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California Mayor’s Racist Email

Posted in African-Americans, AfroSpear, California, Life, News, Politics, Racism on February 28, 2009 | 9 Comments »

Sometimes I think I’m living in a really bad movie. Dean Grose, the mayor of Los Alamitos, sent an email with this photo of the White House lawn covered with watermelons, under the title: “No Easter egg hunt this year.” It get’s better… he sent it to Keyanus Price, a local businesswoman and city volunteer… who is [...]

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Our Own Black Shining Prince!

Posted in Activism, Black History, History, Leadership, Life, Malcolm X, News on February 24, 2009 | 8 Comments »

El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz: 19 May 1925 – 21 February 1965 Although I missed the anniversary of the death of Malcom X, I still feel obliged to pay him homage. Next to Jesus Christ and Rev. Martin Luther King, he influenced me in becoming the man I am today. I think I have read “The Autobiography of Malcolm [...]

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“Happy Birthday Bob Mugabe” by Nkawzi N. Mhango

Posted in Africa, AfroSpear, Life, News, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe on February 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Dear Bob Gabby Mugabe, I remember. Today is your birthday. You’re 85 years old today Bob. Today I am not engaging in any ad hominem. I’ll hit to the point right away. Many think. At this age you’d be as mature as Nelson Mandela, Kenneth Kaunda, Desmond Tutu, and other mature men of Africa who [...]

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Another Instance Of Racial Insensitivity

Posted in Uncategorized on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Some have interpreted a New York Post cartoon as comparing President Barack Obama to the fed up chimpanzee that went berserk and was gunned down by police drew criticism from racially sensitive civil rights leaders, elected officials, and others who said the cartoon reflected racist stereotypes of blacks people as monkeys and lower primates by [...]

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New York Post’s Racist Cartoon

Posted in African-Americans, Barack Obama, Life, News, Racism on February 18, 2009 | 17 Comments »

Those of you who are regular visitors here know that I rarely… very rarely.. swear in my articles. However sometimes I see and/or read something that makes me say… out loud… “this is fucked up!” I caught this story about a cartoon by Sean Delonas in today’s New York Post. It referenced a horrific attack on Monday [...]

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“Africa where first ladies wreck heck!” by Nkawzi N. Mhango

Posted in Africa, African Women, Justice, Kenya, Leadership, Life, Lucy Kibaki, Nkwazi Mhango, Politics on February 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Lucy Kibaki, the Kenyan first lady, recently caused mayhem. Shamelessly, she demanded written explanations from a minister for Internal Security, George Saitoti after inferno mowed down over a hundred poor Kenyans as they’re scooping petrol from a burning-over-turned-oil tanker. Always quarrelsome and belligerent, Mrs. Kibaki blamed this calamity on what she referred to as negligence [...]

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One Response to “Nkawzi N. Mhango”

Posted in Uncategorized on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Excellent post and welcome to AfroSpear, Nkawzi . I only have a few minor quibbles; one is that we live in a post nation state era. The nation or nationalism is nothing but a spell that is continually cast on us to keep our heads focused on a “Bloods/Crips” scenario or blood feud mentality. Just [...]

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“I Will Buy Your Monkey” from Elizabeth Crockett Hicks

Posted in AfroSpear, Business, Economics, Life, News, Politics, U.S.A, Wallstreet Bailout on February 15, 2009 | 7 Comments »

Once upon a time a man appeared in a village and announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10 each. The villagers, seeing that there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest and started catching them. The man bought thousands at $10 and as supply started to diminish, the villagers [...]

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