Excellent article that needs to be read. I think most in the black community understand that as President , President Obama cannot attempt to institute race specific policy. All good policy will help all Americans alike. Where there are race/culture specific systemic disparities, it is incumbent on leaders in the community to work within the […]

It is funny that I came across this article. I was actually thinking about writing it today after listening to Romney declare today that President Obama wanted to “take the work out of welfare”. Well it seems Rashad Robinson beat me to it. He says just about everything in the article I wanted to say. […]

Because the Sikh temple gunman’s neo-Nazi background strongly suggests that he deliberately targeted American Sikhs — who are frequently mistaken to be American Muslims — the massacre is renewing a national conversation about religion in America in the wake of 9/11 and our leaders’ role in uniting us as Americans — or dividing us for […]

This week is the anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. But instead of marking progress, today we’re seeing legal challenges to this landmark law and new anti-voting laws that prevent eligible voters from voting. If they can’t count on your vote, they want to keep you from being counted at all. Eligible voters […]

The facts must be stated over and over again. That is the one thing I have learned from the Right. Sadly in their case they have repeated lies and misinformation over and over again which has metastasized in the psyche of many Americans as being true. Reversal of said programming will be difficult however it […]

Dominique Dawes, the first black gymnastic gold medalist is interviewed about Gabby Douglas’ accomplishment. In the interview she says she will be happy to remove the statement from her website that says that to date she was the only black gold medalist. Gabby took it one step further in joining the American Individual All Around  […]

I will be accused of partisanship for this blog post title and this post in general. Unfortunately the statement is absolutely true. The two articles below give the statement context and proof. I am waiting for the day when we can have fact based discourse where we give Americans the true choices of ideologies and […]

UPDATED: 2012-08-06 Let me be clear, Gabby Douglas achieved an accomplishment that very few women in the world have achieved. Foremost I was elated that an American won the all-around gymnastic title. I would be lying if I did not admit that I felt an extra bout of pride that she is black given that […]

I started writing this blog and came up with the following. Title: “Jon Stewart Right-Sen Reid: No Need For Hear-Say Tax Info on Romney–His Anti-Middle Class Actions Suffice”. Blog: I will be honest; as soon as I got the tweet stating that Senator Harry Reid said that Mitt Romney paid no taxes for 10 years […]

My friend and CNN iReporter Omékongo Dibinga is the Director of UPstander International. His life’s mission is to inspire all across the globe to take a stand when they witness an injustice, no matter how small or large. Omékongo is a motivational speaker, trilingual poet, CNN contributor, TV talk show host, and positive rapper. He […]