A RASTA PLAY

(written and illustrated by Ras Jahaziel August 2010) www.rastafarivisions.com

PRELUDE: WHAT THE NEWS MEDIA SAID:

George C. Fraser, Founder and Chairman of FraserNet, Inc. and the PowerNetworking Conference makes nearly a $350 million dollar commitment to help Black students build their personal support network of relationships. The program is entitled, TheYESNet: The Youth Empowered to Succeed Network.

The Network's goal is to provide 1 million Black students (ages 17-25) with free and easy access to critical contacts and other networking products and services over the next 5 years. A student membership

On Monday, August 9^th, 2010, Malik Zulu Shabazz, national chairman of the New Black Panther Party and much beloved ‘attorney at war,’ will host a special sit down with the Black press and other progressive media.

This roundtable and dialogue will take place at Harlem’s legendary restaurant Sylvia’s located at 126^th Street and Malcolm X Blvd. in Harlem at 2pm

Shabazz, fresh off an epic rally in Newberry, South Carolina over the lynching of Anthony Hill, will be joined by key players in his nati

August 5, 2010

Raynard Jackson

Here we go again. We Republicans are supposed to be the party of the rule of law, smaller government, and individual freedom. But every time I turn around, I am confused by the hypocrisy our party will display for political expediency.

The most glaring example of this in recent time was the case of Terri Schiavo back in 2005. She became brain dead due to an accident and her husband wanted to remove her from all life support. Her family asked Republicans to usurp the

By EZRAH AHARONE 8/10 --

To pacify society, “Media Band-Aids” are constantly placed on open wounds of unhealed racism as the Shirley Sherrod incident demonstrated. Although the William Morris Agency dropped Mel Gibson for spewing the N-Word among other rants, Leonard Rowe’s new Michael Jackson book shows Morris executives using the N-Word 232 times in emails he uncovered during a racial lawsuit. And Omar Thornton tragically killed 8 co-workers and himself after allegedly being fired for stealing

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Sugarpie DeSanto at Academy of Da Corner

Sugarpie DeSanto (born Umpeylia Marsema Balinton, October 16, 1935, Brooklyn, New York

THE BLACK BOOK II

From Hajji Malik Al-Shabazz to Barack Obama

Dr. Y. N. Kly

Monday, August 2, 2010

Parable of Fallajuh

July 29, 2010

Raynard Jackson

“Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!” This famous quote is from the Scottish author and novelist, Walter Scott’s epic novel, Marmion (published in 1808). This is a very appropriate quote in response to the editorial Virginia senator, Jim Webb had published in last Friday’s Wall Street Journal (http://www.jameswebb.com/articles/wsj-diversity.html).

His editorial was titled, “Diversity and the Myth of White Privilege.” I am in total agreeme

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Reader Comments on Pull Yo Pants Up

REPARATIONS DEMAND UPGRADE ATTEMPT

VETERAN ACTIVISTS STRUGGLING TO FIND CONSENSUS

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By H. Khalif Khalifah

JULY 27, 2010

SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA – Three well known Black Community Organizers in the Northeast are dialoguing to find consensus to recharge the dormant Reparations Movement. It began as a simple conversation on a open internet forum, but may evolved into an important, serious discussion to find consensus to upgrade our Demand for Reparations from the

"I was inspired to write after the Stirling performance by Usain Bolt and other black athletes last year. Coincidentally I did most of the work on my birthday. Have not given it much publicity since then except to show it to a few friends," Michael Dedey.

Friday, July 23, 2010