By now you’ve heard about Tony Robinson who was shot dead by Police officer Matt Kenny in Madison, Wisconsin. No Charges were filed – (read about it here Officer Kenny Faces No Charges in Shooting Unarmed Teen, Possible Murder by Conspiracy? I watched the video of the shooting the other night and felt outraged at […]
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D.L. Hughley Returns to Real Time To Discuss Black Lives It was refreshing to see D.L. Hughley make a return to Bill Maher’s Real Time this past Friday, on HBO. Here’s a clip from that show which I feel is quite possibly Some of the best 8:15 you’ll spend for the rest of this year
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Do you know what a pattern is? Dictionary.com lists several definitions for the word Pattern. The one that best fits this news of No Indictment in the Eric Garner case, is the #5 definition. It says “a combination of qualities, acts, tendencies, etc., forming a consistent or characteristic arrangement”….the “Characteristic Arrangement” that seems to be
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The Congressional Black Caucus Weighs In On the Ferguson Decision What America needs to understand about Ferguson is that the protests that erupted in the wake of the grand jury decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson for the shooting of Michael Brown, is that it’s not about Michael Brown. The tensions have been boiling
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Once again, Donald Sterling’s Racism Rises Again! Donald Sterling has a history of making racist comments. He’s got a reputation here in Los Angeles, as a slumlord due to the poor conditions of his apartment buildings. He’s even been caught saying he does not rent to black people. YET most of his money comes from
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We are Back Too much Controversy may be to blame for the ‘lack’ of active contributions from our Staff here at SoPoCo. This is one of the issues we face as a ‘society’. People know we should be talking about this stuff, but the people are afraid! Like, Hemp. We are afraid to actually champion
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Asking the right questions is where it always begins. The keyword here is research. The one thing I know about the American people is, we are too lazy to do our research. I can remember the days before the internet being so accessible to everyone. I would go home and look answers up that my
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Saw this a few weeks ago and think it’s worth passing along. Dick Gregory giving a talk entitled, “Too Few Knew”- Take the time to watch it all. (The original video was taken down, but this article has been updated 4/18/2017) – in this awesome speech, Dick Gregory discusses some very powerful things that I
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Black Life is just as precious as White Life. The fact that we, as human beings continue to Wage Wars speaks volumes about how ‘we’ view the value of life. We will erase life at a whim, and for any reason we feel justifies it. Yet, as is the case with most wars, the People
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I Love the video I am about to share with you, which discusses whether or not White people and black people are related. It features Dr. Booker T. Coleman being interviewed on a New York Street – through a channel on YouTube that I’m pretty familiar with; However the following video also combines an extra
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According to an article on Yahoo News, a spokesperson for Phil Robertson spoke out on his behalf, saying that Duck Dynasty Markets to Racists. For those who are out of the know, Phil Robertson, a member of the hit A&E television Show “Duck Dynasty”, recently came under fire after making what seem to be, anti
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https://twitter.com/KingCEO_sopoco/status/379536176912146432 You know … The Wire really was one of my Favorite shows; SO many awesome ‘quotes’ that I could RUN with if I chose to… Like that awesome line from Marlo … “The Game is the Game” … and the even more awesome response from Avon – “Always”…. In this scene we see an
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Watched Bill Maher’s show last night – and realized I can no longer end posts … with JS I also learned more about the Affordable Care Act – which I wish people would call it by it’s proper name; Seems like what happened to the Phone Industry when Derregulation came in – More Competition =
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The 4th Day of The Zimmerman Trial included powerful Testimony from Two women. The first was the neighbor who called 911 as the confrontation was unfolding. I watched the live stream this morning as her testimony was given, just after the conclusion of Rachel Jenteal, who was brought back to conclude her testimony from day
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** Trayvon was followed, and murdered because he was in the wrong place, while black. The following article was written back in 2013 as this case was unfolding. Live Video Streams that ‘were’ active no longer work. I’ll look to see if I can find the original footage on youtube. There are a few ‘updates’
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Please everyone keep Nelson Mandela in your prayers. Yes he is 94 but we need to pray for Peace for him as he is battling this serious illness. I pledge to use my words to speak in a kind way. I pledge to help others as I go throughout my day. I pledge to care
Hello, there! There is not much to know about me, really, except that I am an aspiring writer. I am currently working on two projects. First, and foremost, I have been working away on my novel, currently titled "As Clay". My great-grandparents came to America from Ireland in the 1900s, and my strong Irish heritage has always interested me. "As Clay" is a fantastical but Christian tale of Irish history, and I hope, the first in a trilogy. (Planned titles are: "As Clay", "Burning", and "Vessel".)
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Thank you for wondering. Perhaps you were, and then again perhaps it was pretty obvious. SoPoCo is our short abbreviation for what is otherwise a somewhat long domain name. SocialPoliticalCommentary sums up what we want to do here – but SoPoCo sms us up even more. Who knows, perhaps some day people will want to
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Since I know how crazy this is going to sound in a society full of people who have been Told that UFO’s are not real, and neither are Aliens… let me just lead off with the Video. https://youtu.be/2JQqMQs-kP0 YEP ………….. It’s about that time folks. For me, I’ve been very open about MY experience
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Freedom: I was browsing my facebook feed, does anyone still do that? I came across a photo that was rather timely – Gonna share it with you all here, and of course, share my thoughts as well. Right? This is one of the main reasons that this website was created – we cannot allow the
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I tend to enjoy the commentary from the Young Turks. In this brief clip they discuss Mr. Rent Is Too Damn High, Jimmy McMillan. When he ran the last time he got 40,000 votes, say the Young Turks, but his YouTube videos where people re-mixed what he was saying during the debates got 7 Million
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The news from these recent events in Boston continues to get wilder. So much was happening so fast, that I wanted to wait to see more and more before commenting much further. I mean, this is one of the wildest stories ever. Two kids who were living the good life here in America, decided to
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