace one former fire station and two commercial businesses. The cost is approximately $31.4 million and is expected to start in 2019 with completion by 2022.
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Professor Deva Woodly teaches political science at the New School for Social Research in New York. During a recent talk, she shared that trust in our nation’s institutions is at an Executive Assistant all-time low. EDITORIAL TEAM That is, perhaps, why that man who curEva Coleman rently holds the title of President-elect was Dorothy J. Gentry able to prevail over someone far more qualVincent Hall Richard Alexander Moore ified in the November election. Using Gallup Andrew Whigham III Poll data from June 2016, Professor Woodly Dareia Tolbert notes that the military is our nation’s most trusted institution — 73 percent trust them, DESIGN/LAYOUT 619 while our Congress is the least trusted with only 7 percent support. PHOTOGRAPHERS Fifty-six percent of us trust the police, Wallace Faggett Kevin Griffith forty-one percent trust the church, just 36 Richard Manson percent support the President, and only 23 dgdaphotographer.com percent trust organized labor or the criminal CIRCULATION/DISTRIBUTION justice system. MB Distribution One in five trusts television news or newspapers. In a nutshell, it does not appear that Advertising we trust anybody! sales@texasmetronews.com This lack of trust results in a lack of involveEditorial submissions ment in civil society. If you don’t trust the TANDS IN editor@texasmetronews.com ANDS IN church, how involved will you be in it? If you wlett lett Calendar don’t trust your union, will you do much more uite uite calendar@texasmetronews.com than pay your dues? Only two in five trust the dson son medical profession — do you believe your allas llas doctors? Just one in four of us trust banks. If we don’t trust institutions, do we trust each other? CREDO OF THE And if we don’t trust each other, how do 1397 1 1Year $45.00 0-1397 YearSubscription Subscription we come together to organize, to resist the BLACK $45.00 PRESS corrosiveness of the callous, racist, misogThe Black Press believes ynistic leadership that Mr. Trump offers our that America can best lead the world away from racial nation. and national antagonisms The man has no regard for the truth, and when it accords to every he has pandered to our collective mistrust by person, regardless of race, describing everything as “rigged.� color or creed, full human Now he is saying that he really won the and legal rights. Hating no person, fearing no person, popular vote because “millions� of people the Black Press strives to voted fraudulently. He has no proof of it, and help every person in the firm he ought to be ashamed for lying, except for belief that all are hurt as if he had any shame he never would have run long as anyone is held back. for President.
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Between fake news and mistrust, there are those who believe him, which further erodes institutional trust. Our nation is on a downward spiral, and there is no soft landing unless we rediscover the ways we once connected, and revive them. Professor Woodly and I joined Michael Eric
The fact is that Hillary Clinton should have won this election. She didn’t, because the village she says it takes to save a child has been fractured. Instead of talking to each other, too many are texting each other. Instead of talking to voters, the Clinton campaign was spending millions on ads that vilified Trump instead of lifting up Clinton. Dyson and Columbia University Professor and moderator Fred Harris in a New School-sponsored panel on Obama, Race and Politics. Anyone who has read Dyson or me would not be surprised at our analysis. Fred Harris, too, has written about the Obama presidency in his book, “The Price of the Ticket: Barack Obama and the Rise and Fall of Black Politics� (Oxford University Press, 2012). Professor Woodly’s analysis stood out for me, though, because she talked about com-
munity distrust and ways it disconnects people from politics, the polls, and outcomes. Too many people thought that their actions had no consequences, and that whatever they did had no meaning. Their impressions may have been shaped by the smugness many of us saw coming from the Clinton campaign that behaved as if their victory was inevitable. Just 107,000 votes in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania separated Hillary Clinton from victory. Recounts are not likely to sway the election, and the “if I coulda, woulda, shoulda� post-mortem around the resources that should have been used to energize the base makes no difference now. The fact is that Hillary Clinton should have won this election. She didn’t, because the village she says it takes to save a child has been fractured. Instead of talking to each other, too many are texting each other. Instead of talking to voters, the Clinton campaign was spending millions on ads that vilified Trump instead of lifting up Clinton. The election is over. Recounts are important for the sake of accountability, but I’m not sure they will make a difference in the electoral outcome. I support the recounts, and also an electoral audit. I support reform that makes it easier, not harder for people to vote. I believe that there are things that can be done in the next two years to take our democracy back. I refuse to wring my hands and dry my eyes about Mr. Trump and his “victory� anymore. What must happen now is a return to community. I was heartened to see so many millennials at the New School panel, young people asking what to do next. The answer – we must rebuild community. We must organize, organize, organize, and agitate, agitate, agitate. he man who calls himself our President-elect is an unabashed liar who some say “deserves a chance.� Give him a chance, if you will, but hold him accountable for his lies, his conflicts of interest, and his racist appointments of Steve Bannon and Senator Sessions (D-AL). Our community, revived, can do no less. Julianne Malveaux is an author and economist. Her latest book “Are We Better Off? Race, Obama and Public Policy� is available via www.amazon.com for booking, wholesale inquiries or for more info visitwww.juliannemalveaux.com.
