By Mona Austin | The Slice News PART 1 In America's hierarchy of social value dark skin resides on the bottom while light skin is always at the top. This prejudicial system was designed by pioneers of the country and peoplr un power in other parts of the world. The divisive effects linger today. What happens when the rules of racial identity change? Colonial society intoduced a color caste system that assigned value to race. By law the enslaved were of lesser value than enslavers. It was never about respecting, presercibg or protectinv Black people ot blackness. Let us be clear about that from the beginning. The legal architecture that defined Blackness in America — the laws that determined which children were enslaved, which bodies were property, and which bloodlines were considered contaminated — was built entirely in service of white fear --- the fear of extinction. Specifically, the fear of what one drop of Black blood would do to the pri...
A suspected gunman was taken into custody night after shots were fired outside the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, sending attendees—including President Donald Trump and members of the press—into a brief but intense state of alarm. According to authorities, the suspect, a 30-year-old man from California, was quickly subdued by Secret Service agents after discharging a weapon near the event venue. Officials confirmed he was carrying multiple firearms, all of which were recovered at the scene. The incident unfolded just as the first course of the high-profile dinner was being served. Witnesses reported hearing loud popping sounds, initially mistaken by some as dropped equipment, before Secret Service agents rushed in and instructed guests to take cover under their tables. In an impromptu press briefing shortly after the incident, President Trump described the moment as both startling and surreal. “I was totally shocked that something happened,” the president sa...