Reverend Irene Monroe

All articles by Reverend Irene Monroe

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  A little black girl’s take on ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ & why racists hate it

  One racist said, "When I found out Rue was black her death wasn’t as sad."

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  Here’s the truth behind Dodge’s offensive ad using MLK to sell trucks

  Dodge and the MLK estate have something in common. Their aim is for revenue maximization - by any means that presents itself.

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  Trump’s comment about ‘s–thole countries’ gravely impacts LGBTQ asylum seekers

  The U.S has been offering asylum to LGBTQ people from around the world since 1994. Is that about to change too?

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  Black women are not the ‘backbone’ of the Democratic Party & it’s insulting to say we are

  The phrase is not one of praise.

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  An urgent warning from a black elder: The new Jim Crow targets LGBTQ Americans too

  I grew up with racist placards that said “Colored Water Fountain,” “Waiting Room For Colored Only,” and "We Serve Whites Only."

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  Should this politician resign for his husband’s sexual harassment?

  Four people have come forward to accuse his husband of sexual harassment.

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  LGBT History Month is as whitewashed as Tom Sawyer’s fence

  It's time to stop tokenizing a few people and share the larger history most people don't know.

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  Whitney Houston’s posthumous coming out could have been avoided

  When her mother, gospel singer Cissy Houston, was asked if she'd accept Whitney if she'd come out, her answer was simple: "Not at all."

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  What’s up with the homosexual tendencies of hurricanes?

  For some conservative religious leaders, the flood was a prayer finally answered and a sin finally addressed.

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  The film ‘Detroit’ has good intentions. We all know how that tends to work out.

  "It was two hours and 23 minutes of the muting, maiming, torturing and murder of black bodies. That’s the movie."

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