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HALL: While on Others Thou Art Calling!
Quit Playin’ By Vincent Hall If you have roots in the African American church or its musical litany, the tag line to this shessay (short essay), is obvious. But just in case you’re Afro-Centrically challenged, let me tether the tag to this thesis or treatise. In the old Black church, amidst the rhythmic foot-pats on wooden floors and pianos that usually needed tuning; “Do not pass me by” was a very familiar hymn. “Pass me not, oh gentle Savior, Hear my humble cry. While on others Thou are calling; Do not pass me by.” Many in the Black ecumenical community believe that President Barack Obama should “pardon” Dr. Jeremiah Wright (Daddy J) before he leaves the house that will be “Whiter” and less congenial under President-reject Donald Trump. Our POTUS is wisely providing clemency for prisoners who have languished in prisons under the age of mass incarceration. But I and others want him to prominently and publicly embrace his former pas-
tor; the man who helped will always be detested shape his spiritual and for its history of chattel cultural psyche. Obama’s slavery. bestselling book; “The Quite like the GerAudacity of Hope,” was mans bear the burden inspired by a Daddy J serof the Holocaust... Slavmon, and the two men ery and the Holocaust were apparently very are travesties that can close. never be forgotten. Dr. Wright, whose life American history and legacy have been is constantly being Barack Obama and Rev. Wright smeared and smallre-crafted and canonchanged by a devious poized. Some historians litical plot in 2008, deserves to be exoner- have conveniently developed amnesia or ated. are in some stage of nostalgic dementia. The Pastor Emeritus of the Trinity United We don’t like prophets like Jeremiah who Church suffered a stroke soon after his defy demands to gloss over our national September visit to Dallas and is undergo- sins. Black preachers, Daddy J supreme ing rehabilitation. The heartbreak and the stress of the last two terms is undoubtedly among them, have always been the coua mitigating factor in the downturn of his riers of these hallowed gospels. Preachers health. hold independent positions that allow Jeremiah Wright is a throwback to those them to tell that truth while remaining unpetulant preachers and gospel gladiators, fettered and unmolested to some degree. whose vociferous and righteous indigParishioners pay ministers and should nation set “the captives” free. In a 2009 expect them to advance the social justice speech that “Fox Noose” used to further mandate deemed requisite in the epiimpugn his character, he declared un- logue of Matthew 25. apologetically that America is “the land of Thumb through your own mental rologreed and the home of the slave.” dex and recall that there are no American America is internationally known better human/civil rights victories that are not for its greed than its grace, and America rooted in the church.
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Courageous Black preachers, White Abolitionists of the Methodism, down to Jeremiah Wright are ministers who made a difference have been loud and proud of the liberating theology they’ve been licensed and ordained to proclaim. There will be detractors who argue that to reunite with Daddy J would blemish President Obama’s legacy. These same scary Negroes were silently complicit as the GOP demolished Wright’s reputation. I would conjecture that Barack Hussein Obama, without the vision and vigilance of a Jeremiah Wright, is a just a tall, lanky professional Black man with a funny name and big ears. Eight years of total disrespect have proven that some White folks and especially the Trump “Deplorables” will never approve of Obama…regardless. Most political practitioners understood the rationale of Obama’s swift offload of Wright and the benefits it accrued. But now, and with all due respect to my brother and my President, I would ask that while you are calling on others to pardon, do not pass Daddy J by. If Mitt Romney and Donald Trump can share a candlelit, televised repast, you can certainly advance this act of comity and Christianity. Vincent Hall is an author, acivist and award winning columnist.
