He can be a little boy : Black father explains why he moved to UK with son Duration: 10:08 Keith Magee wrote a letter to his Black son on the one year anniversary of George Floyd s death, where Magee describes the fear he feels for his son as a Black child and why this inspired Magee to move to the United Kingdom.
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BRIANNA KEILAR: One father put its thoughts on paper, writing an open letter to his 6-year-old son on cnn.com. And that father, Keith Magee, is joining me now. He s the chair and professor of practice in social justice at Newcastle University in England. And you ll say, who is that little guy next to him? That is his son Zayden, to whom he addressed this beautiful letter.
KEITH MAGEE:Hello.
KEILAR: Hello. Thank you so much if both of you for being with us this morning. Keith, I want to start with you because I m hoping I just want our viewers to know about what you wrote. Would you mind just reading us some of the letter that you wrote to your sweet son.
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University of New Mexico senior Makuach Maluach, center, has announced he will hire an agent and begin prep for his pro career.. (UNM Athletics photo)
Makuach Maluach didn’t say much over the past four seasons as a starting wing for the UNM Lobos.
He just produced.
On the court and off.
The 6-foot-5 wing from South Sudan who fled the war-torn nation with his mother to Australia at the age of 10 took to social media on Thursday night to announce he has signed with an agent and will pursue a professional playing career overseas likely back home in Australia.
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Bayron Matos (1), shown in action in January for New Mexico, appeared in 20 games this past season, making 15 starts. (Jason Farmer/For The Journal)
Bayron Matos has found a new team.
The physically gifted 6-foot-9 freshman post player who first arrived in Albuquerque to join the Lobo men’s basketball team in the middle of the 2019-20 season announced via social media on Tuesday he will transfer to the University of South Florida.
Matos will have three seasons of playing eligibility remaining.
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“I’m happy to announce that I will be attending the University of South Florida to finish up my last few years,” Matos posted on his Twitter and Instagram social media accounts along with a picture of himself in a USF jersey. He also thanked two men who have helped guide him through the college basketball scene from his native Dominican Republic to the United States, wh
ThyBlackMan.com) I am completely baffled. I cannot understand why
Black people continue to be killed without every single American demanding that all police officers across the countryjust stop it. Stop killing Black people! Can we not collectively insist that those who have sworn to protect us focus on public safety first, and law enforcement second? And why,
why, do these police officers’ minds not equate Black bodies with the inalienable right to live? Who accidentally shoots another person? Who doesn’t think at least twice about their own actions while kneeling on a dying man’s neck?
As the trial of Derek Chauvin moves into its final stages, and we await its outcome with trepidation, I sat down today to write about justice. I am constantly striving to sharpen my awareness and comprehension of the subject. I have recently published a book entitled