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  • Blade Runner 2049: The Thinker’s Film of 2017?

    Blade Runner 2049: The Thinker’s Film of 2017?0

    I’m always game for a good thinker’s film. The film Memento, starring Guy Pearce as a man suffering from anterograde amnesia who searches for his wife’s murderer, really stands out. It was assembled in reverse temporal order with flashback scenes thrown in at random spots. Don’t check your smart phone during this one, folks. The

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  • Blacks Do Not Suffer Disproportionately From Police Brutality

    Blacks Do Not Suffer Disproportionately From Police Brutality0

    A recent New York Times article by Jeremy W. Peters claims it is a “fact” “that black people suffer disproportionately from police brutality.” He also asserts that President Trump’s rejection of this accusation is “racially inflammatory” and “racially divisive.” To the contrary, comprehensive facts show that this allegation against police is false. Furthermore, this deception has stoked racial

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  • Black Students Fake Hate

    Black Students Fake Hate0

    Authorities have identified the culprits behind a racist drawing found on a whiteboard at Salisbury University in Maryland. Via USA Today: The image, found April 10 on a whiteboard in Blackwell Library, showed a stick figure being hung and labeled with a racial slur. Underneath was the hashtag “#whitepower.” The university confirmed Tuesday, April 26,

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  • Black Power’s Role in the 2020 Riots

    Black Power’s Role in the 2020 Riots0

    For those in the rest of the country and around the world who are dealing with the riots, looting, and burning which broke out following George Floyd’s tragic death, I have good news: Things are beginning to quiet down in the Minneapolis/St. Paul epicenter. Protests remain, but thankfully the unrestrained chaos is dissipating. Unfortunately, we’re

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  • Black Mirror’s ‘Nosedive’ Reveals that Dystopia is Closer Than You Think

    Black Mirror’s ‘Nosedive’ Reveals that Dystopia is Closer Than You Think0

    In the Netflix science fiction show Black Mirror actress Bryce Dallas Howard plays the part of Lacie in the episode “Nosedive.” Lacie lives in a dystopian, not-so-distant future. In this reality, on social media via their smartphones, people instantly rate every encounter they have with another person. The highest rating you can receive is 5, and

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  • Black Markets Are Saving Lives in North Korea

    Black Markets Are Saving Lives in North Korea0

    North Korea could, arguably, be considered the nation-state equivalent of a time-capsule; a society perpetually stuck in the cold-war era. For all the hermit state has been discussed, it is seldom (if ever) noted for progression, growth, or change of any sort. This makes it all the more surprising that North Korea may actually represent

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