Three Fifths Magazine three year anniversary edition, April 2024, features contributors “Speaking In Clear Voice: Articulately, Accurately, and Unashamed.” We reflect on becoming racial justice seekers and finding our unique voice. If this were an audio recording, I’d insert spit-take here! My first … Continue reading My First English: The Vernacular of the KKK
The voice of clarity is not to be taken lightly as an African American, especially considering that African Americans naturally have the connotation of being angry and unable to portray calm emotions, and this notion dates back to Jim Crow … Continue reading Speaking in Clarity
On the afternoon of Monday, April 8th, a large swath of the United States will experience a solar eclipse, from partial form to 100% totality. Needless to say, this will be an extraordinary day. Three-Fifths will contrast the special darkness … Continue reading The April Anniversary Edition: In Clear Voice
There was a time when I held the naive belief that I, a “white” person, could grasp the full weight of racism. 3 decades later, I stand corrected. With each encounter, each new perspective peels back another layer, revealing the … Continue reading Living Unapologetically In a Racist World
Fannie Lou Hamer stated, “I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.” I am tired of the truth being distorted, I am sick of people believing that there is equality in America, and I am tired of being … Continue reading It’s Clear to me that Systemic Racism is embedded in American Institutions: Do you see it at play?
In 2005, the state of Florida became the first of 24 states in the union to enact a Stand Your Ground law, allowing individuals who feel threatened by an aggressor to defend themselves, inclusive of using a firearm with deadly … Continue reading Stand Your Ground: Speaking Truth to Power
To listen is to understand; however, individuals cannot understand because they are too busy going through the motions of life. Individuals do not take the time to truly listen and interpret the true meaning of words being spoken. Words take … Continue reading A Clear Voice
In a clear voice, I affirm and confirm that Blackness is beautiful. Blackness is bold. Blackness is brilliant. I say that loudly and proudly to you, even as I say that to myself. As a proud African American in general … Continue reading “In Clear Voice – the Enduring Resonance of Our Superpower”
With respect to incarceration ‘risk assessment’—along with matters like quality of health care provided African–Americans [17], suitability for mortgage lending, and so on given the dominating context provided by the evolutionary descendant of slavery and Jim Crow, any reasonably sophisticated … Continue reading Artificial Intelligence Meets Three-Fifths
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