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Nov 16, 2020

If Gentrification Killed San Francisco, Racism Rode Shotgun

Many blame classism for housing displacement, but gentrification is racist at its core By Paris, level.medium.com Op-Ed I’m a native San...

Aug 21, 2020

Trump Is the Worst President in U.S. History — We Need To Vote Him Out

He is White privilege incarnate By Paris, level.medium.com Op-Ed Let’s stop dancing around the obvious and say it loud for the people in...

Nov 15, 2016

A Racist White House Doesn't Surprise Black People

By Paris, Vice Op-Ed The sky is falling. At least that's what many alarmed by the coming ascension of Donald Trump to the presidency of...

Nov 3, 2016

Would Cops Treat Pipeline Protesters Differently if More Were White?

By Paris, Vice op-Ed Some people of color see a familiar double standard at work in North Dakota. A large group of armed Native Americans...

Oct 18, 2016

How Police Reform Is Failing in San Francisco

By Paris, Vice Op-Ed Cops in San Francisco aren't getting the same level of scrutiny as in cities like Baltimore and Ferguson. Is a bit...

Sep 5, 2016

The Myth of Donald Trump’s Black Voter Outreach

By Paris, VICE Op-Ed As the Republican nominee makes overtures to minority voters, he's pursuing a strategy of dividing and conquering....

Jul 20, 2016

If All Lives Matter, Act Like It

By Paris, Vice Op-Ed I've looked down the barrel of a cop's gun on three separate occasions, none of which involved crime. The most...

Jul 7, 2016

How the Democratic Party Takes Black Voters for Granted

By Paris, Vice Op-Ed The party needs minority voters to win national elections. But the solutions they're offering are nowhere near...

Jun 23, 2016

Guns and the Big Business of Carnage

By Paris, Vice Op-Ed Who benefits from the endless cycles of sadness, anger, and partisanship that follow mass shootings in America?...

Jul 28, 2015

Guns are killing my community. It’s time to end the stale gun debate and act.

By Paris, Washington Post Op-Ed I consider myself a politically astute hip-hop artist with over 4 million in sales to my credit, but I...

Jan 3, 1993

Yo! A Rapper's Domestic Policy Plan

By Paris, Washington Post Op-Ed A LOT of people are giving Bill Clinton advice these days. Here's mine. Although many Americans are...