Photo Courtesy of Thomas Hawk @ Now Public (Young African American man, hand cuffed in police car, January 2009 after Oscar Grant Murder Protest in Oakland, I wish I knew his name.) Amadou. Sean. Lovell. Oscar. Aiyana. Oftentimes, when it comes to personal violence and race and structural violence and race, I turn to other [...]
Posts Tagged ‘East Oakland Survivor’
Amadou. Sean. Lovell. Oscar. Aiyana
Saturday, July 10th, 2010Judges, Black Cops and Sub-humanity
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009Police Officer Omar Edwards and Son Both the nomination of the first Latina Supreme Court Justice and the murder of a plain clothes, Black police officer Omar J. Edwards by a white police officer, Andrew Dutton, occurred last week.
Lovelle Mixon x The Wire x Residential Cesspools
Monday, May 11th, 2009Graphic by Kevin Weston and Arturo Tejada. Below you will find an excerpt to Kevin Weston’s and Aurturo Tejada’s artist’s statement, titled “Hating Lovelle Loving Obama.” They write, As artists we were trying to provoke thought and raise questions. Lovelle Mixon is a product of this society, just like our current president…. …People are going [...]
When Did Being Smart Become Acting White?
Thursday, February 21st, 2008The first thing that struck me when I walked into myinto my college prep high school was thesmell. It smelled of new paint, new carpet andnew books. Books so new that they had never been used yet. In fact, I stopped by there last Augustand it still retained that new school smell. Creepy. The public [...]
M Dot Does Dallas: Birthday Gristle Edition
Friday, October 5th, 2007If you would have told me last year that I would be living inthe Bay and spending my born day in Dallas, I would have been like,shut the f- up. But I am, and its interesting. The dope thing about cominghome is that you are around people that love you NOmatter what. They don’t care [...]
My 9/11 Story.
Monday, September 10th, 2007I am a delayed stress kind of person. Meaning that, when a crisisoccurs*, I go through it and make it to the other side. Then I collapse after the fact. Call it an East Oakland survival mechanism. I dealtwith 9/11 the same way. The bug out is that, this is my first Non-NY 9/11. Honestly, [...]
