Some Blacks All Black The After Applaud Fidel Movie Channels Thanksgiving Castro’s Legacy Now Offered Blues – Time of Racial Through Equality for Streaming to Focus all Cubans Services on Health Page 9 Page 3 Page 4 PRST STD Like It or 75c U.S. Postage PAID Jacksonville, FL Not Your Permit No. 662 Name May RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED Impact Your Career Page 2 75 Cents Vet Moves After Racist Threats Over Volume 30 No. 4 Jacksonville, Florida December 1-7, 2016 Uproar About Chili’s Meal Denial Ernest Walker, a Black U.S. Army veteran, was denied a meal at Chili’s Gun Sales Among People of Color See Increase on Veterans Day. Chili’s, like many restaurants around the country, An increase in violent incidents amount of minority customers they offers free meals to vets on Veteran’s Day, but at this particular Chili’s directed at people of color since the have received. “They thought restaurant in Cedar Hill, Texas, the manager decided not to serve the presidential election has spurred an Trump won’t win,” said Earl Curtis, American serviceman questioning his authenticity as a vet. increase in gun purchases among owner of the Blue Ridge Arsenal in Since the incident, Chili’s has removed the manager and released a African-Americans. Chantilly, Virginia. He says most of public statement of apology. Gun store owners told NBC his customers are first-time shoot- Now, Walker says things have gotten worse for his family. The Army News, the number of Black and ers looking to get a handgun to pro- vet has received multiple death threats, unsolicited mail, and had to minority customers they’ve seen tect themselves from “race riots and move out of his house to ensure his family’s safety. Despite the support, has quadrupled since the election. being attacked by racists.” Walker said, “There are still those who questioned my service almost In addition, Black gun groups are There has also been an increase in like the birth certificate of the President – you show it and it’s still not reporting double the normal num- Black gun owner groups, led by good enough.” ber of attendees at their meetings. African-American women. They Reports say that there were 2.3 have reported receiving an skyrock- Ben Carson Offered Position in million FBI background checks for eting number of emails all over the gun sales in October, an all-time country from concerned minorities Trump Cabinet as HUD Secretary high. November is projected to be looking to learn more about gun So far he is the only person of color recognized as a candidate even higher. Although gun compa- safety, training, and firearm access. Retired neurosurgeon and former Republican presidential candidate nies saw an increase before the Philip Smith, founder of the Ben Carson has been formally offered the position of secretary of election — based on fears a Hillary National African American Gun Housing and Urban Development by President-elect Donald Trump. Clinton triumph would increase Association says the racial climate A 1950s era photo portrays a Black family protecting themselves. Decades That’s according to a person familiar with the offer who spoke to the firearm sales— shares in gun com- that has emerged around Donald later, people of color more than ever are sensing a meed to arm themselves. Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because the person was panies surprisingly decreased as Trump’s presidential victory has not authorized to discuss the deliberations publicly. much as 20 percent after Trump’s been reported to the Southern reporting harassment. created a new type of cautiousness. Carson had previously said he was not interested in serving in Trump’s win. Poverty Law Center since Gun store owners are saying that “Most folks are pretty nervous administration. Trump’s victory has ignited more November 8, and LGBT hotlines although sales are increasing over- about what kind of America we’re But his business manager Armstrong Williams says Carson has always public displays of racism. More are at an “all-time peak” in calls all, they are surprised by the going to see over the next 5-10 maintained he’d be open to considering a senior role in the administra- than 700 instances have already years,” he said. tion if Trump convinced him there was no one else for the job. Williams says Carson was especially intrigued by the HUD position The Future Of after being floated as a potential secretary of education or health and human services. Black Lives Carson, who ran for the Republican presidential nomination, has no Matter Under experience running a large organization nor does he have any back- ground in housing policy. He has reportedly said in the past that he did President Trump not consider himself qualified for a cabinet position, but with this new by Carlisle Larsen offer he says he will consider it. Since its earliest days, the Black Lives Matter movement Alleged AME Church Killer to Be has been a lightning rod throughout the country and in His Own Lawyer in Murder Trial the media. