Originally published July 2020: “It’s the Weekend” by Rich Miller D-Day Media’s blog post’s guest contributor here is Richard “Rich” Miller, a retired Indiana-based attorney, husband, father, grandfather, and avid outdoorsman as well as a writer and essayist. Rich posts a weekly essay online through his Facebook account entitled “It’s the Weekend.” His timely narratives deal… Continue Reading
Originally published July 2020: America’s New Awareness: From Not-Racist to Anti-Racist Social media’s use of online memes has become today’s shorthand for condensing complex messaging into digital sound bites aimed at persuading or convincing the reader of a particular point of view. Seldom are memes’ claims fact-checked and more often they are by design a creation… Continue Reading
Originally published July 2020: Haiti’s Unsung Role in the American Revolution Black and African-American History cannot be marginalized or cordoned off as separate and apart from America’s history of growth, development, freedom, and success. Did you know that 500 Haitians volunteered and fought against the British with the American Patriots under General George Washington during the… Continue Reading
Originally published June 2020: The March for Freedom: A Genesis Moment of Revelation or Just Coincidence? Part of our nation’s beauty and strength is rooted in religious freedom. Freedom to worship or believe as one chooses: Christian, Jew, Muslim, Buddhist, agnostic, or atheist. The Abrahamic faith traditions, like other faiths, offers prophetic revelations that when read… Continue Reading
Originally published June 2020: Tesich’s Film Four Friends: An Immigrant’s Rites of Passage Viewed through a Prism of Race, Class, and Privilege Steve Teisch was a brilliant screenwriter who kept his finger on the pulse of American culture in an intimate and earnest manner that allowed him to portray our American complexities, strengths, and contradictions externally… Continue Reading
Originally published June 2020: Enough is Enough Time for Police and Criminal Justice Reform! Protesters for the shooting death of Darrien Hunt age 22. Darrien Hunt before being pursued on foot and shot to death. Darrien Hunt , 22 killed 9.14.in Utah Family of Darrien Hunt Darrien Hunt, age 22, is yet another young Black man mysteriously… Continue Reading
Originally published June 2020: History as Truth-Telling: You Can’t Separate Black History from American History I’ve often wondered why there is such a disconnect between Blacks and Whites regarding awareness of assaults on Black people. Federal Anti-Lynching Legislation was finally passed in the Senate a week ago, after being filibustered and tabled for decades. It was… Continue Reading
Originally published June 2020: Media and Religion: Tools of Political Manipulation If you read historical accounts of Hitler’s rise as dictator of Germany, you notice numerous uncanny similarities in tactics used between #45 and “the Fuhrer.” Adolph Hitler’s hyperbole and use of symbols to galvanize nationalism as a rallying point are echoed by today’s populous sloganeering… Continue Reading
Originally published June 2020: Trump and Xi Play the Race Card? The U.S.A. under Donald Trump is devolving into becoming modernity’s global symbol of racial and ethnic oppression, with China in close contention for its economic foothold in Africa and flagrant maltreatment of African emigres and expatriates in China’s provinces. Thus, something of a 21st Century… Continue Reading
Originally published June 2020: Black Boys Fear for Their Lives and Dreams Deferred in America! A friend who lives here in NYC recently posted this screenshot of his 14-year-old son’s messages to his 14-year-old friend on social media. The text in blue is the message of my friend’s son. This is an important insight into the… Continue Reading