JACKSON: Castro paradoxes can’t be reduced to black, white SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER by REV. JESSE JACKSON, SR Fidel Castro, Cuba’s leader for almost six decades, has died at 90 in Havana. USA Today’s headline on Monday read, “No Mourning in Miami,” noting the continued bitterness of those who left Cuba. The Washington Post featured testimonies condemning Castro’s authoritarian government. A revolutionary, a brutal dictator who sided with the USSR in the Cold War, a sponsor of guerilla wars, leader of a failed economy — Castro’s death has unleashed
implement land reform, expand schools the full indictment against him. We need a broader view, a more clear- and clinics, and set Cuba on an independent eyed analysis of the man and his times. course. Why was this leader of a small isThere were victims of the revoluland nation 90 miles off our coast tion, for whom we continue to seek celebrated across Africa and Latin family unification. Some elites and America? How could he survive some common people fled the turthe determined efforts of the U.S. moil of revolution. Relations with government to oust him, outlasting the U.S. quickly soured. John Kenne11 American presidents? Why did dy signed off on the “covert” Bay of Nelson Mandela praise and thank Pigs invasion by a CIA-organized and him? Fidel Castro -trained army of Cuban exiles. They Castro led the Cuban Revolution were defeated easily, and the CIA nevagainst a brutal dictator to victory in 1959. er forgave Castro for the embarrassment. Always more a devotee of Marti — the The U.S. launched multiple assassination Cuban poet and patriot who led the revolt attempts, enforced an economic embargo against Spain — than of Marx, Castro set and tried various ways to sabotage the Cuout to nationalize foreign companies that ban economy. Cut off from the hemisphere, owned and dominated most of the island, Castro turned to the Soviet Union, which
supplied oil and aid. The U.S. strangled and starved him into strength. Castro’s defiance and pride consolidated the hatred of U.S. governing circles. He exported doctors and teachers while the U.S. exported weapons and war. Across the world — and in parts of the U.S. — Castro was and is celebrated. He stood with Africans against European imperialism and South African apartheid. He stood with Latin Americans against Yankee domination and corrupt local regimes. He dispatched doctors across the world to non-aligned nations, earning friends and saving lives. In 1975, he launched an audacious airlift of Cuban troops to repel the South African invasion of Angola, marking the beginning Please see CASTRO page 11
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The South Dallas Cultural Center is located at 3400 S. Fitzhugh Ave. Dallas, Texas 75215. For more information or to schedule a tour for your group call 214-670-1998. Admission is FREE ***** Free Reading Tutoring - Dallas Public Library; 1515 Young, Dallas 75201. Learn to read better program for adults. 214-671-8291; http://www.dallaslibrary.org/literacy ***** Community Lawyering Center Open for Business - Mondays – Saturdays; days and evenings by appointment. 4716 Elsie Faye Heggins, Dallas, 75210. For info, call: 469-351-0024 or x0025
Garland Civic Theatre presents the hilarious update of the classic fairy tale in Cinderella: The Musical. Tickets: $27 available at GarlandArtsBoxOffice.com, 972-205-2790 or in-person at the Granville Arts Center Box Office, open Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and two hours before each performance. Nov. 25-Dec. 17, Granville Arts Center - Small Theatre 300 N. Fifth Street, downtown Garland Please join The Honorable Carolyn King Arnold, Councilwoman District 4 for the following calendar events: Thursday, December 8, 2016 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM 2nd Annual Senior’s Luncheon & Celebrity Santa Beckley Saner Recreational Center 114 W. Hobson Avenue Dallas, Texas 75224 District 4 Community Toy Drive Saturday, December 10th – 01:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 14th – 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Thursday, December 15th – 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Saturday, December 17th – 01:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Friday, December 16, 2016 District 4 Update A Holiday Evening with Councilwoman Carolyn King Arnold 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM – VIP Meet & Greet 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM – Dinner & Music Dallas City Hall 1500 Marilla Street Dallas, Texas 75201 1st Floor Lobby (Green Elevator) 2017 Bond Town Hall Meetings Tuesday, January 17, 2017 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Kiest Park Recreational Center 3080 South Hampton Road Dallas, Texas 75204 Thursday, January 19, 2017 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Beckley Saner Recreational Center 114 W. Hopson Avenue Dallas, Texas 75224
