A Voice From Philadelphia

Hat Tip: OneGoodMan of ChicagoThis was a letter to the editor of the Northeast Times by a young woman living in Northeast Philadelphia first published on May 31, 2007.
I am a native South Philadelphian, having lived there for about 40 years before a move to New Jersey back in 2002. After a few years there, [...]

Sheff: Latino Players Are Easier To "Control" Than Black Players

Hat tip: Karmel

“Sheffield made several controversial remarks in the June issue of GQ magazine regarding the state of the black ballplayer. Sheffield claimed that declining numbers of African-Americans in MLB can be attributed in large part to the fact that Latinos are “easy to control.”
“I called it years ago,” Sheffield said, according to [...]

They Came Before Columbus: Polynesians Reached S. America Before Europeans

Author Ivan Van Sertima taught us that Africans reached Central and South America before the Europeans. Now, there is strong evidence the Polynesians did as well. An early Polynesian ship, pictured.

“After decades of contention, New Zealand researchers have provided the first direct evidence that Polynesians sailed across thousands of miles of the Pacific Ocean to [...]