The Confederate Flag: A Swastika Cross-Dressing as Heritage
Removing the Confederate flag from public places isn't a denial of first amendment rights. It corrects an offensive version of false history and opposes black honor to white supremacy. The post The...
View ArticleAgainst Protest, Walton County in Panhandle Joins Marion to Let Confederate...
Walton County flew started flying the Confederate flag at its courthouse in 1964 in direct opposition to the Civil Rights Act, which extended rights protections to blacks. The post Against Protest,...
View ArticleJeb Bush Blows It On Race
With just two words — “free stuff” — Bush managed to insult millions of black Americans, completely misread what motivates black people to vote, and falsely imply that African Americans are the...
View ArticleCorey Jones Killing by Cop Triggers Black Lawmakers’ Calls for Independent...
Corey Jones, 31, a church musician whose car stalled on an Interstate 95 exit ramp early Sunday after a gig, was shot by a plainclothes officer in an unmarked car. Some lawmakers are calling for...
View ArticleFrom a Speeding Stop to an Accusation of Rioting at Flagler Jail: Dustin...
Dustin Singleton, 35, was accused of inciting a riot at the Flagler County Jail Tuesday, a 2nd degree felony, after he refused orders to go to his bunk. He was serving 30 days on a misdemeanor...
View ArticleShirley Chisholm, “Part of the Heritage of Palm Coast,” Receives Presidential...
Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman to run for president, retired to Palm Coast in 1991. She received the posthumous medal from President Obama today as an awareness campaign about her life and...
View ArticleYes, We Still Need Black History Month
Black history is American history, and we shouldn’t relegate its teaching to one month a year. But that isn’t the point of Black History Month, argues Marc Morial. The post Yes, We Still Need Black...
View ArticleTo School Officials’ Surprise, NAACP Accuses District of ‘Obstruction’ and...
The Flagler branch of the NAACP is accusing the school district of "willful" obstruction in disciplinary cases involving black students, and of ignoring behavior problems at Buddy Taylor Middle School....
View ArticleSheriff’s Office Swears In 8 New Recruits, This Time With More Than Token...
Three of the eight new recruits sworn in Wednesday are black. In late September, 13 young deputies were sworn in, though not all made it, and attrition has continued. The post Sheriff’s Office Swears...
View ArticleProfiling By Computer in Florida: What Algorithmic Injustice Looks Like in...
Courtrooms are using computer programs to predict who will be a future criminal, informing decisions from bail to sentencing. Meant to be fairer than human biases, one such program in Florida is...
View ArticleAt Flagler NAACP Town Hall, Matters of Black Lives, “The Talk,” and the Gap...
A town hall organized by Flagler's NAACP branch, with several top officials from the sheriff's office, took stock of the recent police killings of black men and the killing of five white police...
View ArticleAt European Village and in Bunnell, Separate Events For Fallen Cops and Black...
The march in Bunnell and the fund-raiser for the families of fallen police officers at European Village are the latest in a spate of local initiatives that have sought to respond to shootings, by or of...
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter. Period.
Cops are owed all the appreciation and respect their profession commands. Blacks are owed their right to life. The two are not mutually exclusive, but certain differences matter, especially when they...
View ArticleIn Bunnell, 100 Black Marchers Chant for “All Lives,” For Unity, But Also For...
The Black Lives Matter-themed march Sunday evening around Bunnell was itself a display of the harmony it called for, though it clearly didn not get participation from the county's whiter surroundings....
View ArticleMy Mother, Stopped for Driving While Black
The mistreatment of black people by police officers isn’t new, nor is it surprising, argues Milen Mehari. According to the Justice Department, black people are almost four times more likely than whites...
View Article2 FPC Students’s Threats Targeting Teacher Were Racially Motivated; Criminal...
Two students claiming they were just joking made explicit, racist threats against their teacher in written chats uncovered Monday, and may yet face criminal charges, contrary to earlier claims. The...
View ArticleSecretary of State Ertel Resigns on Revelation of Picture in Blackface...
Mike Ertel was the elections supervisor in Seminole County for eight months when he wore the bigoted Halloween costume to a party in 2005. The post Secretary of State Ertel Resigns on Revelation of...
View ArticleIs This Harry Reid Cartoon Offensive?
The Omaha World Herald's sanctimony over a skin-tone cartoon is more offensive than Harry Reid's misjudgment. The post Is This Harry Reid Cartoon Offensive? appeared first on FlaglerLive.
View ArticleJames Baldwin: A Talk to Teachers
James Baldwin's "A Talk to Teachers" from 1963 is an apt counterpoint to Florida lawmakers' attempt, in 2010, to demolish public school teachers and replace the profession with Darwinian hostility. The...
View ArticleKKK Confirms: We’re Recruiting in Flagler
In an interview with FlaglerLive, KKK Imperial Wizard Cole Thornton says the drive will continue across the state. Dan Warren recommends vigilance. The post KKK Confirms: We’re Recruiting in Flagler...
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