The Big Picture
Field notes, research, and dispatches from the edge.
Fréchette’s Double Standard Is on Full Display—and CAQ’s Black Candidates Are Feeding It
From the SPVM 16 trophies to Dadie’s forced exit, Quebec’s Premier protects white ministers while throwing Black party members under the bus. Here’s why staying silent makes them accomplices.
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Des trophées du SPVM 16 à l’éviction forcée de Dadie, la première ministre du Québec protège ses ministres blancs tout en jetant ses députés noirs sous le bus. Voici pourquoi leur silence fait d’eux des complices.
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Preuve accablante : les dirigeants du Québec se battent pour maintenir le racisme systémique en vie
Écartons la fiction polie. Ceux qui nient l’existence du racisme systémique au Québec ne sont pas naïfs. Ils en sont les architectes, les bénéficiaires et, désormais, les gardiens acharnés.
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Damning Proof: Quebec’s Leaders Are Fighting to Keep Systemic Racism Alive
From the Luamba ruling to the Montreal North hair-trophy scandal, Simon Jolin-Barrette’s crusade to protect racist policing—and Premier Fréchette’s refusal to act—shows denial isn’t ignorance, it’s a deliberate choice.
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Lionel Carmant: The White Bigot’s Convenient Black Friend
How the CAQ politician’s resignation and return exposed a man who will stomach racism, but not a threat to his own career
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Comment la démission et le retour du politicien caquiste ont révélé un homme prêt à tolérer le racisme, mais pas une menace pour sa propre carrière
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Pam Bondi’s 3 Desperate Acts as a Corrupt Attorney General Who Sold Her Soul for a Felon
From weaponizing the Justice Department against DEI to covering up Epstein’s sex crimes—Pam Bondi’s shameless fall from grace ends exactly where it belongs: fired, disgraced,
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Simon Jolin-Barrette’s Guide to Wasting Taxpayer Dollars While Pretending Racism Doesn’t Exist
How the CAQ’s Justice Minister is fighting to keep “Driving While Black” alive in Quebec—one court appeal at a time. Simon Jolin-Barrette is very concerned
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Comment le ministre de la Justice de la CAQ se bat pour maintenir le « délit de peau » bien vivant au Québec — un appel à la Cour suprême à la fois
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When Throwing Christmas Trees Ruins Your $800k Payday: Kamila Grabska’s Epic Contest Fail
Kamila Grabska, 36, loses $800k after being caught throwing Christmas Trees In a quaint Irish town where the biggest drama is usually who won the
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Celebrated Triumph: Montreal Author Russell Brooks Named Gala Dynastie Author of the Year Finalist
Russell Brooks’s boldest and spiciest thriller, Jam Run, made him a finalist for the prestigious award FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Montreal, February 14, 2024 — Celebrated Montreal
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My Journey to Author of the Year Nomination at the Gala Dynastie: Triumph Amidst Grant Rejections
My Odyssey to Becoming an Author of the Year Finalist at the Gala Dynastie Embarking on the literary journey is akin to navigating uncharted waters,
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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Presence on the SCOTUS Exposes Deep-Rooted Racial Bias in High-Stakes Appointments
The recent attacks on Dr. Claudine Gay renewed unfounded attacks against Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Within days of President Joe Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji
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George Floyd: Crushing the Appaling Fentanyl Myth Yet Again.
Tucker Carlson tried, yet failed, to revive the debunked myth that George Floyd died from a fentanyl overdose A few weeks ago, the digital landscape
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Renowned Black Scholar Shamelessly Challenges DEI with Flawed Interpretation.
Black Scholar Dr. Carol Swain chooses conjecture over facts in her response to Dr. Ibram X Kendi over DEI. In recent days, Black Scholar Dr.
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Relentless Attacks on DEI Advocates: The Unfortunate Parallel Resignations of Dr. Claudine Gay and Ms. Tamara Thermitus
The forced resignations of two prominent Black Women highlight the fierce opposition to DEI programs. The news about Dr. Claudine Gay’s resignation as President from
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Debunked: Unjust Anti-Semitism Claim on Jamaican LGBTQ Novel
Navigating Anti-Semitism Allegations: My Resilience Against Unfounded Attacks Writing a novel has many challenges. For me, the challenge is researching the subject matter to ensure
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Preparing for the Book Launch of my 5th thriller novel, Jam Run.
Preparing for the Book Launch event—a journey filled with potholes. March 31, 2023, was the launch day for Jam Run, the second crime book in
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Jamaica Mi Love. 1 Love Jamaica!
How I used my trip to Montego Bay to fine-tune my upcoming crime thriller, JAM RUN. The pandemic left most of us exhausted. For those
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The Killing Floor (Jack Reacher 1) by Lee Child: A Killer Debut
Killing Floor, Lee Child’s debut Jack Reacher novel, strikes the reader like a well-wielded leather sap. A few readers told me that my writing reminded
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Unhinged loudmouth Ben Shapiro gets roasted for his venomous 17-post rant about Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.
Ben Shapiro’s unhinged rant against Netflix’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery reminds us why we should not take certain critics seriously.
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Early Christmas Gift. Download the 1st three chapters of JAM RUN.
The teaser chapters to the upcoming Eddie Barrow suspense thriller are available to those who subscribe to the newsletter. My Christmas gift to you. Christmas
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A Celebration of the life of Clinton, my loyal and fun-loving cat of 12 years.
