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Edward Rhymes Founder & CEO Rhymes Media Group
- Jun 23, 2020
- 7 min
“Justifiable” White Violence And The History Of The Criminalization Of Blackness
There has been a long and troubled history in this country of making righteous white violence and intimidation, while criminalizing skin color — especially as it pertains to black and brown people. White violence and intimidation is usually bathed in declarations of patriotism and dried off with the American flag. And when it can’t be thus sanctified, the rationale becomes some sort of mental phenomena or illness, divorced from any sort of “ethnic group” pathology. A long his
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Edward Rhymes
- Nov 10, 2017
- 6 min
The American Far Right’s, Racism’s & Neo-Liberalism’s Horrific Monster Bash
Some pretty ghoulish things have been taking place in our society, and in particular, in our nation’s capital. The terror of economic uncertainty – due in large part to the nightmarish games that are being played by the majority in our government’s House of horrors – continually grips us. We find ourselves in a real-life geopolitical H.G. Wellsian War of the Worlds – except in our case, it takes the form of the death-from-above through drone strikes that have devastated the l
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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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Rhymes Media Group
- Aug 27, 2017
- 3 min
RMG's Anti-Racism 101: Defining Prejudice, Discrimination & Racism
Rhymes Media Group, in keeping with our commitment to advocacy journalism, begins, today, the series: RMG's Anti-Racism 101. Rhymes Media Group began, and continues, as a mechanism for persuasion for those who are willing to be persuaded. In other words, we are not looking for a show of hands - popular consensus is one of the WORSE metrics for determining what's true. It can be hard and confusing, at times, to understand the ins and outs of prejudice, discrimination, racism &
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