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Dallas Black Dance Theatre presents its annual holiday Black on Black Mingle & Jingle Dallas Black Dance Theatre brings you a holiday party like no other. Join us for Black on Black – a complete dance and holiday experience guaranteed to bring good tidings and cheer on Friday and Saturday, December 9-10, It all takes place in the creative space of DBDT’s studios, 2700 Ann Williams Way in the Dallas Arts District. Enjoy the artistry, creative talents and innovative works choreographed by DBDT and DBDT: Encore!. 6:30 pm Mingle at the reception with complimentary light bites & cocktails on us! 7:30pm Enjoy the choreography & talented performances of DBDT & DBDT: Encore! DBDT dancers Claude Alexander III, Kayah Franklin, Sierra Jones, Keon K. Nickie, Zion Pradier, Sean J. Smith, Jasmine White-Killins, Christen Ashley Williams, McKinley Willis and Kimara Wood will showcase their choreography talents. 8:30pm Jingle at the free after-party with DBDT dancers & Live DJ. Take home holiday memories from our photo booth or a caricature sketch. You must be 21 years and older to attend. Ticket details www.DBDT.com
health practitioners, chefs and fitness experts. There will be vendors and entertainment, but more importantly, you will leave empowered and equipped to lead a healthier life. You cacn get tickets for Mr. Gregory’s lecture at ticketmaster or through The Black Academy of Arts and Letters box office. Call 214-941-0110 for tickets or vendor information. ******
Grace and Taste Gala Masquerade Ball will be held from 8pm1am at The Chocolate Mint Foundation, 201 Executive Way, Desoto, TX 75115. Live Music by Paul Cannon and The Band along w/DJ Freestyle Steve. Tickets are $40 or bring 2 unwrapped toys valuing $35. All donations and toys will benefit The Chocolate Mint Foundation Christmas Candyland 2016. For more information and tickets, visit www.chocolatemint.org or call (972)224-7200. *******
******* Regional Black Contractors Holiday Reception & Toy Drive 6:30pm – 10pm; Sheraton Dallas; 400 N. Olive, Dallas, 75201. Please bring unwrapped toys to be distributed to Vogel Alcove. Formal Attire Preferred. Tickets available at various prices. Contact/Register: 214-5658946; info@blackcontractors.org.
New Mount Zion Baptist Church will hold its annual Christmas Gala at 7p.m. at the HIlton Lincoln Center Hotel, 5410 LBJ Freeway, Dallas. Tickets are $65. The keynote speaker is Dr. Zan W. Holmes. The Red Carpet Reception starts at 6p.m. For tickets, call 214-341-6459
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Get Healthy for 2017! He’s helped people lose thousands and can help lead you on a path to healthier living! Dick Gregory w ill be the speaker at the inaugural Health Awareness Explosion at The Black Academy of Arts and Letters. In addition to Mr. Gregory’s presentation, you will hear from financial experts, ministers, community activists, journalists,
Pancakes with Santa Celebrate the season with holiday crafts and endless pancakes. The Kiwanis Club of Garland and the Citizens Fire Club of Garland will host Pancakes with Santa from 7 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 10, at the Central Fire Station, 1029 Austin St. Cost is $6 per person and includes all the pancakes you can eat, sausage, milk or coffee, and a photo with Santa and Mrs. Claus! Tickets can be purchased at the event or in advance by emailing BaileyHebert@att.net. **** Jingle Bell Run 5K Run it, walk it... Just don’t miss it! The 8th Annual Jingle Bell Run will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, in Downtown Garland. This 5K fun run event is a great way to kick off the holiday season, and it benefits the Garland Pet Adoption Center! Participants can preregister online or on the day of the race. After the race, stick around to shop at vendor booths along the square until 2 p.m. Find details and a list of accepted donation items for the Pet Adoption Center at GarlandAnimalServices.org. ***** Free STEAM Movie at the Library: Ice Princess Families can enjoy free movies that incorporate STEAM concepts at Garland libraries. The next movie,
Ice Princess, will be shown at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, at the South Garland Branch Library, 4845 Broadway Blvd. Doors open 15 minutes prior to the film and seating is limited. No registration is required. Free popcorn and water are available while supplies last. Learn more about the Nicholson Memorial Library’s STEAM movie times by calling 972-205-3933.
