Joel Edward Goza

G&G Collective Merch with a message by G&G Collective.

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT. Victor Gaddie and I have launched a clothing line called G&G Collective.

We will be partnering with folks to produce inspirational clothing & merchandise. Our first partners are the families of Ida B. Wells and W.E.B. Du Bois.
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Today's reparations movement is impossible to imagine without the luminary leadership of Queen Mother Moore kept the flame alive because she knew nothing less could help our nation heal.

Eager to read @drashleyfarmer.bsky.social's upcoming biography.

Reparations are about restoring communities across the nation and empowering cities to invest in the people our policies abused. Across the nation, reparations are gaining increased traction at the local and state level. Shout out to:

@Robin Rue Simmons
@robin_5th_ward

Thankful for @MarcusAnthonyHunter

Racialized Economic Piracy | Los Angeles Review of Books Joel Edward Goza dives into Calvin Schermerhorn’s new study of American history, tracing a financial pattern of racial exploitation that’s woven into the nation’s fabric.

Deeply thankful for the opportunity to review Calvin Schermerhorn's the Plunder of Black America for the @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social.

Spoiler Alert. I loved it.

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An Open Letter to David Brooks On Repentance and the Failures Our Generations Hold in Common

So, I have read David Brooks for a long time. His article America Needs a Mass Movement Now struck a nerve and I wrote him a letter.

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In honor of the radical visionary who called our nation to repent, make reparations, and make good on democracy's commitments.

@BerniceKing

The Long Journey to Make America Great Ronald Reagan, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Battle for America's Mind and Imagination

For Part III of the Rebirth Series, detail the different visions embodied between the Reagan Revolution and the Dream of MLK.

We cannot understand where we are as a nation without understanding that when embraced Reagan we rejected King.

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But all that aside, the 1619 Project resulted in a book that included work by prominent, prize-winning scholars like Tiya Miles, Matt Desmond, Khalil Gibran Muhammed, Martha Jones, Carol Anderson, Anthea Butler, etc etc as well as some historically-minded Pulitzer Prize winning reporters.

Wanted to send a huge shout out to my wife and her colleagues who have been feeding hungry people from all walks of life regardless of their ability to pay through the Table in the Portland neighborhood for almost 10 years now.

Deeply grateful

Hating the Helping Hand How the Justifications of Slavery Led to the Demonization of Welfare

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In Part II of the Rebirth of Nation Series, I look at Thomas Jefferson and Ronald Reagan to explore the racial myths that provided the foundation of our nation's war against the poor and vulnerable families.

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Reading Audley Moore's story has me thinking again of the responsibility we have to our children in times like this.

@drashleydfarmer.bsky.social

This is priceless reading. Order here:
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Today's reparations movement is impossible to imagine without the luminary leadership of Queen Mother Moore kept the flame alive because she knew nothing less could help our nation heal.

Eager to read @drashleyfarmer.bsky.social's upcoming biography.

Reparations are about restoring communities across the nation and empowering cities to invest in the people our policies abused. Across the nation, reparations are gaining increased traction at the local and state level. Shout out to:

@Robin Rue Simmons
@robin_5th_ward

On Repentance and Repair is a beautiful read that provides both spiritual and social depth perception. Available now😀

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@Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

@RabbiDanyaRuttenberg

Representative Mike Johnson's First Act A Coming Out Party with Ominous Implications

I am partnering with my publisher for the the Rebirth Series on substack that shares timely snipets from Rebirth of a Nation: Reparations and Remaking America.

Mike Johnson's First Act remembers the way he chose to introduce himself to the nation.

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Thankful for @MarcusAnthonyHunter