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I Remember When Langston Hughes Used To Write A Column In Black Newspapers Around This Character Jesse B. Semple. He Always Used That As A Voice, Sometimes In Comic Ways, Of Having Everyday People's Voice Come Through This Common Folk Hero, Who Was An Ordinary Working Guy. He Would Talk About Anything From Police Brutality To The Korean War. Those Kinds Of Expression And Identification Are No Longer Prevalent In Our Popular Culture.

It's Important For People Of Color To Link Up With Issues Around Globalization, Food Security, Health, The Environment.

It Is The Most Painful Thing To See How Young Children Become Collateral Damage Of Wars, But When Peace Treaties Are Signed Landmines Do Not Respect Any Of These Accords. And As Long As These Silent Killers Linger After Wars, Children Will Never Know Peace

What's More Important Is That We Talk About Movements; Change Happens Through Movements. The Movement To End Slavery, The Movement To Bring Justice For Those Who Have Been Left Out Of The System, Movements To Include Women, Movements Around Sexual Preference - All These Movements Brought About Change.

One Of The Main Purveyors Of Violence In This World Has Been This Country America.