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Edward Rhymes
- Jun 27, 2020
- 8 min
What The Zimmerman Verdict Tells Blacks In America: Black Children Are Not Children
The news that’s being reported from every corner of the media is the rallies involving thousands of citizens across the country in the aftermath of the not-guilty-on-all-counts verdict in the Zimmerman trial. As much as this writer absolutely hates to appear to be jumping on the proverbial bandwagon, there are some stories that transcend that disdain and this is one of them – because I hate even more the notion that it’s alright to declare open season on Black children. And i
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Rhymes Media Group
- Oct 23, 2017
- 1 min
Dr. Edward Rhymes discusses racial profiling and police brutality
From Dr. Rhymes writings: "Since 2009, there have been 17 shooting incidents between anti-government extremists and law enforcement." "One of those 17 shooting incidents between homegrown extremists and police is the April 2009 shootout between Richard Poplawski and Pittsburgh police. Poplawski killed 3 officers and wounded a fourth. Another is the June 2014 killing of two Las Vegas police officers by Jerad and Amanda Miller — a couple who had spent some time at the Bundy ran
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Edward Rhymes
- Aug 11, 2017
- 9 min
RMG #BlackAugust: An Invitation To Whiteness: Why Not Addressing White Privilege Entrenches Social a
A several years ago, this writer wrote: that until White privilege is addressed and eradicated, it will continue to be the serpent in any and every Garden of Eden of feminist, liberal or progressive creation. And as we view the landscape of American social, political and economic life, we can see, not so much a re-introduction of White privilege, but an amplification of its reality and presence. The recent studies and reports continue to bear out not only a persistent economi
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RMG Affiliate Mel Reeves, Fight The Power Journal
- Aug 7, 2017
- 4 min
RMG's #IndependentMediaMonday Highlight: Colin Kaepernick dilemma: The NFL really is a plantatio
The Colin Kaepernick situation reveals all you need to know about the US Big Business and its most popular non profit the National Football League. Kaepernick remains unsigned because he stood up against racism and police violence, both of which are important to the rich powerful in maintaining their hold on US society. The NFL owners are hypocrites. What does the flag and the national anthem have to do with professional football? Not a thing the pageantry is about getting fa
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Edward Rhymes
- Jul 25, 2017
- 1 min
Dr. Edward Rhymes Discusses Anti-Immigrant Sentiment in the US
My interview, in it's entirety, from a couple of months ago. In it, I deal with anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim sentiment in the US, the Trump administration and an American history full of he xenophobic impulse. Note: The Chinese Exclusion Act was not enacted in 1850, as I stated, it was in 1882. I've been getting dates mixed up lately. Apologies. #racism #racialprofiling #xenophobia #Iran #USpolicies #currentevents #news #politics #Muslimban
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Rhymes Media Group
- Jul 25, 2017
- 1 min
RMG's #IndependentMediaMonday Reading List
CounterPunch - The Media is Misleading the Public on the Al-Asqa Mosque Situation: https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/07/24/the-media-is-misleading-the-public-on-the-al-asqa-mosque-situation/ Anti-Media - Media Ignores Russian Land Grab While Harping on Russian Conspiracy Theories: http://theantimedia.org/russian-land-grab-conspiracy/ Black Agenda Report - Black Women in the Killing Fields: https://www.blackagendareport.com/black_women_in_the_killing_fields Freedom Rider - Kam
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Rhymes Media Group
- Jul 20, 2017
- 2 min
RMG #IndependentMediaMonday w/Edward Rhymes: Glen Ford
Hello RMG Fam! We have a special #IndependentMediaMonday broadcast for you. Some call Black Agenda Report Executive Editor, Glen Ford, A Certified Elder of the Black Journalism Tribe. Historic "firsts," "mosts," and "onlys" are also the hallmarks of Glen Ford’s long career. The son of famed disc jockey Rudy “The Deuce” Rutherford, the first Black man to host a non-gospel television show in the Deep South – Columbus, Georgia, 1958 – Glen was reading newswire copy on-the-air at
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Gus T. Renegade, Atlanta Black Star
- Jul 17, 2017
- 1 min
RMG #IndependentMediaMonday Special: Is Black Male Privilege A Real Issue in Our Community?
