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Artspeak: A sister on "Sistas The Musical," Off Broadway

October 19, 2015
img 3337Sistahtime--hanging out with my girrrrlfriends--is always quality time. But when I get to hang out with my real sister, it's the bomb—in the words of MasterCard, "priceless." 

From the opening song of "Wade in the Water" to the closing with the Sister Sledge classic "We are Family," "Sistas-the Musical" takes us through an arc of love, conflict, faith, loss of faith, sexual abuse, recovery, being single, interracial relations, coming of age, coming full circle to family (sistas) love and support and the legacy of hope and resilience we have to or hope to pass on.
Original Post: 17 August 2015
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Posted In : Arts and Culture 

 

PACs and Politics: Who's your Rich (white) Daddy?

October 19, 2015
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A recent Wall Street Journal (WSJ), "Billionaires Put Their Stamp on Campaign," makes it clear that we are watching a new political era in the United States--an era of Big Bucks Politics. If you don't have millions in your coffers, or rich friends, get out of the proverbial political kitchen, because money is the fuel driving political elections today. 

America used to decry the political culture of Latin America that seemed embroiled in the politics of money and family connections, to the point of creating political aristocracies. But reading the WSJ article reveals we can no longer point the finger (of integrity or without impunity) at the idiosyncrasies of other countries' politics. We have our own political aristocracy. 
Original post: ThURSDAY, 13 AUGUST 2015 16:05
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Posted In : Policy Analysis 

 

Post July 4th reflections

July 24, 2015
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Frederick Douglass, Image Ownership: Public Domain

..I say it with a sad sense of the disparity between us. I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us. The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice, are not enjoyed in common. The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity and independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me. The sunlight that brought light and healing to you, has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn. ...
What would Frederick Douglass have to say almost 163 years after delivering his famous public speech in Rochester, New York before then President Millard Fillmore and other illustrious guests on why he could not, in good conscious, celebrate the fourth of July? Would his words still ring true today? If you have not read Douglass' speech, now is a good time to do so because his words resonate as clearly and strongly today in the aftermath of all that we have witnessed over the last six months in Ferguson, Baltimore, Charleston and other places that did not make national headlines. And, our collective post-traumatic stress syndrome as Black people extends back almost four hundred years.
Original Post: TUESDAY, 21 JULY 2015 15:17, insight news
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Posted In : Black Lives Matter 

 

Black Press says McClaurin is "Best in the Nation" for Column Writing in 2015; Earns Insight News the Black Press, First Place, Emory O. Jackson National Column Writing Award

July 24, 2015
Editor's note: McFarlane Media and Insight News salute Dr. Irma McClaurin, Insight's Culture and Education Editor. McClaurin's column entitled "A Black mother weeps for America: Stop killing our Black sons!" won highest honors for Insight News, 1st Place – Best in Nation for Column Writing – at last week's Black Press of America annual convention in Detroit. National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) celebrated its 75th Anniversary, and presented awards in 16 categories to member publications for stellar, exemplary work in newspaper journalism. More on other winners and the convention next week. Here we reprint McClaurin's award winning column.
Original Post: TUESDAY, 30 JUNE 2015 15:34, insight news

Posted In : Black Lives Matter 

 

The Charleston Nine: A Requiem

July 24, 2015
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Nine victims of the Charleston church shooting. Top row: Cynthia Hurd, Rev. Clementa Pinckney, Rev. Sharonda Coleman-Singleton Middle row: Daniel Simmons, Rev. Depayne Middleton Doctor, Tywanza Sanders Bottom row: Myra Thompson, Ethel Lee Lance, Susie Jackson. Photos: Facebook / Getty Image  

Even as the flowers fade, the hurt and pain of the atrocities that occurred
 here in Charleston, SC on that bloody June Wednesday is very much
 alive. 
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It is joined with the mixed emotions of those visiting the Mother
 Emanuel AME Church, which has now become a living monument
 and shrine of flowers, prayers, the American flag, poems, inspirational
 sayings, peace signs, signature boards, teddy bears, and candles to
name a few of the mementos left in front of this historic church. Historic
 because Mother Emanuel was once ordered burned to the ground by
the City of Charleston that now sends out its men in blue to protect it.
How ironic. What would Denmark Vesey say? 
Original Post: FRIDAY, 26 JUNE 2015 14:13 , insight news
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Posted by Irma McClaurin. Posted In : Black Lives Matter 

 

Leading Millennials in the 21st Century: What will it take?

July 24, 2015
1"Shallow," "multi-taskers," "spoiled," "entitled" and "No respect for the boss" are just a few of the adjectives and descriptive phrases some senior executives in the federal government attribute to the group dubbed the "Millennials," also known as "Gen Y." This cohort is generally represented by those born at the beginning of the 1980s and continue through the early part of the decade marking the millennial (2000), give or take a few years plus or minus on either side. They are the largest generation since the Baby Boomers (those born in the forties and fifties) and comprise 70 million of today's population, ranging in age from puberty to their early thirties. Given the size of this future labor market, Millennials are a force to be reckoned with and, given their youthful age, must be accepted as here to stay.
Original Post: THURSDAY, 12 MARCH 2015 15:10, insight news 
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Posted In : Leadership 

 
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