Race Readings and the Pandemic of 2020
We are all weathering this crazy, tragic storm of the coronavirus (COVID-19). This massive group experience reminds me of the book, Blindness, a novel by José Saramago, which describes the chaos [...]
To Be Or Not To Be Afrocentric?
Malcolm X was born in Omaha, Nebraska May 19, 1925 and was assassinated February 21, 1965 – 55 years ago. To this day, his evolution from street thug and hustler to one of the greatest [...]
Real Change in a Rigged System
Many in the Omaha African American community are concerned with the resurgent levels of white supremacy, hate crimes, and raw racism on the local as well as national level. In the past few [...]
The Need To Be ACTIVE (Or You Are Helping the Oppressors)
During the past year, I have encountered many peculiarities and anomalies affecting low-income communities of color. Taken as a whole, it is apparent we have the blind leading the blind. How is [...]
Justice Ain’t Nothing But An Idea
A’Jamal Byndon is the Chair of the PRI board of directors and an adjunct professor at UNO. This article is reprinted from the March/April, 2019 edition of The Nebraska Report, a [...]
Hitting and Hugging in Social Justice Circles: How do we improve? And Frank Talk Does Not Break Real Friendship.
By A’Jamal-Rashad Byndon Years ago, Dr. Theresa Barron McKeagney, former Director of the UNO Grace Abbott School of Social Work, shared with me that the University of Nebraska system used [...]
Bridging the Chasm
The level of incivility that we’ve seen exhibited the last several months illustrates how deep-rooted are the problems and challenges our communities are facing. In my environment, both at a [...]
Racism
Racism is at the heart of a big problem in our country: the problem of white people—when compared to people of color—having a disproportionately higher percentage of the good jobs, nice houses in [...]
‘Calling In vs. Calling Out’
Over the years, I have acquired a level of racial consciousness that forces me to speak in a candid fashion about the conditions in communities and the state of Nebraska. It is amazing how many [...]
