Sonya Massey ducked, raised her hands above her head and apologized to an Illinois sheriff’s deputy seconds before he shot her three times, in her home, with one fatal blow to the head. by Shugga D. Rosenbloom UPDATED June 28, 2024. (Cannes, France, July 24, 2024). In yet another heart-wrenching and infuriating example of racial …
SAL: Rhetorical Expressions of A Life Long-Lived
Rhetorical Expressions of A Life Long-Lived: Mrs. Sarah Rebeccah Rhymer Richardson contributors: William Steger, Jadah Jarvis, Nico Thomas, Devon Pelle, Felisha Felix, Nathan Carroll and Cheryl Hendricks-Thomas Centenarian matriarch, and the last of nine siblings to survive, Mrs. Sarah Rebeccah (“Sal”) Rhymer Richardson lived 12 days past her 102nd birthday. Born in Tortola British Virgin Islands, …
The Backlash Against Angel Reese and the Need for Inclusive Athletic Environments
by Michael Bell, UVI Voice 2.0 reporter (STT, April 6, 2023) The NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament is arguably the most anticipated college event, and the ‘softer’ gender garnered the spotlight this year. According to ESPN, the LSU-Iowa game watched by 9.0 million people was the most-viewed NCAA women’s basketball game on record. Traditionally, fans tune …
The Lakers Miss the Playoffs
by Michael Bell (STX-February 1, 2023) The Lakers missed a spot in the playoffs with LeBron James suffering an injury and D’Angelo Russel making a comeback after six years. This is going to be an interesting season in the basketball arena. For the Lakers, it will be intense as they try to rise with a …
Can a U.S. Virgin Islander Run for President?
By Indeyah Todman (STX-September 23, 2022) “I’m going to be president when I grow up!”, said a curiously confident 5-year-old as she skipped along the Cramer’s Park beach with her grandmother. Her grandmother laughed with amusement at the little girl’s bold statement. “Why do you want to be president, Indeyah?”, she asked with a smile. …
VI Grammy Goes to… the Next Generation
By Caleisha Simon (STT-November 30, 2022) Four Virgin Islands artists and creators have made history yet again by totaling 11 Grammy Award nominations in 2022. Announced on Nov. 15, 2022, the Grammys blessed the Virgin Islands with nominations for several artists, including one half of the legendary Rock City—Theron Thomas, Verse Simmonds, Masai Harris, and …
I need to speak ‘properly’-A Response to Spoken Word TEDTALK
by Wilah-Marie Baptiste *NOTE: Jamila Lyiscott, PhD., aka, Dr. J, is an aspiring way-maker, a community-engaged scholar, nationally renowned speaker, and co-founder/co-director of the Center of Racial Justice and Youth Engaged Research. Dr. J is most well known for being featured on TED.com where her video, ‘3 Ways to Speak English,’ has been viewed over 4.8 million …
What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? A Contemporary Analysis
REPRINTED from 2020 -by Jada Roberts, Dahlia Ferrol, and Sabina Ferrol “Fellow-citizens, above your national, tumultuous joy, I hear the mournful wail of millions! whose chains, heavy and grievous yesterday, are, to-day, rendered more intolerable by the jubilee shouts that reach them.” Words from Frederick Douglass’ speech are applicable to people of color in the …
Calling it out- NFL Foul!
by Karon Reynolds-r Lack of Diversity in NFL Coaching The entertainment and excitement of American football cannot be denied. All of the different aspects of the game such as interceptions, touchdowns, and fumbles make for absolutely great plays and crowd reactions. The National Football …