Category: Disintegration of the family

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RACE FOR EQUALITY

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Today I invite you to view my video commentary on the issue of Racial Equality - or Inequality - in our country. This video reviews America's dark and divided past, juxtaposed with our still dark and divided present - and the challenges facing us as we struggle to understand one another and heal this great… Continue reading RACE FOR EQUALITY

Betrayal, City Life, Control, Disintegration of the family, Drug abuse, Drug Paraphernalia, Drugs, Family Unit, Inner Strength, Love, New York City, Relationships, Separation, Street Life, Uncategorized, Urban Life

LOST

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LOST © PJ Hayward New York, 2018 You have invited our old enemy Full-on, back into your world. I saw it creeping slowly.. Slithering like some acrid poison Into your world through a crack in your cocoon. You said you could control it. But we are connected... Your essence flows like radar To fill my… Continue reading LOST

1950s, 1960s, aGING, American education, Art, Betrayal, Child labor, Church, City Life, Dance, Disintegration of the family, Drama, Family, Feminism, Freedom, Hard Work, Inner Strength, Juvenile delinquent, Love, Motivation, New York City, Old Age, Optimism, Positive Thinking, Reform school, Relationships, Religion, School children, Separation, Teenagers, Teens, Uncategorized

SISTER JEAN

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SISTER JEAN © PJ Hayward New York, 2016 Revised from first publication © PJ Hayward, New York 2008 and 2013 by Hold On Publications In my youth I was one of those kids some people referred to as "A Handful". Others called me "Out of control", "Just plain bad", "Juvenile delinquent" etc.  My father, who… Continue reading SISTER JEAN

Affirmative Action, Africa, Africa Trade, African Diaspora, American Revolution, Black boys, Black men, Cherokee, Chicanos, Civil Rights, Civil Unrest, CONGRESS, Control, Corporate America, Counter Culture, Diaspora, Disintegration of the family, Disrespect, Exploitation, Family, Family Unit, Freedom, Ghana, GOP, Greed, Hatred, Inequality, Injustice, Inner Strength, Justice, Ku Klux Klan, Me Generation, Media, Native Americans, Police Brutality, Politics, Poverty, Race Relations, Relationships, Roberts Court, Separation, Slave labor, Social Activism, Stop and Frisk Laws, Supreme Court, The Family, Uncategorized, Uran blight, Urban growth, Urban Life, Urban progress, West Africa, Yuppies

OUR EDITOR-IN-CHIEF RESPONDS TO “A Message to the Divided States of America”

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OUR EDITOR-IN-CHIEF RESPONDS TO “A Message to the Divided States of America" © Bernard W. Saunders July 18, 2014 Iture-Elmina Ghana West Africa I had to let this one steep overnight.  I could have answered it immediately upon reading it but decided to give it time. The previously posted “THERE ARE NONE SO BLIND AS THOSE… Continue reading OUR EDITOR-IN-CHIEF RESPONDS TO “A Message to the Divided States of America”

Affirmative Action, Black boys, Black men, Black women, Black Youth, Civil Rights, Civil Unrest, Control, Disintegration of the family, Disrespect, Exploitation, GOP, Hatred, Inequality, Injustice, Justice, People of color, Race Relations, Roberts Court, super rich, Supreme Court, Uncategorized

US SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS MICHIGAN BAN ON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

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Click below to access video. http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/22/justice/scotus-michigan-affirmative-action/ DISCUSSION BETWEEN LAWDYMISSCLAWDY AND OUR NEW CONTRIBUTING POLITICAL COMMENTATOR, ALAN BECKETT © PJ Hayward, New York 2014 © Alan Beckett, New York 2014 LawdyMissClawdy: So all those people who lost their lives back in the day, all those young people and CHILDREN who suffered the terror and pain of vicious… Continue reading US SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS MICHIGAN BAN ON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

Black boys, Black men, Black Youth, Civil Unrest, Control, Disintegration of the family, Disrespect, Exploitation, Family, Family Unit, Hatred, Inequality, Injustice, Inner Strength, Justice, Media, Police Brutality, Politics, Poverty, Race Relations, Separation, Single mothers, Social Activism, Stop and Frisk Laws, The Family, Welfare

ONWARDS AND UPWARDS: SPEAKING TRUTH IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY

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FROM THE DESK OF OUR SENIOR CONTRIBUTING WRITER, Q. MONTGOMERY ONWARDS AND UPWARDS: SPEAKING TRUTH IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY © Q. Montgomery Memphis, TN 2014 As we speak truth about what’s going on in our black community, let us not lose sight of who our real enemy is.  Let our words (even if it's justified… Continue reading ONWARDS AND UPWARDS: SPEAKING TRUTH IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY

aGING, Disintegration of the family, Disrespect, Elder neglect, Elders, Family, Feminism, Hard Work, Hatred, Inequality, Inner Strength, Me Generation, New York City, Old Age, Poetry, Separation, The Family, Uncategorized, Uran blight, Urban growth, Urban progress, Yuppies

MY CHAIR

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MY CHAIR © PJ Hayward, New York 2011 I nod off in my chair now. From my chair I can look beyond the rusty fire escape outside my window, to the maze of buildings beyond, growing ever more abundant with the passing of time. Where beautiful trees were once filled with singing birds, now rise… Continue reading MY CHAIR