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required to successfully respond to directive to the community when print publications are thirty-thousand points of view into Springfield, Massachusetts, I hope
them in effective contemporary regarding the November 2019 overhauling to their operations that of one single man’s, with each the Mayor and City Hall along with
ways. Particularly in a city where election, that was ultimately nationwide—expanding into advertising dollar contributed to the organizations who purchase
broad-based multicultural rejected at the polls, states, “…he digital spaces (as in the case of the the Af-Am POV publication. ads in the Af-Am POV, realize the
coalitions are emerging with [Malo] violated more laws and publication I’m writing for now), ideological corrective actions,
increasing prominence, the rules guiding a candidates the Af-Am POV is running the Unfortunately, local commerce already in-progress that will
century’s-old consolidated point of behavior than I have ever presses hot and burning lots of gas isn’t the only enabler of this decommission platforms such as
view publication, is and should be personally witnessed…stopping to print and transport free copies destructive and monolithic the Af-Am POV and render all
an endangered species in the voters as they entered the zone of their misrepresenting, culturally wannabe propaganda tool, as the unauthorized vehicles of the same
public forum. where he had no right to be, appropriating, family journal, and city’s governmental apparatus has ilk, an embarrassing detour on our
walking some up to the polling free publication across two New also allowed the theft of march toward racial equity.
Such may even be why city hall door, escorting some inside and, in England territories; surprisingly multidimensional racial
appears to think it can sweepingly one instance at another precinct, you won’t find an Af-Am POV perspective, by failing to counter Like crawling traffic on the
generalize us and our challenges actually walking up behind a voter distribution point in the capitol the Hurst Family narrative, incredibly busy and always-
and throw bad policy at us, filling out a ballot in a manner that city & national intelligentsia although otherwise the Mayor expanding road to progress, a
typically only supported by one or made her feel threatened”. epicenter—Boston, MA, and seems to do a good job at ignoring Hurst is sitting in our way.
two self-proclaimed arbiters of our Frederick…c’mon now Frederick, considering what the publication it.
community. I’m a few hues darker than the lacks that is probably by design. While I suppose it could be said
current variation of the Hurst When reflecting on how we got to that the Af-Am POV has
We all share some of the blame, DNA, myself, and I must say — if a In many cases, it serves as Black this current juncture, we’d be contributed to the waking and
either we have knowingly or person ever described me during a barber and hair salon interior remiss if we did not examine the organizing of black consciousness
unknowingly contributed to the political campaign with the words décor until several months later, void, or the slow pace of evolution in Springfield, we now stand at
truncation of our diaspora’s and in the way you chose to when somebody needs an that made the creation and crucial crossroads where we must
spectrum, by allowing the Af-Am describe Mr. Brown, we’d have a applicator to apply window sustainment of the Af-Am POV decide who we are going to be; will
POV to operate with impunity for lot more talking to do. Yet I cleaner to their automobile in the possible: A now downwardly we haphazardly build our progress
so long, claiming to speak with our digress. Frederick’s October 1, parking lot. It’s pretty clear that favored community organizing on the kind of weak foundational
collective voices. 2019, attack on Malo Brown, the Af-Am POV is as stubborn with strategy that told us that single- ideologies and old-world customs
printed in the Af-Am POV, and their operational strategy as its issue solidarity was how we would indicative of the Af-Am POV
Personally, I myself feel inaccurately represented as the leader is in his inability to concede achieve progress. While though publication, or will we move
responsible to a degree — as a community’s point of view— that blacks have dissenting that is probably as true today as it forward into this decade with the
black man, I was moved to publicly clearly was not, as a plurality of opinions from his. was twenty years ago, what the Af- ideals of our contemporary beliefs
speak out only after Frederick’s votes from ward 4 (the African Am POV represents is a gross of inclusion, multiculturalism,
brutal take-down of City Councilor American stronghold of the city) For nearly two decades, black misinterpretation and fairness, and equity of
Malo Brown, then a candidate, in was cast for Malo, over the explicit voices within the City of bastardization of the single-issue opportunity?
the October 1, 2019, Af-Am POV directive by Frederick to vote for Springfield have been sequestered solidarity principle; by presuming
issue. Frederick Hurst’s his more competent and integrous and ultimately misrepresented by that in order to have it, that we Frederick, we can’t tell you not to
adaptation of dog whistle racist opponent. a man seemingly obsessed with his must also have a single voice or play with publishing any more
language to convey an illustration preoccupation of a child-like perspective. It is true that we can than we could have told you not to
of a dark-skinned, immoral, I’m often disappointed that fantasy where he is some sort of support the same cause, without play with teaching or the law, but if
broken, unethical black male to something like this publication is periodical power broker, at the having the same voice or you’re going to, then do it with
the Ward 4 electorate one month even possible in my hometown, or community’s expense. perspective regarding it. your voice, not our community’s.
before the election was repulsive anywhere in America 2020.
and unforgivable, especially to me, The Af-Am POV is regularly It is equally true that we can Disclaimer: The views and
even as I supported Malo’s The Af-Am POV is unique in that sponsored by the Western choose not to support a “black” opinions expressed are
opponent during that race. not only does it operate with a Massachusetts services industry issue, and still have our black voice determinedly those of the writer
failing ideology, but a failing that, perhaps unknowingly, matter. For the sake of effective and not necessarily the views of
A portion of Frederick’s rambling business model as well. At a time inaccurately consolidates nearly and inclusive government in the Metro Record Newspaper.