NC Politics: A Balanced Perspective

Is this really America? I'm 27 years old, and I've never seen so much hate, vitriol, and outright racism in my entire life. Yes, the year is two thousand and eighteen; and yes black and brown people in American are still subject to: unfair sentencing, racial profiling, and death in the hands of law enforcement. It's hurtful and shameful. Is this the new normal? Or is it even new at all?  Maybe it’s the fact that social media and smart phones are now capturing, what would normally only be known to a few. So many of you, like myself are sick and tired; and wondering if America will ever recover from this painful chapter in our history. We realize that we are so much better than this. And in realizing that, we understand that we are in a fight to protect our freedom and values. It's imperative that we understand the concept of freedom. When we understand the concept we know what freedom looks like, and what it does not look like. Coretta Scott King o...

Statement on the Passing of Mama Winnie Mandela                                            Dear Friend, Earlier this morning the world lost a true freedom fighter. Winnie Madikizela Mandela, former wife of Nelson Mandela, passed away at the age of 81. “Mother Winnie” as she was affectionately called, continued the South African struggle for liberation, while Nelson Mandela (first black President of South Africa) was imprisoned on Robben Island.  Mother Winnie was beaten, jailed, separated from her children, and tortured under the Apartheid Regime (white minority rule).  Watch the motion picture starring Jennifer Hudson;  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edMHVGaRPfQ    to give you an idea of what she went through, not just for the people of South Africa but for liberation movements across the world.  When I think ab...