I am an African immigrant working in the USA as a political data scientist. My success in the US is the result of the thousands of sacrifices made by African Americans like Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., to mention a few. I am not alone in this, as … Read more
“I would like personally to say a big thanks to the Attorney General of Minnesota, Keith Ellison, for diligently handling the George Floyd case. By portraying that Black Lives Matter and no one is above the law. Without his efforts, America would be burning right now “ (Eli Mshomi) Finally, the murderer of George … Read more
The racial job discrimination in Minnesota is far from over, even today. My personal experiences living as a Black American in this state decry the same story. When I joined the Information Technology (IT) sector as a COBOL consultant in Y2K, we had a party on a cruise where we were served lunch. As I … Read more
Nothing can describe the racism followed by the Police of Minnesota better than Eminen, who said, White boy, white boy, you’re a rockstar White boy, white boy, in your cop car White boy, white boy, you’re untouchable Nobody can tell me shit ’cause I’m a big rockstar. (Untouchable by Eminem) Driven by racial … Read more
In these testing times of voter suppression when Black Americans are facing the wrath of the Republicans’ regressive election legislation, Biden’s soft style to respond to Republicans depicts a pressing state of affairs. Despite a score of Republicans’ attempts to disenfranchise Black American voters, Biden is unable to make a swift strategy that can give … Read more
Donald Trump might have lost all the election lawsuits of voter fraud, but the struggle for Republicans to sabotage voting efforts in the United States seems to have no end. Instead of focusing on their flawed policies, inept candidates, and retrospection, Republicans are more tilted towards suppressing the efforts to vote once again in several … Read more
The devastating Civil War that claimed more than 0.6 million lives in the United States of America gave rise to three amendments, known as the Reconstruction Amendments, to the United States Constitution, mostly in favor of people of color. The Thirteenth Amendment, adopted in 1865, ended slavery. The Fourteenth Amendment adopted three years later, provided … Read more