December 11 The African Children’s Choir Garland, Texas - Upendo Baptist Church Time: 10:00 am. Address: 916 N Jupiter Rd - Venue phone: (214) 868-6007\\ The African Children’s Choir Plano, Texas - First Christian Church Time: 6:30 pm. Address: 813 E 15th St Plano, TX 75074 - Venue phone: (972) 423-3260
December 13 Fellowship of Professional Women Luncheon with Debby Efurd and Vocalist: Peggy Frazier O’Connor Park City Club 5956 Sherry Lane 17th Floor Dallas, TX 75225
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City Council Meetings The last Work Session and Regular Meeting for the year will be combined. Work Session will begin at 5:30 p.m., and the Regular Meeting will begin at roughly 6:30 p.m. View agendas.
December 15 Best Southwest Partnership 30th anniversary luncheon 11:30 am at Hilton Garden Inn, 800 N. Main Street. Speaker - Dale Hansen - Unplugged. For tickets call Cedar Hill (972)291-7817, DeSoto (972)224-3565, Duncanville (972) 780-499 and Lancaster (972) 227-2579 *****
Tickets are on sale now for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History’s Omni Theater, an IMAX® Dome. The film opens at the Omni Theater and nationally on December 16, with early showings set for December 15. ******* Holiday Films Revisited at Senior Social Hour Join in the merriment of the holiday film season as critic Larry Ratliff presents Christmas tales and classic movie clips at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15, at the Central Library, 625 Austin St. A professional film critic since 1983, Ratliff uses presentation software and movie clips to revisit classic holiday
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JACKSON: Marv Albert versus Bill Cosby
MY PERSPECTIVE by Raynard Jackson (NNPA News Wire Columnist)
Last week, I was watching some NBA games on TNT and one of the game’s announcers was famed broadcaster Marv Albert. He is considered by many to be one of the top announcers in all of sports history. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1997, the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame in 2014, and the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2015. Some refer to him as “The Voice of Basketball. He is the same broadcaster that was accused of forcible sodomy and pled guilty to a lesser charge of misdemeanor assault and battery in 1997. Albert was given a 12-month suspended sentence. NBC subsequently fired Albert only to bring him back on the air after less than two years. For a more detailed summary of the Albert issue, click on this link. Now juxtapose Albert’s situation with the case of legendary civil rights activist, TV star, comedian extraordinaire, and incomparable philanthropist, Bill Cosby. Several women have come forward to accuse Cosby of drugging and raping them, but these accusers have provided no evidence to backup their allegations. Yet, Cosby is treated as a convicted felon not only in the court of public opinion, but also by most of his business partners, like NBC. It seems now that women have declared a war on men, especially feminists like media chasing attorney, Gloria Allred. She is behind the women who implicated Albert and accused Cosby. She was also behind similar attempts to destroy former presidential candidate Herman Cain, golfer Tiger Woods and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to name a few. Allred seems to have this insatiable obsession with bringing down Black celebrities, with Cosby being the most notable one, but that will be the focus of a future column. Albert’s then employer, NBC, stood by him simply because he pled not guilty when the charges were announced back in 1997. According to NBC, “This past May, when
charges against Marv Albert became public, Mr. Albert asserted his innocence and assured NBC senior management that there was no basis whatsoever to the charges. Today, given Marv Albert’s plea of guilty to assault and battery, NBC terminated its relationship with Mr. Albert.” Now, this is the same NBC that cancelled Cosby’s new show that was supposed to air in 2014, right when these women all came forward with baseless charges. Cosby publically stated that there was no substance to these charges; unlike in the Albert case, NBC refused to stand by Cosby and give him the benefit of the doubt. I will leave it to my readers to make their own conclusions, as to why there seems to be a double standard between how Albert was treated vis-à-vis Bill Cosby. Both are males, Albert is 75 years of age and Cosby is 79 years of age, one is White and one is Black, and one of them cost NBC money and the other one generated money for the media company. Albert cost NBC money, because he was a paid employee, but Cosby made NBC money because he was a partner with them. So, they stood by the employee, who cost them money and rejected the partner who made them money. Can someone explain that to me? So, it’s been about two years since NBC cancelled Cosby’s show. The same amount of time that Albert was made to sit on the sidelines after pleading guilty to a crime against a woman, even though others came forward and accused him of similar crimes. So, can we now expect NBC to reengage with Cosby about the timeline for bringing his new show on the air? Mind you that Cosby has never been convicted of anything. I am sure that NBC stands for “Nothing But Consistency.” I am sure that NBC’s seeming double standard has nothing to do with race, especially when one actually admitted to wrongdoing and the other has consistently denied wrongdoing. What’s even more amazing is that the very year Albert was charged with a sex crime (1997), he was inducted into the basketball
