Diversity does not mean Black
The problem is diversity is just a word that puts lipstick on a pig because nobody (I don’t care who), really knows how to use the word; what the word means and “if” diversity is what they really have – or don’t have.
Equity
MnDOT says NO! to Minnesota’s Black Women Owned Businesses
If you’re a black women and own a business in Minnesota, don’t expect the state to do any business with you. The evidence is in.
A Philosophy of Knowledge – Don Allen
Before I start blogging about what’s happening in the black community since the death of Jamar Clark, I need to educate you on my beliefs and philosophy on knowledge. This is an important lesson that…
OpEd: Teachers, Stop Criminalizing America’s Greatest Hope—Our Kids!
by DANIELLE MOODIE-MILLS (Originally published on NBCNEWS.com) Dear Teachers, As a black woman who grew up in a 96 percent white suburban school in Long Island, New York, it was hard not to notice me—a…
Open letter to Minnesota governor Mark Dayton: What will you do about the Minnesota Department of Administration not using its authority to correct disparities in contracting for over 16 years?
Editor’s note: For more than 20 years, the Council on Black Minnesotans sat idle conforming to status quo. Two years ago a change happened. Under the leadership of COBM chairman Patwin Lawrence and executive director…
What if author Tim Wise was Black?
There is a difference between Wise and those who bask in unadulterated self-congratulation, fully donning the mantle of the White Savior. by Don Allen, Publisher – OurBlackNews (Originally published in the Hamline University Oracle in Fall 2013)…