3 hours agoGod Is The God Of Victims, But Not For Those Who Forever Choose To Remain Soby Darryl L. Fortson, M.D. One of the “good things” about being a victim is that it is convenient — your destiny is given over to another person, entity, or force who, for good or ill, is the determiner of it. As such, it will not be you that will…Reparations4 min read
Nov 20, 2021FURY AND LITTLE BOY NAMED KYLEFURY AND LITTLE BOY NAMED KYLE by Darryl L. Fortson, MD How do you channel fury? Do you push it through a straw? Do you picket up and down the streets? Do you go to defy the law? Do you cuss your neighbor out and call him vicious, ugly names? …Cities2 min read
Jul 6, 2021Gray Day — A Day of Somber Remembrance and Reflection Upon What Is “Gray” In Us AllIn case you did not know, July 13th is the birthday of Nathan Bedford Forrest, the Confederate major general and commanding officer who…Confederacy6 min read
May 31, 2021Evanston, Illinois Reparations Leaders Are To Be Critiqued And Encouraged, Not Criticized And CondemnedEvanston, Illinois and their citizen-activists working for Reparations for African-Americans achieved something profoundly historic when Resolution 126-R-19 was passed by the Evanston Town Council. But as this Bloomberg Businessweek article, and much of the press coverage in the wake of this resolution show, the road to this achievement and its…Reparations6 min read
May 2, 2021Voluntary Reparations and Corporate America: Not Just A Racial Imperative — A Business OneTo the Wealthy, Powerful, and Truly Influential White CEO’s of America, I have four questions for you, but first, I have to ask you to imagine an MBA school business case scenario. I want you to imagine that you are Chairman and CEO of Amazon, Inc., a company of approximately…4 min read
Apr 29, 2021Dear Dr. Carson: About Your Reparations Op-Ed in the Washington Post…by Darryl L. Fortson, M.D. Dear Dr. Carson: I read your April 18th, 2021 op-ed piece entitled “Moving Our Focus From Equality To Equity Won’t Defeat Racism. It’s Another Kind Of Racism” in The Washington Post with great interest. You speak on the two societally foundational values of equality and…Reparations4 min read
Mar 9, 2021America Will Rise Or It Will Fall On RacismAmerica will rise or fall on this: whether or not we will put to bed — at long last — the perpetual issue of racism that plagues our nation like an infected, unsightly sore that stubbornly refuses to heal. We have decompressed the wound with the abolition of slavery. We…Reparations5 min read
Jun 29, 2020Why White People Don’t Owe Reparations — And Why They Should Pay Them AnywayWhy White People Don’t Owe Reparations — And Why They Should Pay Them Anyway White people now living do not “owe” Black people now living Reparations. Lord knows their ancestors did, though. After 244 years of uncompensated labor, the approximately 4.2 million Black slaves exited the horrors of American slavery…Slave Reparations5 min read