Clinton, my loyal companion, has crossed the rainbow bridge. In my previous blog post, I wrote about Clinton’s health problems and how my friend, Jill
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Clinton the Cat Needs Your Help.
Clinton the cat, my house companion for the past twelve years, has been very ill. A friend set up a GoFundMe to help. Many of
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Thrilled to be on The Morning Detour with Wizzy Moonchaser and Shaharah Sinclair, 11/18/2022
I was invited to The Morning Detour Morning Show to talk about Ridley Fox, Dr. Nita Parris, and Eddie Barrow. Friday morning was a bit
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Deplorable comedy about pedophilia triggers outrage.
Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears’ attempt at making light of pedophilia backfires horribly. Last night I caught a glimpse of the skit that Tiffany Haddish
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When readers don’t come to you, go out and meet the readers.
With the Jam Run release fast approaching, I decided to meet new readers in person to promote it, myself, and my other books.
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Race Against Time by Keith Boykin
Keith Boykin gives a unique perspective on the fear of the weakening of a white-dominated America.
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Why does Vancouver not deserve to host the 2010 Winter Olympics?
The following was an Op-Ed I wrote on July 29, 2009, that was picked up by the National Post. I’m a former track athlete who represented Canada on the world stage...
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My first LGBTQ Book Fair
My experience breaking into the LGBTQ book market Over two weeks ago, I was invited to an LGBTQ book fair to showcase my books. The
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Do the 7 Major Website Builders Help Spread Fake News?
7 major website builders were contacted to see how they handle fake news on their platforms.
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You’re against vaccine passports? Guess what, they’ve existed for more than a century.
Vaccine passports are one of the most discussed topics in Quebec. The province is the first in Canada to introduce it as part of an effort to re-introducing lockdown measures.
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Social Media Influencers Expose Malicious Anti-Vaxx Disinformation Plot
Social Media Influencers from Germany and France go public after being approached by an ad company that offered them cash to spread disinformation about COVID-19 Vaccines.
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The COVID-19 vaccine is here, so are the faux conspiracies
COVID-19 vaccines are here. This news comes to the relief of millions who've had to endure lockdowns, curfews, and not being able to kiss any random person on the street.
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Discriminated and Denigrated.
Don Champion shares horrible memories of being bullied and discriminated against for being a gay Black man.
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NYT Bestselling Author, Eric Jerome Dickey, has run out of ink.
When I first saw the headlines fours hours ago before posting this, I had to make sure that this was not a hoax. Sadly, it's true.
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Let’s all Celebrate our Emancipation by showing our Anti-Blackness.
Anti-blackness. Self-hatred. These are probably the kinder words I could use to describe the motives behind this being by far one of the most asinine court rulings I’ve ever read about in my life.
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Black People With Disabilities Who Contributed to Black History
Since the beginning of Black History Month, each weekly set of posts reflected a theme. The first week reflected Canadians who made significant contributions to Black History, followed Black people from the LGBTQ community.
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Caribbean Black History Month
For this week in Black History Month, I’ll be showcasing Black people from the Caribbean who made major contributions to society–especially when the odds were against them.
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LGBTQ Black History
Black History wouldn’t be complete if one were to neglect the major contributions made from men and women from the LGBTQ community. LGBTQ Black History is also Black History, and many events with regards to civil rights would not have become a reality had it not been for the hard work from members of the LGBTQ community.
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Canadian Black History.
Black History Month is celebrated in February of each year in North America. Even though I publish Black History-themed posts every year on social media, this year I’m going to do things a little differently.
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I’m getting deported because I chose to work rather than beg for a handout.
There’s ALL types of wrong with what is going to happen to this Jamaican immigrant. Due to him briefly leaving Newfoundland for work—which many of his neighbours across the province do when employment is low—Machel Rayner’s being kicked out of Canada after having been here for eight years.
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Racism in Advertisement. Québon’s dog-whistle message gets called out.
Racism in advertisement is not something one sees everyday. However, last Sunday as I was heading home from the gym, I spotted the billboard you see above. How did I react? I was both insulted and was furious considering that there was an underlying message that propagated a racist stereotype that the only true Quebecers are White and French.
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Dog and Bitch Island by Robert Blake Whitehill. A No-Nonsense Character-Driven Mystery.
One can read many books about the SEALs, aircraft, and boats. However one can identify a genuine author based on their attention to detail that either comes from personal knowledge of the subject matter they write about or that they’ve done extensive research, something that Whitehill has mastered.
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USA Not Alone in Electing Bigots. Trumpism Spreads to Quebec.
Me Tamara Thermitus’s nomination to head the Quebec Human Rights Commission has been blocked by separatist Parti Quebecois (PQ) MNAs. Had she been elected, Me Thermitus would’ve been Quebec’s first Black President of the Commission.
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Gone but never forgotten. Thanks for everything, Coach Bell.
My testimony to the life of Coach Bell, one of IU's longest-serving Track Coaches.
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I Don’t Care If I’m A Clown In Blackface. Gays Still Don’t Deserve To Marry Even Though I’m In A Happy Interracial Relationship.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas gets owned by actor/gay activist George Takei
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Self-Publishers Shouldn’t Be Called Authors, according to Michael Kozlowski.
The following is a response to Michael Kozlowki’s Op-Ed which can be read HERE. I strongly suggest that you read it before reading my post.
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