hall of fame and has subsequently received similar types of awards since. A few months ago, Albert received a new contract from TNT, his current employer. Again, juxtapose that with the treatment of Cosby. Without being convicted of anything, NBC cancelled his new show before it aired on TV, Spellman University returned Cosby’s $ 20 million gift, and several schools rescinded honorary degrees given to him. Am I the only one who is noticing this double standard? One person was convicted in a court of law of a sex crime, but
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pleaded down to a lesser charge and was rewarded with new contracts, lifetime achievement awards, and given the good housekeeping seal of approval by corporate America. The other person has been convicted of nothing and his whole life’s work and reputation has been stripped from him. In my best Fat Albert voice, “Hey, hey, hey, I got something to say.” How can a man who has done so much good for so many people for so long not be treated better than a convicted woman abuser? This is truly America in Black and White and there is nothing funny about it.
Raynard Jackson is founder and chairman of Black Americans for a Better Future (BAFBF), a federally registered 527 Super PAC established to get more Blacks involved in the Republican Party. BAFBF focuses on the Black entrepreneur. For more information about BAFBF, visit www.bafbf. org. You can follow Raynard on Twitter @Raynard1223.
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What’s Really Going on with Mr. West?
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Dear Alma: Alma, I’m wondering what’s going on with Kanye West? Do you think there are some underlying reasons why he’s suffering from ‘exhaustion’ and canceling his shows? I am a huge fan and I made sure to see him anytime he was within 100 miles from where I live. As a super fan, I mean from way back to the “College Dropout” days, I am seriously worried about him and was wondering what your take is? Signed,Missing the Old Kanye Dear Missing Kanye, Funny you should ask this question, as I’ve recently added Kanye to my prayer list. Clearly he has validated for us, money doesn’t buy endless stints of euphoria. Nope, life doesn’t constantly deliver peace of mind, your way every day or relief from unimaginable grief. My heart strongly feels Kanye is suffering from just that — grief. He has yet to settle his soul when it comes to the death of his mother. Maybe he feels responsible, as if he contributed in some way. Con-
templating perhaps that his dream come true, chance of a lifetime, provided payment for his mother’s procedure. His actions, his pain, leads me to believe he’s trying to pay off a non-refundable loan with his life. My prayer for Kanye to a sister circle of saints, a consecrated collection of comforters who will — call on the Name, guiding him back to his roots, the place where his mama would go when she needed to hear a word…Can I get a Amen?! If I had the chance, I’d say to Kanye, “Sometimes you need a chitchat, a conversation from somebody who knows you by your ole’ school nickname not your gangster Grammy game.” Along with prayer, he needs professional help, ain’t nothing wrong with that. A professional will guide him out of the hallway of pain and blame, towards a classroom to reconcile, replenish and educate himself on how to live without his loving mother. Understandably, he won’t want to attend this course, but it is undeniably a lesson on heartbreak that he can’t afford to skip. Alma
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DEMAND YOUR INHERITANCE Spiritually Speaking by James A. Washington
This column is all about not putting limits on a limitless God. In church, the sermon was all about how we, as finite creatures, do a pretty good job of trying to put the infinite being of God into some way, shape or form that we can understand. The problem with that is we can’t do it. Our brain won’t let us comprehend all knowing, all powerful, everywhere since before time began and after it stops. You see the terms “all,” “before,” and “after,” presuppose there is a limit to time and space and power and understanding and things. It is the way of a finite being which happens to be us. These are human characteristics and it is how we have come to rationalize life. It begins at birth. It ends at death. But does it? Pastor was teaching that as long as we operate that way, we limit what we think we’re able to do. His point and mine is don’t put man’s limits on God’s promises. You see each one of us has an image of ourselves on the inside of who we are and what we can do. It has been shaped by friends and family, situations and circumstances, what we want and what we have. For many of us that image is in direct conflict with what God sees and knows He has placed within us. Let me put it this way. Would you ask a homeless man for $100? Of course not! You wouldn’t ask, be-
