by Carolyn Classen, blogger Organizer contact is Victor Bowleg at YWCA of Southern Arizona, https://www.ywcatucson.org/. In the past this event has included ethnic performances and a panel discussion. Stay tuned for details.
Last night I went to see “Origin” now playing at the Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. for at least another week. It is a disturbing film about social inequality of African American slaves, Nazi German’s mass extermination of Jews during the Holocaust, and the enduring caste system of Untouchables in India. The film depicts … Read more
So many Republican Presidential Candidates. So little time to report on all their gaffes. This time it is former South Carolina Governor and Trump United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley who, only weeks after failing to cite slavery as a major cause for the American Civil War, said in response to a question from a Fox … Read more
On February 21, 2023, an unknown person was accused of shoplifting unknown property of unknown value at the Dollar Tree. In response, the Avondale police murdered a 17-year-old Black teenager. A police officer found him walking on a dead-end dirt path in a desert area near the river bottom. The officer never told him why he was … Read more
A United Nations panel visited six America cities and found that the U.S. is plagued by systemic racism and racial discrimination by law enforcement. They are a direct legacy of slavery and such racism dates to the founding of the country. They encourage the U.S. to focus on some soul searching that includes truth, justice, … Read more