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The face of truth is open,

The eyes of truth are bright,

The lips of truth are ever closed,

The head of truth is upright.

The breast of truth stands forward,

The gaze of truth is straight,

Truth has neither fear nor doubt,

Truth has patience to wait.

The words of truth are touching,

The voice of truth is deep,

The law of truth is simple:

All that you sow you reap.

The soul of truth is flaming,

The heart of truth is warm,

The mind of truth is clear,

And firm through rain or storm.

Facts are but its shadows,

Truth stands above all sin;

Great be the battle in life,

Truth in the end shall win.

The image of truth is Christ,

Wisdom’s message its rod;

Sign of truth is the cross,

Soul of truth is God.

Life of truth is eternal,

Immortal is its past,

Power of truth will endure,

Truth shall hold to the last.

Truth by Muhammad Ali

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The year 1968 remains one of the most tumultuous single years in history, marked by historic achievements, shocking assassinations, a much-hated war, and a spirit of rebellion that swept through countries all over the world.

That is the year I was born.

December 27, 1968

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Larry Norman the founding father of Christian rock music, considered the pied piper of the 1970's Jesus Movement. Norman wed the rhythms of pop music with the spiritual and social outlook of Christianity to create a kind of flower-power gospel.

Norman got his start in the musical mainstream, signing to Capitol Records at age 19. He played on bills alongside Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and The Doors and rubbed shoulders with Neil Young and Skip Spence (of Moby Grape). Billboard magazine called him “the most important songwriter since Paul Simon.”

Norman's early social positions caused a stir among many conservative Christians. His views against racism and poverty caused him to receive multiple death threats in the 1970s. A widespread ban on Norman's music, which is largely still in effect today, existed in Christian stores. This ban was due not only to Norman's social positions, but his preferred company as well. Said Norman in a separate interview, "The churches weren’t going to accept me looking like a street person with long hair and faded jeans. They did not like the music I was recording. And I had no desire to preach the gospel to the converted."

Norman made his name preaching to the outcast, offending the church and making record executives nervous with his brand of Jesus rock. Norman wrote songs that spoke to the heart but aimed for the jugular. It is nothing less than legendary for the original Jesus Freak.

Larry David Norman

April 8,1947 - February 23, 2008

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Puerto Rican Flag History

People always comment about how Puerto Ricans are obsessed with flying their flag.

That's because on June 10th, 1948 Law 53 was approved. Enacted to surprise the Independence movement on the island, "La Ley de la Mordaza" The Gag Law made it illegal to display or own a Puerto Rican flag; anyone accused and found guilty of disobeying the law could be sentenced to ten years imprisonment, a fine of $10,000 dollars (US), or both. This flag provision to the law allowed police and national guardsmen to enter anyone’s home without a warrant and search and seize all property, regardless of probable cause. In 1957, the Gag Law was repealed on the basis that it was unconstitutional as protected by freedom of speech within Article II of the Constitution of Puerto Rico and the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. The government changed the Puerto Rican flag to U.S. blue.

The Puerto Rican flag has five alternating stripes of red and white with a white star in the middle of a blue triangle. The blue triangle represents the three branches of Puerto Rico’s government as well as the waters surrounding the island, which is represented by the white star. The red stripes symbolize the blood sacrificed during the fight for independence and is a reminder of the people who fought for Puerto Rico. Finally, the white stripes stand for victory, liberty and peace.

For many Puerto Ricans, the national flag is a symbol of cultural pride and identity but all this goes beyond just mere island pride. Puerto Rican political identity is woven into the fibers of the territory’s flag—or flags. It’s not only a symbol of national affirma­tion it, It’s used as a symbol of resistance in light of the island's colonial status under the U.S. government.

PA'LANTE MI GENTE SIEMPRE!

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Anyone who thinks must think of the next war as they would of suicide.

I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men and women to die in.

