George Washington and his Black slaves

Feb. 27 |   By Dr. Luke Tripp Guest Commentator   The sanitized image of America is built with a chronological sequence of myths and distortions. The American Revolution is falsely presented as a righteous struggle of American colonists against British...

The illusion of racial progress

Feb. 13 | By Dr. Luke Tripp Guest Commentator   What appears to be racial progress in America is largely an illusion. Martin Luther King, Jr. is honored for his great contribution to the struggle for human rights and social justice in America. He was assassinated...

Anti-Black stereotypes killed Trayvon Martin and profiled me in St. Cloud

Apr. 18 |     By Dr. Luke Tripp Guest Commentator   The Trayvon Martin case has sparked the mobilization of millions who are morally outraged because Trayvon symbolized the targets and victims of the deeply racialized U.S. criminal justice system....