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    Wednesday, January 3, 2018

    First African-American Appointed To Oregon Supreme Court

    January 03, 2018 0
    First African-American Appointed To Oregon Supreme Court

    An African-American judge will serve in Oregon's highest court, and her name is Adrienne Nelson. Governor Kate Brown announced Tuesday the appointment of  Judge Adrienne Nelson to the Oregon Supreme Court. Nelson, a trial judge in Multnomah County, will be the first African-American to serve on any kind of appellate court in Oregon and the second non-white to serve in Oregon Supreme Court. 

    “Judge Nelson brings to our highest court an important, new voice and wealth of experience she has gained in 12 years on the trial bench," Brown said in a statement.

    Nelson grew up in Arkansas and attended the University of Arkansas and the University of Texas law school. 

    She was first appointed to the Multnomah County Circuit Court in 2006 and has previously worked as a senior attorney and coordinator at Portland State University, an attorney at a Portland law firm and a public defender at Multnomah Defenders Inc.
     
     "I'm very excited for the opportunity," Nelson told The Oregonian/OregonLive Tuesday.
     
    You can read the complete article by clicking here 
     
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    Monday, November 13, 2017

    We See You, Colin Kaepernick

    November 13, 2017 0
    We See You, Colin Kaepernick


    Colin Kaepernick is the man to talk about, and not in a bad way. If anything, in a good way to young African-American boys in particular. If you're not familiar with Colin Kaepernick, he's a former NFL player for the San Francisco 49ers. He's now out of a job and every team refuses to sign him simply because he kneeled during the national anthem to protest against police brutality. Something that's a major issue in America.

    We're always told how we need to talk about race, and when we do talk about race it's clearly uncomfortable for "the other side" to the point we have to be quite or else. That's exactly what happened with Colin Kaepernick. What is really disrespectful to American Veterans is the fact that not all are/were treated equally. So to make an outrageous argument about kneeling is disrespecting a piece of cloth with an undesirable amount of disheartening history that was swept underneath it, I will kindly tell you to have a nice day, but I don't want to hear it. Colin Kaepernick is a man we all can learn from. Like I have always followed the good saying, if you don't stand for something, then you'll fall for anything. 

    Anyway, congratulations Colin Kaepernick. We hope to see you in more magazines and being talked about in general. It truly does take guts to be the voice of reason even when it appears that nobody is hearing you, but we do and we're taking notes. Will we ever be a nation to successfully get rid of racism? I doubt it, but we can dismantle it. 
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    Thursday, October 26, 2017

    First Black Tenured Professor Honored

    October 26, 2017 0
    First Black Tenured Professor Honored

    Trudier Harris was recently honored for her groundbreaking role as Williams & Mary's first tenured African-American faculty member.  

    Following her lecture on Sept. 28, Trudier Harris was presented with an award in honor of her historic role at W&M by members of the committee for the 50th anniversary commemoration of the university's first African American residential students. 

    Harris received her undergraduate degree from Stillman College and  her master's and doctoral degrees from Ohio State University.  She has written or edited nearly two dozen books, including the Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature, and she received multiple honors and awards for her scholarly work and teaching. 

    In the 1970s, Harris was a member of the English department's faculty. Now a University Distinguish Research Professor of English at the University of Alabama and formerly J. Carlyle Sitterson Distinguish Professor of English at UNC Chapel Hill, she returned to W&M's campus as the Department of English's Sara and Jess Cloud Distinguished Lecturer.  
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    Tuesday, October 10, 2017

    The American Flag and History

    October 10, 2017 0
    The American Flag and History
     

    Kneeling have became a big issue lately in the sports world.  Many people thought it would go away eventually but man were they wrong. If anything, many more athletes are taking a knee during the national anthem and people are outraged. If we're going to be honest the people who are outraged are the uneducated and patriotic white supremacist. 

    Be prepared to be educated as I take you back to history class.  I'm going to break everything down little by little and explain everything to the best of my ability. 

    THE FLAG 

    • Betsy Ross reported that she sewed the first American Flag in 1776. 
    • The Continental Congress passed the first flag act on June 14, 1777. 
    • Today the flag consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, seven red alternating with 6 white. The stripes represent the original 13 colonies, the stars represent the 50 states of the Union. The colors of the flag are symbolic as well: Red symbolizes Hardiness and Valor, White symbolizes Purity and Innocence and Blue represents Vigilance, Perseverance and Justice.

    To read more about the flag go here; The American Flag

     THE FLAG AND THE MILITARY

    So what does the United States flag have to do with the Military? If you want to be honest with yourself, then nothing other than pride of a country that tortured, raped, and lynched African Americans, and lets not forget the Holocaust. This was back then and have nothing to do with the Military now. Those who adore the flag simply adore it because they love America. However with all of the racism and injustice that's happening all over again, you cannot ignore nor erase history. 

    "KNEELING" IS DISRESPECTFUL TO WHOM? 

    There's no disrespect what so ever. People who talk about "kneeling" disrespecting Veterans are the same people who ignore the fact that African American Veterans were murdered after serving this country. African American Veterans were treated very poorly and it still happens in America in 2017. But nobody cares to talk about that, those who are outraged atleast. If they think "kneeling" is disrespectful to Veterans, but the lynching of African American Veterans are not, something truly disturbing is going on. The least people could do is acknowledge what happened and if they really care about Veterans, give these murdered Veterans a proper memorial ceremony and the recognition they deserve. Maybe that would be a good starting point if you ask me.
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