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Ivan Butcher II
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Little known Black History Fact (1105 hits)
    Gil Noble, Host of Pioneering TV Show Focusing on Black Issues, Dies at 80   http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/06/business/media/gil-noble-host-of-show-on-black-issues-dies-at-80.html?_r=0   In 1975, I met with Mr. Gil Nobl ...
Posted Monday, February 9th 2015 at 5:11PM
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Why Do We Need to Celebrate Black History Month? (1844 hits)
    And, my answer is always the same, because there are still much too many both Black and White Americans who are ignorant to the Truth of Americas Past.   Especially after receiving responses like these from Americans of Europea ...
Posted Monday, February 9th 2015 at 3:35PM
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Who Feels It, Knows It! (1511 hits)
A question has been posed, why hasn't there been more out-cry in the Virgin Islands, regarding the national state of condition for Black Americans, regarding police homicides and brutality, immigration, minimum wage, unemployment, etc... ? The genera ...
Posted Monday, January 5th 2015 at 11:59AM
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Consider Adopting the Whole Family (5301 hits)
Consider Adopting the Whole Family I feel that retired men of my age group who have already successfully raised their families would be the best solution to unifying many of our dysfunctional black families, by adoption the whole family, instead ...
Posted Sunday, July 6th 2014 at 7:36AM
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Polygamy: What if it was the reverse, women having more than one husband? (1844 hits)
I recently was invited to speak to an early childhood vocational class of 12th grade female students on this very topic. When I expressed that I believed in polygamy a few of their reactions were that I was just nasty and just wanted sex. It is o ...
Posted Monday, January 27th 2014 at 5:47PM
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Picture This... (1267 hits)
Today for me as an artist, " The Pen is Mightier than the Paintbrush" ...
Posted Sunday, June 9th 2013 at 8:58PM
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Adam and Eve Revised (9462 hits)
What I realize is that before you can cure the ills of our people, you have to first heal the relationships between Black men and Black women. The bulk of blogs and postings are on and about relationships. So that my response is understood, not neces ...
Posted Sunday, October 14th 2012 at 8:24AM
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Book Published (530 hits)
Greetings, For the past four or five years I have been expressing myself, as an Artist, through writing articles and letters to the editor. I have recently self-published, I am published with i AuthorHouse an on-line publishing business. B ...
Posted Friday, August 31st 2012 at 2:47PM
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Bed & Breakfast Workshop (266 hits)
I have my own challenges when it comes to writing, but there are those who choose to respond, especially negatively, have demonstrated that their comprehension skills are no better than their writing abilities. To make clear what I am expressing ...
Posted Monday, June 25th 2012 at 12:17PM
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Talk Is Cheap! (415 hits)
This is pretty much the underlined message I was left with after meeting with Mr. Warren Mosler. The two articles I submitted and posted in the Media, Speaking For the Silent Majority and Refurbish the Hotels Already Here on St. Croix, to address ...
Posted Monday, June 18th 2012 at 5:22PM
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Gil Noble: A Pioneer For Black Empowerment (494 hits)
Little known Black History Fact: In 1975, I met with Mr. Gil Noble to discuss the merits of the "The Black American Evolutionary Flag", designed to represent the contributions Black African Americans had made into America's Bicentennial History Ce ...
Posted Sunday, April 15th 2012 at 6:47PM
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Refurbish the Hotels Already On St.Croix (2434 hits)
Those that feel the big hotel resorts are the way to go, as a conservationist and an environmentalist, my recommendation is to refurbish the closed hotels that already exist here on St. Croix, ex: Carlton Hotel, Clover Crest Hotel, Grape Tree Bay Hot ...
Posted Sunday, April 15th 2012 at 6:44PM
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Speaking for A Silent Majority (447 hits)
Dear Mr. Mosler, It is public knowledge, I have spoken out about the underlying intentions of many investors and developers here in the Virgin Islands, especially on St. Croix. I really am not aware to what your true intentions are in regard ...
Posted Friday, March 30th 2012 at 5:35PM
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Coming Full Circle (686 hits)
It has been 36 years since I first introduced the efforts, I have made over the past, toward contributing to the Change we as a People must make, in order that History does not repeat Itself. I have learned, that nothing happens before its time, ...
Posted Tuesday, February 21st 2012 at 8:16AM
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Self Love: Before Affirmative Action (584 hits)
Self Love: The fact this is a very crucial election year for both American and Black History, presents the best opportunity to bring to the fore-front the importance for we as a People to work together and pool our resources. The Change we as ...
Posted Monday, February 13th 2012 at 9:01PM
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There's More (5172 hits)
To demonstrate my commitment to focusing more on illustrating and to my visual interpretations on issues. Here is a draft of a children's book, my son, Kasan Butcher and I are finalizing. Since doing the illustrations for the children's book, ...
Posted Tuesday, September 13th 2011 at 11:32AM
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My Transition (394 hits)
Greetings, I have been asked, What Happen? They have not seen anything written by me in awhile. others infer that, They shut me down : ) No, it's one of my creative mood swings. I feel I have expressed just about everything I have to say, ...
Posted Tuesday, September 13th 2011 at 11:27AM
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An Innovative Business (886 hits)
Although, this is my son Kasan Butcher, this is Innovative I am often asked, how is Kasan doing in is acting career? The young ones, think he is rich. I tell them, no, that he is a trained working actor, who has to compete with cross overs from ...
Posted Monday, September 12th 2011 at 1:30PM
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Are Black Men Using Jail As A Cope-Out? (2120 hits)
Are Black Men Using Jail As A Cope-Out? I remember as a teen, you had two other options after graduation, if you didn't go to college or got a job; it was either the Army or Prison. Both options, then, offered opportunities after leaving, if th ...
Posted Sunday, July 24th 2011 at 8:46PM
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35th Anniversary, Today! (559 hits)
A Little Known Black History Fact:   Ivan Butcher II, Harlem born Artist, designed and copyrighted in 1975, The Black Evolutionary American Flag, with the Library of Congress.   With the approaching Bi-Centennial, Butcher re ...
Posted Monday, July 4th 2011 at 9:57AM
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No Peace With Israel Until............... (979 hits)
In my humble opinion, the conflict will remain there in the Middle East with Israel and their Arab neighbors, withstanding their occupation of the land in dispute, is Tribalism (Racism). When the Israeli children of the Holocaust survivors pass on ...
Posted Sunday, May 22nd 2011 at 10:24AM
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You People! (865 hits)
Now, I know that I am Old School, because of my time spent growing up in America during the 50's and 60's, and what I know and have experienced, is that when someone said to you, You People, that they were referring to the ethnic group that you repre ...
Posted Tuesday, May 17th 2011 at 10:40PM
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Fahrenheit 451? (3965 hits)
While camping this Easter weekend, I over heard a conversation between a Grand mother and her grandson, and he was telling her that he brought a book to read, that he had to report on for a grade. The book he was reading Fahrenheit 451 (there is a mo ...
Posted Saturday, April 30th 2011 at 1:12AM
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Blatant Disrespect (1056 hits)
If not now, when will White America begin to realize that Black Americans are their only true Ally left in the Non- White World? How and Why would any nation or it’s people around the world believe, that with the racial and social inequality tha ...
Posted Saturday, April 16th 2011 at 8:24PM
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