White folks calling the police on innocent Black people has been in the news a lot lately.
Author Archives: Raynard Jackson NNPA Newswire Columnist
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Trump and GOP should not ignore Black working class
President Trump was voted into the White House in 2016 on the backs of the so-called..
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Black Republicans should show support for Michael Steele
I stopped attending the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), because it..
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Remembering legendary Black Republican Bill Coleman
William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr. died on March 31, 2017 at the ripe old age of 96. He was the most famous and most accomplished person you have never heard of and he was also a good friend of mine. I used to affectionately call him “my oldest son.”
I was told early in my life, “Never try to explain your vision to anyone, but rather invite them to stand beside you and see for themselves.”
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The GOP and identity politics in the Black community
The Republican Party continues to miss the mark when it comes to engaging the Black community.
For those Republicans, who fastidiously claim they don’t believe in “identity politics (IP),” let me give you a piece of advice: Stop It!
Politically speaking, IP is a campaign that is based on the particular needs of a specific group of people that will give them the rationale or incentive to vote for your candidate.
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Russia is winning the war for American minds
As I often say, weak people take strong positions on weak issues. Look no further than the lying mainstream media that has willfully ignored the context surrounding President Trump and his alleged Russian connections.
Anyone who has a base understanding of how intelligence works, knows that the U.S. is in the middle of one of the most public psychological operations (PSYOP) ever unleashed on America.
These operations have been part of the American fabric for decades, but never this public; and yes, America does the same thing all over the world.
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Why is President Trump’s only senior Black staffer a Democrat?
Republicans haven’t shown any serious efforts of making Blacks an integral part of their party since the Nixon Administration of the 60s and 70s.
As former Nixon speechwriter Pat Buchanan stated in one of his columns, “In 1956, as vice president Nixon went to Harlem to declare, “America can’t afford the cost of segregation.” The following year, Nixon got a personal letter from Dr. King thanking him for helping to persuade the Senate to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1957. Nixon supported the Civil Rights Acts of 1964, 1965, and 1968.
