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It’s Monday April 6th/20 posting The Conversation: Jim Crow & Porgy Come Back To Chop it Up? “We are not fiction, we were reality, your present & your future!” From my book, Black Disabled Ancestors,The book is under Poor Press of Poor Magazine. Two Black disabled men have been with me since 1980’s. Both have shaped my life, my research, my writing and more importantly my foundation as a Black disabled man. Pic: Jim Crow and Porgy downtown Oakland, CA walking towards City Hall. Artwork by Ot ...
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For Juneteenth I recorded my story in my recent book, Black Disabled Ancestors, entitled,, Peg Leg Joe & Harriet Tubman Explain Race & Disability Relations During The Underground Railroad Years Compare To Today Painting downtown in a small town down south. Harriet Tubman in a middle of a seizure and a White peg leg sailor holding her on the ground.…
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It’s Monday April 6th/20 posting The Conversation: Jim Crow & Porgy Come Back To Chop it Up? “We are not fiction, we were reality, your present & your future!” From my book, Black Disabled Ancestors,The book is under Poor Press of Poor Magazine. Two Black disabled men have been with me since 1980’s. Both have shaped my life, my research, my writing…
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In this episode of "Jim Crow on Campus," investigative reporter Erin Corbine tells the story of an anonymous Facebook page, Concerned Students of SUNY Canton, that tracks racism in the SUNY Canton University Police. Additionally, we hear from attorney Diane Exoo, who talks about students' constitutional rights, and why police in New York can't lega…
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Reporter Erin Corbine tracks the story of Dashawn Walker, a rising sophomore at SUNY Canton. Dashawn thought a pair of flippers and a snorkel had been abandoned, so he told one of his friends, Andre Lynch, that he could take them. When Dashawn found out the gear wasn't abandoned, he and Andre returned the items. But when University Police got invol…
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In this episode of Jim Crow on Campus, reporter Erin Corbine sits down with “Ashley.” Ashley, who’s using an alias out of fear of retaliation from police and the administration, is a senior at SUNY Canton. She sheds light on her experiences involving University Police. In this episode, we gain insight into the officers’ strategic circumvention of t…
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What happens when students of color are policed by all-white cops?Welcome to SUNY Canton, a technical college of 3200 students in upstate New York. It’s located in Canton, the county seat of St. Lawrence County, a county that’s just 2.7% Black and 2.3% Latinx. But at SUNY Canton, two-thirds of the students who live on-campus are Black and Latino. I…
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