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Mark Gergel ruled this week that It was born out of the acquittal Dylann Storm Roof, the white supremacist who is charged with mur- of George Zimmerman in the dering nine black parishioners during Bible study last year in a 2012 killing of the unarmed, Charleston, S.C., AME church, can act as his own lawyer in a case that African-American teenager, he faces the death penalty. He had previously filed a motion asking if Trayvon Martin, in Florida and could act as his own counsel. grew in response to high-profile Other lawyers will sit with Roof at the defense table, but he will “call deaths of black men and women the shots,” said Charles W. Hall, a member of the public affairs office of at the hands of police. It has the Administrative Office of the Courts in Washington D.C.. been a rallying cry for its sup- Federal prosecutors have charged Roof with the Hate Crimes Act porters from all ethnic back- Resulting in Death, the Hate Crimes Act Involving an Attempt to Kill, grounds who'd like to see police Obstruction of Exercise of Religion Resulting in Death, Obstruction of and others held accountable for Exercise of Religion Involving an Attempt to Kill and Use of a the treatment of the black com- Dangerous Weapon and Use of a Firearm to Commit Murder During munity in the United States. and in Relation to a Crime of Violence, according to the 15-page indict- But Black Lives Matter has ment. He has plead not guilty. also had a fair amount of criti- In addition, he faces state murder charges bought by South Carolina, Jacksonville in Top 10 for cism leveled at it by its detrac- which also is seeking the death penalty. That trial is scheduled to begin tors who see the organization as in January. divisive and anti-law enforce- Roof, 22, said he killed the churchgoers to incite a race war. The pis- Riskiest Place to Contract HIV ment. tol was loaded with eight magazines of hollow-point bullets. HIV continues to affect 1.2 million Americans Prevention to create a new map showing where the Throughout the 2016 presiden- across the country, and Jacksonville is in the top 10 of risk of becoming infected with HIV is greatest in the tial election, the movement per- Bullies Assault Child, Tell Him to cities with the highest rates of new HIV diagnoses. United States. sisted in the face of the racist, Nine of those 10 cities are in the South, with Baton The “America's Riskiest Places” list was released anti-Semitic, Islamophobic, ‘Go Back to the Cotton Farm’ Rouge, Miami and New Orleans topping the list. this week by GetTested.com. The site included cities anti-Immigrant and anti-LQBT Jacksonville was ranked No. 9, Orlando was fifth and with a population of 50,000 people or more, infection language that became wide- Jordan Jackson, 8, suffered a fractured arm and Atlanta was No. 7. rates reflect per 100,000 population, and include data spread throughout the presi- concussion while defending himself and his The city's were pinpointed using publicly available from surrounding counties. dential campaign. And fairly or younger sister from racist bullies on a school data from the Centers for Disease Control and not, much of the finger-pointing playground in Geismar, Louisiana, the Weekly Continued on page 2 Citizen reports. The boy’s mother, Alana Jackson, said the inci- dent happened on Nov. 14 after school hours at When Black Mental Health Hits Mainstream: Kanye Spanish Lake Primary School. Jordan and J’Niaha, his 4-year-old sister, were waiting for Jackson to pick them up. An elementary school-aged White boy was throwing mulch at J’Niaha. West Needs Help But Odds Are He Will Never Get It When Jordan intervened, another bully told him that he needs “to go By Julianne Malveaux sleep-deprived and stressed. Some face. We are more likely than hear him. Instead, he had a chal- back to the cotton farm.” Jordan told him that was racist. One of the Kanye West is melting down. He say it is more. His mother, Dr. Whites to experience mental health lenging concert schedule, a sched- boy’s 13-year-old brother pushed Jordan to the ground repeatedly and didn’t perform to expectations at Donda West, died in November challenges, but far less likely than ule that would have brought him body slammed him.