Racism, bigotry and sexism, all thrive in silence. Truth demands a voice, an active voice that expects nothing less than results such as justice, equality, and respect.

In times such as these, our history is being erased. We must understand that this is not a drill. Guest column by Carnal Hobson Jr.

The push to eliminate DEI puts African American history itself in danger. As Marcus Garvey once said, “A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture is like a tree without roots.” 

In a good pot of gumbo, no one ingredient overtakes another, not one spice dominates another, but there's just enough of each individual offering so that we all may sup peacefully,  even though some of the ingredients are not what we brought to the table.

By neglecting to tell all of our history — the plights as well as the accomplishments — we are doing ourselves, as well as our children and our children’s children, a grave injustice. Response to “Tin City: Riverhead’s forgotten slums” by Carnal Hobson Jr.

The annihilation of a people begins when they lose their sense of self-worth, and this is driven by the obliteration of one’s history.

Guest column: It wasn’t Dr. King’s dream that America was afraid of, it was the fact that he woke up. Then he became a threat. America wants you to only remember the dream. As always, America “white-washes” our history and rewrites it in such a way to generate an outcome conducive to its status quo.