Garlin featured on Al Jazeera to discuss MLK legacy

April 4, 2008

What’s up fam,

Our very own Garlin was featured in an article in Al Jazeera (English edition) discussing Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy 40 years later. Garlin’s contribution is below but you can read the entire post here along with our friend Professor R L’Heureux Lewis, affectionately known as Dumi. Read more

Living the dream

January 23, 2008

Now that Martin Luther King Day is firmly behind us, the best way to honor King is by leading a life of service the other 364 days out of the year. This line is oft repeated but it is ironically made on King Day in most instances. To be sure, Americans are notorious for neatly arranging our compassion in departments reserved for special days and if we are lucky, we might even get the day off. Just think of the emotions and fund raisers that are reserved for Hurricane Katrina, 9/11, and the tsunamis that hit Southeast Asia. All of these actions are noteworthy but the sad part is that compassion is not in vogue if it’s out of season. Read more

Surprise! There’s discrimination in lending.

September 13, 2007

Captain obvious says: Black folks and Latino folks get jerked more often when financing/refinancing mortgages.

Isn’t this the same thing Martin Luther King Jr. was marching against in Chicago during the 60s? This is yet another piece of rebuttal material to the “Race no longer matters” crowd.

One Love. One II

Martin Luther King Jr. and Vietnam

May 27, 2007

I am sending a huge and shout out to Jack and Jill Politics for featuring a video by Martin Luther King and his opposition to the war in Vietnam. I won’t go into detail about why I oppose this war but if you listen to this speech and replace Vietnam with Iraq, his speech is even more poignant. One quote I pulled from the speech is that the “A nation that year after year, spends more money on military defense, than on programs of social uplift, is approaching spiritual death.” Meditate on this as you prepare for Memorial Day.

Stay up fam,

Brandon Q.


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