cause you wouldn’t believe he had it. So if you do not believe there is greatness in you, dare I say you wouldn’t ask God for it. And there’s the rub. I am now of the opinion, it’s time for all of us to put demands on God. I am not being arrogant or presumptuous. I am trying to be humble, respectful and obedient. God has been saying forever to ask him. As a matter of fact, He says, ask, seek, and knock. In each instance your action is promised a positive reaction. Don’t ask. Don’t get. I’m really talking about mustard seed stuff here. Your faith dictates what you ask for. Do you have enough faith to take the limits off God and to ask Him; to demand from Him the inheritance that is yours as delivered by the finished work of Jesus Christ? I understand this can be tricky stuff. And it’s not easy. We put obstacles in our way when it comes to simply receiving the grace and blessings of God. I’m merely pointing out that we have some say in this. We have a spiritual obligation to not limit God. The solution is to recognize those things we do that are subtle, but devastating to our achieving God’s purpose for us. Fear limits God. If you think the answer will be no, y ou won’t ask. Unbelief limits God. If you don’t believe it’s possible, then all things become impossible. Disobedience limits God. If you disobey, you don’t think you have the right to ask for anything. And comparison limits God. If you feel unworthy and less than those who have more, you’ll accept what you have and nothing more.
How? Why? By negating a willingness to believe that we are truly blessed and highly favored, made in the image of almighty God and destined to be great for Him. You know there is fear of failure and fear of success, both with the same result. I call it, “the do nothing”. It’s comfortable and you can handle that. Who wants to expect everything when the world has taught you that you don’t deserve anything? My proof of what I’m saying is in Matthew 4:11, after the devil tempted Jesus with everything in the world and He refused in the name of God. “The devil left Him and angels came and attended Him.” In the name of the devil, Jesus was aware enough to say, no, thank you. And because He knew where His blessings lay, God sent angels to attend Him and in God’s name gave Him everything the devil had promised. Think about that. Are you making any demands on God? He’s just waiting on you to recognize He’s your God, daring you to ask so He can give. Without the question, without the demand, it’s an unfulfilled dream, a mountain too big to move, a desire never met. And this I know. Psalm 37:4-5 says, “Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the lord, trust in Him and He will do this;” You gotta believe.
May God bless and keep you always.
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of the end for apartheid. He celebrated Mandela while the U.S. government was supporting the apartheid government and labeling Mandela a terrorist. In 1959, Castro came to the United Nations in New York City. He chose to stay in the Hotel Teresa in Harlem and met with Malcolm X, acts scorned as a publicity stunt. But in 1959, African Americans couldn’t stay in white hotels across the South. We lived under the American version of apartheid. Neighborhoods across the country were redlined by race. Castro was the first Cuban leader to recognize his country’s large black population, descended from slaves, and to help integrate them into national life. Castro’s embrace of civil rights was an electric message across the black community in the U.S. When I first met Castro in 1984, I found him to be a magnetic personality, a brilliant mind and a proud leader. I was told I couldn’t talk to him about religion. We talked for hours. He told me he had once loved the church and thought of it as a center of ac-
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WWW.TEXASMETRONEWS.COM tivism and social justice, not just piety. But when he came down out of the mountains after defeating the brutal dictator, he was shocked and heartbroken to find the priests armed and ready to kill to defend the graveyards of the rich. I reminded him of Dr. Martin Luther King and the other theologians of liberation, and Castro came to church with me in Havana. It was the first time Castro had gone to church in 27 years. I had to remind him to take off his hat and put out his cigar. We laughed and settled in for the service. I was told he wouldn’t talk about political prisoners. We talked, and he released 48 prisoners to me. In later years, Castro’s government cooperated with the U.S. in countering terrorism. His health and education systems became the envy of much of the hemisphere. He was hero and mentor to a new generation of populist nationalists across the hemisphere — from Hugo Chavez in Venezuela to Evo Morales in Bolivia. Castro’s legacy is surely mixed. Under constant threat from abroad, he jailed political enemies, suppressed free speech and trampled on rights. Cuba’s economy stagnated, particularly after the