Eric Garner being choked to death by New York City Police in July 2014. The attention on Black male victims like Garner and Castile reflects the disproportionate police violence and confinement Black males are subjected to. There is no structural apparatus that empowers Black males to successfully lobby for their interests, ensures their gainful employment, or protects and values their lives. Curry asks: “If the effect of racism is such that the alleged advantages of men disa
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Rhymes Media Group
- Jul 17, 2017
- 1 min
RMG #IndependentMediaMonday Reading List
Black Agenda Report - How Did Berniecrats Claim the Jackson Mississippi Movement? Do They Want To Be Claimed? Should They?: https://www.blackagendareport.com/berniecrats-and-the-jackson-movement Atlanta Black Star - Is Black Male Privilege A Real Issue in Our Community?: http://atlantablackstar.com/2017/07/17/is-black-male-privilege-a-real-issue-in-our-community/ Freedom Rider - Making News - Faking News: http://freedomrider.blogspot.com/2017/06/making-news-faking-news_25.htm
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Sue Ann Martinson, Editor of Rise Up Times
- Jul 12, 2017
- 3 min
On Violent & Non-Violent Activism, the Media, Philando and the G20
This is not to say that these protests should become violent to attract media attention. The deficit is rather on the other side. The mainstream corporate media should be covering these many nonviolent protests where people risk arrest and often go to jail for their actions. The G20 (or G-20 or Group of Twenty) is an international forum for the governments and central bank governors from 20 major economies. It was founded in 1999 with the aim of studying, reviewing, and promo
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Rhymes Media Group
- Jul 3, 2017
- 1 min
RMG's #IndependentMediaMonday Reading List:
Abdullah al-Muhaysini, a member of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, an alliance of jihadist factions that includes the al-Nusra Front in Syria. News Junkie Post - Saudi Arabia vs Qatar: Middle East Controlled-Demolition Plan?
http://newsjunkiepost.com/…/saudi-arabia-vs-qatar-middle-e…/
Unicorn Riot - Greece: Anarchists Defend Exarcheia’s Autonomous Zone From Police
http://www.unicornriot.ninja/?p=16693
Black Agenda Report - The Tide Is Turning on Single Payer, With or Without Bernie
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Edward Rhymes
- Jun 30, 2017
- 5 min
That’s Rich: The One Percent’s Hypocritical Litmus Test Of ‘Violence’
Donald Trump can always be counted on for a certain perspective. So when he - several years ago, before he was president - without context, asserted that our nation’s violent crime problem generates almost exclusively from the Black and Hispanic communities, it came as no surprise. The then-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg seemed to echo Trump’s remarks. We see his thinking at work in the decision to send ATF agents to Chicago like a foreign occupying army. What these st
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Rhymes Media Group
- Jun 28, 2017
- 2 min
RMG News Moment: Three Chicago Cops Charged with Conspiracy to cover up the Murder of Laquan McDonal
Video includes graphic images, Viewer discretion is advised. This video is provided courtesy of Chicago News and it shows Officer Jason Van Dyke shooting McDonald 16 times on October 20, 2014. This incident, and the subsequent release of this video approximately a year ago, caused great outrage in Chicago and around the nation. Today, three Chicago Cops have charged with conspiracy to cover up the murder of Laquan McDonald. The indictment named Det. David March and officers J
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Edward Rhymes
- Jun 24, 2017
- 6 min
To My Lighter-Hued Sisters & Brothers
Every so often I have to talk to my brothers & sisters who don't quite understand where I stand. So, instead of writing over again that which has already been written, I'm re-posting this from 2014. "The National Black Day of Silence has passed and I guess I can now speak my piece regarding some of the nonsense that I've seen and read. 1. It's not my job to explain to my fairer-skinned brothers and sisters that recognizing and observing a day of silence, for what is OVERWHELM
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Rhymes Media Group
- Jun 20, 2017
- 1 min
RMG Has Been Involved In The Fight For A Long Time
This was me, once upon a time. Same fight, different assignment ~ Edward Rhymes, Founder & CEO of Rhymes Media Group #WeFightWhereWeCan #racism #antiracism #racialprofiling #lawenforcementracism #protest #politics #currentevents #news
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Edward Rhymes
- Jun 17, 2017
- 1 min
RMG News Moment June 16, 2017
I suppose this should considered a RMG News Rant. This was in the aftermath of the verdict of not guilty on all charges for Officer Yanez in the MURDER of Philando Castile. Yes, I was heated. During this broadcast I was not a journalist or reporter, I was a Black man with half a century of anger & pain. I can't, and won't, apologize. #racialprofiling #racism #news #currentevents #politics #PhilandoCastile #murderbycop #lawenforcementracism #trial #jury
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Edward Rhymes
- Jun 9, 2017
- 6 min
RMG's Flashback Friday: Turning Racism Upside Down To See It Right Side Up: The Remix
Republican Party darling Mike Huckabee, during a recent speech, decided to dispense some tough love to a predominantly white audience when he voiced his concerns about the state of affairs in American white communities. "The epidemic of whites involved in drunk-driving fatality accidents is deplorable," Huckabee said. He cited the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's 2000 statistics that showed that white male drivers between the ages of 21-34 constituted the larg
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