There are no self-updates or bug fixes; Ms. Korbel must be re-appointed because she now needs to be a problem-solver that fixes Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights.
In some instances, the unemployment rate was as high as 40 percent in some of the neighborhoods within the 55411 zip code where the population was majority “black” in 2013 according to city-data.com. Thus, we have answered a key question from the first article of this series. And now we also have data to back up our hypothesis.
I was not prepared mentally or emotionally for what happened to me one cold Minnesota winter morning.
by Kenrya Rankin, Guest Columnist – Our Black News Work, school, love—there are lots of reasons why people relocate. But if you are—or love—a Black man living in America, you might want to consider what…
Not еvеrуоnе can have ассеѕѕ tо our meanings or vаluаblеѕ in purchase of integrity sold with stratification. Mеаnіngfulnеѕѕ brіngѕ flаvоr tо lіfе. When thіngѕ are mеаnіngful to the community, thеу rеасh thе соrе оf our bеіng.
Black Lives Matter Minneapolis reportedly sent representative to talk to the Governor recently, but apparently raised no demands related to their concerns about gaps in access to jobs, housing, education, etc. Are they content with tokenism as usual, such as another job training program.
The state has already distributed $100 million, according to local sources to non-culturally competent agencies while dismissing the need for a black agency to handle the mental health and homelessness issues of black Minnesotans.
The country’s finance minister has announced the plan to adopt the Chinese yuan as legal tender in return for debt cancellation worth about $40m.
Should we find a difference between the number of “black” and “white” residents? Should a depressed part of town have a higher percentage of American citizens who are “black?” Should this same part of town have higher foreclosure rates when compared to other more affluent parts of town? It wouldn’t be unreasonable for these more affluent parts of town to be mostly “white,” would it?
Blacks are defined mostly by those who don’t look like us–but have the power to create a destiny for us which should be viewed as an unfair misrepresentation to anyone with the cognitive skills of people relations.