The Deadwiley Truth

THE DEADWILEY TRUTH OP-ED COLUMN THE PEN IS A POWERFUL INSTRUMENT. WHEN USED EFFECTIVELY, YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD   By Eric M. Deadwiley January 30, 2017             BON VOYAGE! White Tenant’s Message To Black And Hispanic Residents In Brooklyn Neighborhood   A White tenant living in Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn hung a Tee-Shirt in his 1 st Floor Apartment window with a message to the native residents of the Bed-Stuy community. His message represents the sentiment of some of the new (more well-to-do ) residents who are occupying the new Luxury Apartments that are being built all over the Bed-Stuy community. Since the year 2000, the Luxury Apartment boom has “exploded” in Brooklyn. This explosion slowly worked its way up from the Clinton Hills area all the way up through Bed-Stuy to Bushwick. There are very few ( if any ) Apartments being built that are be...

Why did the son of the greatest civil rights leader of our time, feel compelled to go to the home of (then) President-Elect Donald Trump? On the ( nationally celebrated ) Birthday of the honorable Reverend-Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, the President literally “punked” his son.   Why didn’t Mr. Trump attend any tributes to the slain civil rights leader in “respect” for his extraordinary sacrifice in the advancement of the greater good of humanity?   The civil rights community holds only a fraction of the respect and dignity that they once held. Why? There are many reasons for the demise of the stature of Black leadership. Ignorance, greed and self-maintenance tends to drive most Clergy based leadership.   However, this picture, should be cemented in the minds and souls of Black people. This picture depicting Martin Luther King III being lead out of Mr. Trumps Penthouse Elevator on his father’s Birthday typifies the “weakly” state of Black leadership. This picture sy...