Housing bias against African Americans is an epidemic. Wealth has been stolen from Black families for generations, and creative tactics are still in place for the housing industry to commit more felonies. (Courtesy of refinery29.com/Amazon Studios) By Wayne Dawkins My multiracial orbit of friends and colleagues were shocked, angry and embarrassed. So what are we […]
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No erasing: Black Lives Matter at the ballot box too
Wayne Dawkins is a writer, and a professor of professional practice at Morgan State University School of Global Journalism and Communication. By Wayne Dawkins Black lives matter, in this case at the ballot box. While the focus has been policing and public safety, we’re being told in the crudest manner that our votes don’t matter. […]
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PUSH honors civil rights leader Laura Murphy
Laura Murphy (Courtesy Photo) By Wayne Dawkins Special to the AFRO Laura Murphy, civil rights leader, diversity policy strategist, and member of the family that publishes the AFRO, was among five honorees May 12 at the 6th annual PUSH Tech Diversity & Inclusion Summit. “She is recognized for working two decades with PUSH for civil […]
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‘Power of possible’ for D.C. statehood
D.C. could potentially become the 51st state if it passes the Senate. (Courtesy Photo) By Wayne Dawkins Special to the AFRO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, the 51st U.S. state? When a bill two weeks ago passed the House Representatives after numerous non-starters, there were warnings by pundits: the proposal for representation – that complements taxation – […]
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Commentary: Sen. Tim Scott don’t lose your soul or your way
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) remarked in an editorial that America is not a racist country and has since caused a stir among African-Americans. (Courtesy photo) By Wayne Dawkins Special to the AFRO Little Anthony and the Imperials’ “Going out of my head” played on my car stereo over the weekend and immediately reminded me of […]
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Unlikely paradise Minn., power of possible for D.C.
Former Vice President Hubert Humphrey, trailblazing Journalist Carl Rowan and Journalist and Author Michele Norris were all icons in their own right. (Courtesy of The Race Card Project/The Famous People/Associated Press) By Wayne Dawkins Special to the AFRO Minnesota contradictions. Too much lethal police misconduct, yet a progressive legacy. U.S. Sen. and Jimmy Carter-era Vice […]
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Alarms blare for change in American policing
Caron Nazario just before he is pepper sprayed by police in Virginia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) By Wayne Dawkins Special to the AFRO As we anxiously and skeptically awaited the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, if there ever were alarms for a generational change in American policing, consider a handful of flashpoints this week: […]
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Commentary: 21st Century is electric and green; embrace instead of stop it
By Wayne Dawkins Special to the AFRO We are 20 years deep into the 21st century. That’s how deep you need to get into a century in order to shake off the previous hundred years, in our case, the 1900s, according to historians. For example, when the late 1800s rolled into the 1900s, Americans eventually […]
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Commentary: Meddling with people’s money when politicians restrict voting
Wayne Dawkins is a writer, and a professor of professional practice at Morgan State University School of Global Journalism and Communication. By Wayne Dawkins Special to the AFRO How Georgia has handled the new voting restrictions law gave me a 2007 Don Imus flashback moment: Don’t mess with Black folks and their to-a-fault brand loyalty […]
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Commentary: Citizens punished for voting fair and square in Georgia
State Rep. Park Cannon, D-Atlanta, is placed into the back of a Georgia State Capitol patrol car after being arrested by Georgia State Troopers at the Georgia State Capitol Building in Atlanta, Thursday, March 25, 2021. Cannon was arrested by Capitol police after she attempted to knock on the door of the Gov. Brian Kemp […]
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Violence against Asian Americans must not stand
After dropping off flowers Jesus Estrella, left, and Shelby S., right, stand in support of the Asian and Hispanic community outside Youngs Asian Massage parlor where four people were killed, March 17, in Acworth, Ga. A white gunman was charged with killing eight people at three Atlanta-area massage parlors in an attack that sent terror […]
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Op-ed: Higher ed achievement challenge conveniently ignored?
Wayne Dawkins is a writer, and a professor of professional practice at Morgan State University School of Global Journalism and Communication. By Wayne Dawkins Special to the AFRO Georgetown University Law adjunct professor Sandra Sellers forgot the Zoom mic was still hot. Class was over, the students were leaving and she was bantering with a […]