Art by Alexander Kaniuka

#faithhopeandlove #Ukraine #human rights #humanity #civilization #future #russia #putin ukraine

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Photographers, Cinematographers. We're all so frightened by time, the way it moves on, the way it disappears. That's why we're Photographers and Cinematographers. We're preservationists by nature. We capture images to stop time, to commit moments to eternity. Human nature made tangible.

I think that's a good definition of art.

#photography #cinematography #creative #art #newyorkcity #time

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We're living in a climate of fear. People are not experimenting or taking risks and we are in the process of really losing our sense of humor as a society.

The way cancel culture works is that somebody often transgresses a norm that is not yet set and then it goes beyond that, a kind of stigma attaches to that person so that they're not supposed to be redeemable and this is what makes cancel culture so dangerous and very unnerving.

While I do support accountability it should never equal cancellation. What happens with cancel culture It often operates with the logic and velocity of a sucker punch you're being hit from many angles blindly and you don't often have the opportunity to face your accuser, to face your attacker and before you know it the institution that you're associated with simply wants the beating to stop and you're discarded. That's not being held accountable in my book. That's something else entirely.

disagreeing or having different points of views with someone does not equal hate. I don't think we should encourage the most easily upset, the most easily offended people in our culture to establish a cultural norm.

What is and isn't funny will always be subjective. Knowing what is and isn't offensive can be equally illusive. Yes, I am 100% for accountability, especially when it comes to racism, human rights and social justice, it should be confronted and dealt with but a cancel culture is not the way to do it.

#cancel culture #freedom #church #comedians #unknown artist #human rights #social justice #life

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"Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean. Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. That's just the way it is."

Clint Eastwood,

- The Outlaw Josey Wales 1976

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The right to live free from violence, discrimination, and fear has been superseded by a sense of entitlement to own a practically unlimited array of deadly weapons.

In our country, we are in love with our guns, They're far more valued than human rights.

This is America!

#GunViolenceAwareness #america #human rights #blm #social justice #newyorkcity

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A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true. - Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

#blm #black lives are important #blacklivesalwaysmatter

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The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. protested peacefully never use violence or rioting to prove a point. However, during his peaceful protesting, he was beaten, attacked by dogs, jailed, and finally murdered for protesting peacefully. The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. was an unarmed, murdered Black man which is exactly what people are still protesting today. 

I don't condone the violence happening right now, but I understand the violence. Because when change is necessary, failure to change becomes destructive!  The fury in our nation is rooted in a long history of racist policing, violence, and inequality towards racial and ethnic minorities.  

A shortlist of racial crimes to name a few - The Chinese Massacre of 1871, The Trail of Tears 1831 – 1877 Native Americans, Porvenir massacre against Mexican Americans 1918, Church bombings in Birmingham Alabama 1963, There were 671 victims in anti-Latino or Hispanic incidents in 2018, compared with 552 the year before. 

As people who hold positions in leadership, government, law enforcement, education, and religious institutions we can not continue to remain silent, it is our responsibility to use our platforms to bring racial awareness and challenge injustice. If we don't address this cancer that's eating up our country then we're no better than those who pull the trigger or the officer who placed his knee on George Floyd's neck. As Americans, we must look at our country's dark past and learn from it. 

We have to educate ourselves and educate our children in the hopes of a better tomorrow, lest history repeats itself. In conclusion, we must agree that racism is evil in its purest form, any form of racism should never be tolerated but condemn.

"There comes a time when silence is betrayal." "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." - Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

United States Declaration of Independence starts as follows: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."  - Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

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We're New York Tough!

#covidー19 #coronavirus #newyork #newyorkcity #family #faith #faith hope love #friends #strength

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Remembering our fellow AmeRicans

Let's continue to pray, move, help, fight, and tell the story of America

#puerto rico #America #newyorkcity #lives #Borinquen #justice #fight

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Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge.

whether it is the malign language of law-without-ethics, or language designed for the estrangement of minorities, hiding its racist plunder in its literary cheek – it must be rejected, altered and exposed.

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