Students at Highland Park Senior High School staged a walkout last week to protest the use of the N-word by a White teacher.
Solomon Gustavo
Solomon Gustavo was a contributing writer at the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder.
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‘This Is America’: Noor verdict adds to collective trauma
A collective trauma continues to rock communities of color following the murder conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor.
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From radical student to retiring professor
Nearly five decades ago, Dr. John S. Wright helped make history as an antagonist for civil rights and racial equity at the University of Minnesota.
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Career Fair targets professionals of color
The fair at the Minneapolis Convention Center on April 30 will feature some 30 employers aiming to connect with under-employed talent.
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Patrick Henry students unite to uplift Black male narrative
Hundreds of young Black men converged at the Minnesota State Capitol to take control of their future.
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Rondo native seeks council seat to make city safer, more welcoming
The 26-year-old Hamline University graduate, former high school teacher, and current political consultant is running for St. Paul City Council in Ward 1. She wants to build her community up with steady jobs, safe streets, and a welcoming city council and police force.
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Townsend boosts local Black filmmaking
Using his own filmmaking experience as a lesson in how it’s done, director, actor and comedian Robert Townsend offered encouraging news for Black filmmaking hopefuls during his visit to the Twin Cities last weekend: The barriers are fewer and the prospects better now than when he struggled for a break. Townsend came to kick off […]
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YWCA forum calls for more ‘White humility’
Dr. Robin DiAngelo noted that culture is specifically structured so that White people have the choice to remain stuck in their ignorance.
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5 questions with Sen. Tina Smith
The Minnesota senator talks invisible victims of gov’t shutdown, systemic barriers against Blacks and gearing up for 2020 elections.
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CNN’s Don Lemon delivers message of perseverance at MLK Holiday Breakfast
The CNN anchor took a victory lap for Black achievement at the 29th annual event.
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The whitewashing of King’s message and legacy
A large deterrent to continued progress is propaganda painting King as a sweet guy with a catchy speech device (dreams are nice) instead of as a skilled and calculating social philosopher torquing deep-rooted gears of American governance and culture to rapidly bring attention to the urgent matters of poverty, racism and war.
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Washington County’s first Black judge hopes to instill trust in justice
Judge Juanita Freeman is breaking barriers while bringing a different lens to justice.
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Let’s talk Whiteness: ‘Minnesota Nice’ and prejudice explored at race forum
When it comes to the history of White people and America, we should all be doing some heavy lifting
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Local poet takes national acclaim in stride
Smith, recently named to Forbes’ 2019 30 Under 30 in media list, noted it is often heralded as “raw” and “powerful.”
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‘Minnesota Nice’ reveals lingering White supremacy
The Twin Cities is ranked as the fourth worst state for Blacks in the country.
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Mining the resources to heal Black trauma
Dressed in a casual blue and off-white plaid shirt, the sure-footed trauma specialist and author weaved around the room at the event hosted by the newly formed grassroots organization created to build bridges across racial, social and economic lines to address racial justice issues.
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State rep candidate Lacy Johnson describes his vision for North Mpls
This Black man’s Republicanism came to him as he watched football great and civil rights activist Jim Brown come on the news for visiting Trump Tower. At the sight of Brown’s excoriation by many Blacks for meeting Trump, Johnson said he decided to become a Republican.
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Ramsey County judge candidate: ‘I play to win, not for fun’
A William Mitchell College of Law graduate with over a decade of private practice experience, Calandra Revering is one of the only Black women criminal defense attorneys in the state.