Staten Island Hearing Of New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies (NYSCCRR) Focuses On Quantifying Economic Harms
Staten Island Hearing Of New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies (NYSCCRR) Focuses On…
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OPINION: Intentional Erasure Of Black History Told By Public Lands, Waters: Their History Is America’s History
The Trump Administration Is Intentionally Erasing the Black History Told by Public Lands and Waters…
Finding Hope In Darkness Of A Life Sentence: Motivational Speaker Talks About Life Behind Bars, Inspiring Other Inmates
This Motivational Speaker Faced Down a Tough Crowd: Fellow Lifers Over 27 years behind bars,…
Governments Played Major Role In Slavery – From Its Inception, Sustenance, Subsidies, To More Direct Roles Such As Direct Royal Ownership
Governments Had a Major Role in Sustaining Slavery Editor’s note: Staten Islander has covered the…
Mayor Adams Hosts Reception Celebrating Caribbean American Heritage At Gracie Mansion
TRANSCRIPT FROM THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2024: MAYOR ADAMS HOSTS RECEPTION CELEBRATING CARIBBEAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE Editor’s note: Staten…
Reparations For Caribbean Islands Including Grenada To Rebuild Education, Healthcare Systems After Devastations Of Slavery – Laura Trevelyan Interview
Reparations For Caribbean Islands Particularly Grenada – Laura Trevelyan Interview About Slave-Holding Ancestors, Moving Forward …
Retiring Sandy Ground Museum Executive Director Honored With May 22nd Declared “Sylvia Moody D’Alessandro Day: BP Fossella
BP Fossella to Declare May 22nd “Sylvia Moody D’Alessandro Day” on Staten Island Editor’s note: Readers…
Legislation Presently Being Considered To End Involuntary Labor In NY Jails, Prisons – This Removes Punishment For Crime As Mandate For Compulsory Servitude As Provided By 13th Amendment
Provides that no incarcerated individual in any state or local prison, penitentiary, jail or reformatory…
How Can Such A Vast Slave Trade In White Europeans By African Muslims, Others Be Forgotten?
How have we forgotten that White Europeans were traded as slaves to African Muslims and…
Juneteenth Now Federal Holiday Thanks To Pres. Biden
It’s finally happened! Freedom Day, also known as Juneteenth, has been signed into law as…
Considering Inequality: Cybernetic Advancements Will Only Increase Disparities
In the wake of the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man who lost…
Gallup Poll: Perceptions of Black-White Relations Tanking
It’s official. Race relations are souring, as recent events, and the response of key figures…
Sandy Ground Staten Island Ferry Boat Launched in Panama City, Florida
The second of a brand-new set of three ferry boats commissioned by the NYC DOT…
Black Rage, White Guilt, White Resentment: An Unproductive Cycle That Must Change
Black rage and White guilt are intertwined and inseparable. It’s always been that way. Actually,…
Why Our Editors Have Always Capitalized Black, White, and Brown In Our Articles
Is it Black or black? Is capitalization even that big a deal? We feel that…
Contrasts: Black Lives Matter Activists Demand Erasure of Slavery’s History; Jews Ask That We Never Forget Holocaust
I just heard that statues of Ulysses S. Grant is coming down. Or, at least…
Mrs. Butterworth, Uncle Ben, Cream Of Wheat Chef All 86ed As Racist
Uncle Ben is on his way out. The “perfect every time” instant rice made by…
Bye-Bye Aunt Jemima: Quaker Kills Longtime Pancake Mix and Syrup Mascot
Pepsico, parent company which in 2001 acquired Quaker Oats, the owner of the Aunt Jemima…
End Slavery! Slavery Still Legal In US In 2020
The headline is NOT clickbait. I know you won’t believe this, but slavery is still…