Soviet Union fell apart, but it survived despite being cut off from a major logical trading partner. U.S. enmity helped make Castro a global hero, a symbol of the possibility of independence for developing nations, but it inflicted great costs upon the Cuban people. The U.S. recognized and traded with the Soviet Union, with communist China, with brutal regimes from Saudi Arabia to Pinochet’s Chile, but the embargo against Cuba went on and on. When Barack Obama came to the White House, he discovered that instead of isolating Castro, the embargo was isolating the U.S. in our own hemisphere. After nearly 60 years of a frozen failed policy, the U.S. finally has started small steps toward normal relations. We shouldn’t be naive. Castro was no saint; the Cuban regime was repressive and wrong-headed about many things. But we shouldn’t view Castro solely from the perspective of those who fled the revolution or of the Cold Warriors and covert operators who spent decades trying to bring him down. We won’t understand the perversity of our own policies if we don’t understand why Castro’s leadership is celebrated across
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Injuries curtail Mavs Season By Dorothy Gentry Texas Metro News
The Dallas Mavericks – only five years removed from their NBA Championship in 20111 – are 3-15 and record-wise, the worst team in the NBA. And it’s all due to one-word – injuries. The injury-ravaged Mavericks have rolled out at least 12 different starting
lineups in this short period since the season began. And it’s not looking any better. Head Coach Rick Carlisle recently announced that Dirk Nowitzki, the face of the franchise, is “out indefinitely” as he battles an Achilles injury. Nowitzki has played in only five games this season as he continues to undergo rehabilitation for a strained right Achilles. As if adding insult to injury, the team is also now without the services of Seth Curry (right knee strain) who went down in the 4th quarter of Wednesday’s loss at home to San Antonio. Prior to the injury, Curry was on fire with 14 points, 2 rebounds and one steal in the game. Curry. Dirk Nowitzki. J.J. Barea. Devin Harris. Deron Williams. Injuries. J.J. Barea went down midway through the fourth quarter of the Nov. 15th Maverick loss to the Celtics with what was diagnosed as a left calf strain. He has not seen action since then. Harris made his season debut Wednesday against San Antonio after missing the first five weeks of the Mavericks' season because of a preseason injury to his right big toe. He is back in the line-up but is on minutes restriction for a while. This will hurt the Mavs as they may be without him in key stretches of the game. “I’m still working into game shape. It feels
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good to get back out there and get on the court,” said Harris. “I am just taking it one game at a time. I’m working on getting my minutes up.” Williams returned last week from a left calf strain but is on minutes restriction as well. His presence has been missed, especially toward the end of the past two games – both losses - to San Antonio and Charlotte. Williams, Nowitzki and Barea have been the teams’ leading scorers last year. Andrew Bogut – the team’s star center who was acquired from the Golden State Warriors this summer – has missed a couple of games due to various issues. “It’s a little iffy right now,” Curry said of his injury that has seen him miss two consecutive games so far. “I have to get it looked at. I felt a pop in knee so we will see what is going on with it. Hopefully I can get back out there (on the court) quick. “ With the injuries plaguing the starting line-up, a lot of the minutes and games have been played by rookies and
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the bench who are fighting hard, gaining valuable playing time and experience, but who are also struggling and unable to get over the hump and produce the needed wins. Mavs Coach Rick Carlisle knows what the team is up against and continues to preach patience in the recovery of the injured players. “We gotta work thru this period. We have to get these guys fully health, up to full speed, playing full minutes and then our chances (of winning) will be much greater,” he said. “It’s hard to generate consistence (in the line-up) with some guys health and some not.” Carlisle called the team’s health struggles “an eclectic situation” with one goal in mind: getting the players healthy. “We have to keep up the fight and if we do that, things will come around.” Said Harris, “We’re still fighting. Our fight is still there. Our guys are playing their butts off and one of these days, our luck is going to change. “If we continue to fight this way, we’ll win some of these games.”
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