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Weekly Short: Beyonce’s Misguided Feminism
By Lee Williams, Communications Activist Ever since I have written about America’s Pursuit of Unattainable Beauty, I have been keenly alert to issues within current feminism. On a fundamental level,...
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Dear Media: Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is not an episode of ‘Lost’
By Lee Williams, Communications Activist The media obsession with Flight 370 is almost into its third week and with no clear indication of slowing down soon. No, this isn’t the hottest new sitcom to...
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Donald Sterling and How to Properly Market Bigotry
By Lee Williams (@Lee_Wms) The scandal featuring Los Angeles Clippers team owner Donald Sterling has it all–racial controversy, gold diggers, illegal wiretapping, a scorned wife, and hundreds of...
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A Christian Perspective on the U.S. Border Crisis
By Lee Williams @Lee_Wms The U.S. border crisis could be the greatest missed opportunity for humanitarianism in the history of the United States. Yes, you read that right: the greatest missed...
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An Open Letter to the People of Ferguson, Missouri
By Lee Williams @Lee_Wms Dear people of Ferguson, Missouri, We have watched as one of your own, Michael Brown, an unarmed college-bound teenager, was shot multiple times and killed, with arms raised in...
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Video: Keene State College, Pumpkinfest, and Shades of Ferguson, Mi.
Police were forced to descend on Keene, New Hampshire Saturday night after students and outside agitators turned the city’s 24th annual Pumpkin Festival into “a destination for destructive and raucous...
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“Stop acting white.”—Are African-Americans Their Own Worst Enemy?
By Lee Williams (@Lee_Wms) Charles Barkley Former NBA great Charles Barkley is generating waves of controversy for his latest tirade. Barkley called out “unintelligent” black people for their criticism...
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Twenty Lessons For The Recently Graduated
By Lee Williams (@Lee_Wms) Dear younger self, It’s me—well, YOU—from several years in your future. Hard to believe, right? I know you probably have many questions for how this is even possible, but...
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Removing The Confederate Flag Is Not Enough
With market forces speaking loud and clear, there is a new dawn emerging in South. The Confederate flag is finished. In light of the horrific church shooting last week at Emanuel AME, calls for flag...
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A Tale Of Two Protests: #OscarsSoWhite Vs. #FlintWaterCrisis
Dear social justice warriors, armchair activists, and hashtaggers: The #OscarsSoWhite issue is not that important. Yes, I said it. The issue that is being treated as a modern-day injustice and setback...
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What Colin Kaepernick’s Protest Reveals About America
In a recent GQ interview, NFL quarterback Cam Newton claimed that the United States is “beyond” racism as a country. His response stemmed from a larger question about the racist criticism he faced...
View ArticleDear White Christians: Don’t Remain Silent on Bigotry
Dear white Christians — especially those leading congregations, pulpits, and Sunday schools — you now have the opportunity to not only condemn the violence and bigotry out of Charlottesville, Virginia,...
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In Defense of the DREAMers Our President Doesn’t Care About
President Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program — which protects illegal immigrants brought to the United States as children — is shameful, mean-spirited,...
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