Mel ReevesKavanaugh saga exposes the nation’s true view of womenThe Brett Kavanaugh confirmation saga is proof that the barbarians are winning, the most civilized of all nations, the most arrogant…Oct 5, 2018Oct 5, 2018
Mel ReevesRoseanne Barr ape slur is not harmless but has a profoundly racist historyThe racist Roseanne Barr tweet implying that Valerie Jarrett is an ape revisits the hard to die trope of Africans as apes. But underneath…Jun 2, 2018Jun 2, 2018
Mel ReevesNFL Anthem policy: owners understand their interests, they are on their own sideThe NFL owners have drawn their line in the sand, so to speak, by demanding that players not only stand for the anthem but “show respect”…May 25, 20181May 25, 20181
Mel ReevesYale University handing out lessons in bigotryFor about the umpteenth time in the last few months a white person has called the ‘authorities” on someone who is Black. In some of the…May 10, 2018May 10, 2018
Mel ReevesNo Kanye West: Selling out, not slavery was a choice!“Did I hurt you.” Kanye West asked TMZ producer Van Latham after Latham rightfully repudiated the artist for making spurious, revisionist…May 3, 2018May 3, 2018
Mel ReevesJustine Damond killing: Officer Noor’s indictment exposes contradictions of a depraved systemA modicum of justice was delivered in Minneapolis in the record breaking decision by the Hennepin County prosecutor’s office, to indict a…Mar 23, 20181Mar 23, 20181
Mel ReevesInternational Woman’s Day: A reflectionThe fact that there is an International Woman’s Day is a demonstration of just how far we are from being a fully human civilization. But if…Mar 9, 2018Mar 9, 2018
Mel ReevesGuns, race and profit in savage AmericaMass shootings in the US are the price paid for racist scare-mongering and by extension, it is the price paid to allow gun manufacturers…Mar 2, 2018Mar 2, 2018
Mel ReevesWould Dr. King be invited to speak at King Day celebration’s?If Martin King were alive today, he wouldn’t be allowed to speak at most of today’s venues. Maybe the 1963 “I have a Dream” King would be…Jan 15, 2018Jan 15, 2018
Mel ReevesDid the Green Beret killed in Niger know what he “signed up for”“He knew what he signed up for,” is what President Trump told the widow and the family of deceased Marine Sgt LaDavid Johnson. But did he…Oct 23, 2017Oct 23, 2017
