Shaquanda is Freed!

From Rachel's Tavern: Shaquanda Cotton Released

Also, from Ann's website: Shaquandra is Freed!

A shout-out to Sharon Cullurs for keepin her plight in the forefront.

Complete Coverage of the Tynesia Stewart Murder

Ann has the complete coverage of the Tynesia Stewart Murder case on her website at:

http://kathmanduk2.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/a-timeline-in-the-murder-of-a-young-black-woman/#comment-43

Thank you so much Ann for keeping me informed of this heinous, gruesome crime and the callous insensitivity of the sheriff in handling her case.

Tynesha Stewart, R.I.P.

Another young promising college student's life being taken away in brutality. More on Tynesha Stewart, click here.

Olamide Adeyooye's Page Is In

Newsflash 3/19/2007:

A newly created Olamide Adeyooye's memorial page is here.

What are your thoughts about her memorial? More will be added later.

Alert: Vicious Hate Crime on an IR couple in Texas

Let's Pray for Chris Wright and his girlfriend

This makes me angry. These people who done this heinous deed should be locked up for life. There's no place in society for intolerance and hatred.

Man hospitalized after possible racially motivated assault
11:12 AM CST on Thursday, March 8, 2007
Associated Press

SULPHUR SPRINGS, Texas -- A 26-year-old man was hospitalized in critical condition with injuries from an altercation authorities say might have been racially motivated and the suspect in the case surrendered Wednesday night.

Chris Wright's father said his "son's face is ruined" after he was dragged by a truck.
Christopher Wright, 26, of Sulphur Springs, was being treated at East Texas Medical Center in Tyler for facial injuries, bruised lungs and a fractured spine.
“We have done an initial surgery and we will just have to wait and see how he progresses before we know what if any other surgeries are needed,” trauma surgeon Dr. John Berne told the Tyler Morning Telegraph for its online edition Wednesday.
Authorities issued a warrant for Judson Weaver, 24, of Sulphur Springs, on a charge of aggravated assualt with a deadly weapon. A call to the offices of Weaver’s attorney was not immediately returned to The Associated Press on Wednesday night.
Weaver turned himself in Wednesday night and was arraigned but had not spoken with investigators. Bond was set at $50,000, said Hopkins County District Attorney Martin Braddy.
Investigators say Wright, who is black, and Weaver, who is white, became involved in a verbal dispute inside the Days Inn lounge late Tuesday. Wright had been waiting to take home his girlfriend, a bartender at the lounge who is white, Braddy said.
Authorities say Weaver was asked to leave but returned and approached Wright and his girlfriend as they left. As Wright leaned into the driver’s side of the man’s vehicle, the man sped away, Braddy said.
“His arm was stuck somehow in the truck and the driver just sped off. He knew Chris was trapped, but he didn’t care,” Wright’s girlfriend, Sarah Ashley, told the newspaper. “Chris didn’t get free until the driver hit the median and Chris went face first into the curb.”
Investigators are still interviewing witnesses and looking at the motive for the altercation.
“There’s some evidence that could potentially lead to the conclusion that race was a motivating factor,” Braddy said. “However, we are far from making that determination. It’s still in the early stages.”
Wright’s family said the incident was the culmination of racial taunts Wright and his girlfriend have endured for months. Ashley said they had even been threatened with violence.
After Wright was hurt, Ashley said she drove him to a hospital in Sulphur Springs.
“He kept telling me it was going to be all right and I kept telling him he would be OK,” she said. “I just keep seeing him being dragged and that’s all I see.”
Texas authorities can use a hate crime enhancement on penalties. The James Byrd Hate Crime Act raises the punishment for crimes motivated by the victim’s race, religion, color, sex, disability, sexual preference, age or national origin. It is named for the East Texas black man who was dragged to his death from a pickup truck by three white men in 1998.

Black Cherokees Are Being Excluded From the Rolls

This is sad that one American Indian tribe is excluding Blacks of Cherokee descent from the rolls. Here are several stories on the controversy and how Cherokees of partial African descent is challenging the decision:

Black Cherokees to Challenge the Exclusion

Cherokee Vote Revokes Citizenship of 2,800

Putting the Vote the Question "Who is Cherokee?"

Also check out Indianz.com on this development. Click here. This website has tons of news regarding the controversy and how it affect people of Black and American Indian descent.

This move is motivated by greed and racism. It stinks and it's so wrong. They are going about it in the wrong direction. David The Hater Yeagley is probably having a party over it, given his past racist views on Black Indians. This is a classic divide-and-conquer tactic by conservatives and the powers that be to divide people according to ancestry. I hope American Indians, Blacks, and Whites resist such exclusion and divisiveness.


Link of the Day: BlackIndians.com

Link of the Day: badeagale.org: Counteracting the hatred of David Yeagley

Good job Mr. Brent Michael Davis. We need people like you who expose the lies and hate of sellouts such as Mr. Yeagley.

Links for 3-4-07

This article is taken from Ask The Black Woman.com regarding Asia Week's writers haterade against Blacks.

Also, Ann Coulter's slur against John Edwards. Click here. When does she ever keep her mouth shut?

Al Sharpton's Link to Strom Thurmond?

I read an article in today's paper highlighting Al Sharpton's ancestors were once owned by the Thurmond family. Check this out at:

Sharpton wants DNA Testing
Sharpton's link to the Thurmonds

None of this surprise me as a Black woman, given that the Thurmonds were slaveowners, landowners, and segregationists. We cannot escape our past no matter what people say. We are tied in more ways than one. It's time for America to acknowledge the past connection so that we can move forward.

Jennifer Hudson and Beyonce Knowles on Covers of Major Magazines

Beyonce Knowles made history by being the first non-model on the cover of this year's Sports' Illustrated swimsuit issue. Jennifer Hudson is on the cover of the March issues of Essence and Vogue magazines. Way to go ladies!

Outrage over Connecticut College "Student" Article

Women across the nation are outraged and rightfully so over an opinion piece written by a Conneticut college student defending violence against women. It's disgusting read but it's so typical of unprincipled conservative men with a "boys will be boys" mentality. I was angry when I first read the article on Wednesday and still is. Rape is a crime of power, not sex. It's not consensual period. Don't these people ever get it? Click article from Feministe here. Rachel's Tavern has the whole scoop regarding that creep's perverted view here.

Links for 2-7-2007

Huffington Report expose on the racist/sexist Washington Times. Mr. Coombs, the nortorious neo-Confederate, racist, sexist, and an avocate of birth control and abortion for People of Color is exposed for all to see. His views are a danger to America and the world at large. Click here.
Also read, "Hell of a Times" at The Nation magazine. I regret that I didn't post this piece earlier. The people who run that paper are evil and are a danger to America and the world.

Also disturbing are the blackface and "ghetto themed" parties by white students at colleges around the nation. Rachel has a lot of info. regarding such evil parties at her website. Click here, here, and here.