#protect angela and jackson at all costs

[chenfordsbby]

"Flesh & Blood"

Season 1, Episode 10: “Flesh & Blood”

“Officer Nolan and Sergeant Grey are paired up for the day on patrol; Officer Chen is paired up with Captain Anderson, and Bradford tells Chen to protect her at all costs”.

Original Air Date: January 15, 2019

Written By: Inda Craig-Galvan

Directed By: Jessica Yu

Happy Sunday! Another week, another episode!!

I think we are in for a doozy of a hiatus now that the actors are on strike as well.  I don’t think we’re going to get any new episodes until well into 2024, but ya know what, the writers and actors deserve to get everything they are asking for, especially our writers. Yet again, I don’t know what these studio execs are thinking….without the writers, they would have nothing!  I pray they get everything soon! #WGAStrong

Shall we Get in the Shop…?!

A silly quick, fun cold open, with John going to pick up his son, Henry, at the airport, but it wouldn’t be classic Rookie style without some cheesy laughs as we watch John getting put in handcuffs by an airport cop for “breaking into” his own car!!! Classic!

Jackson and Lucy meet John and Henry in the station lobby and as John goes to introduce them to Henry, he’s surprised to find out that they all know each other already, at least they do through social media, as they all follow each other and John is clueless to it, and clearly showing his age, and the significant difference between him and Jackson and Lucy.  The John and Lucy relationship has finally come to a complete close it looks like as well. There are no more longing stares and sad faces, as we saw in the previous episodes after the break-up.  Truly happy that chapter is closed.

Captain Anderson is present in the roll call room and has decided that her and Sargent Grey are going to ride along with the rookies.  Captain Anderson chooses to ride with Lucy, and by no surprise Grey chooses to ride with John which also means that Tim and Talia will be riding together for the day.

Tim places the fear into Lucy before she starts her day with Captain Anderson forewarning her that the Captain better not even come back with a scratch on her.  Considering Tim warned Lucy of what would happen to her, if anything happened to Captain Anderson (which it did),  I wonder why we don’t see Tim scold Lucy at the end of the shift regarding what happened.  This is pretty much the only Tim and Lucy interaction we have in this entire episode.  We are still only getting itty, bitty crumbs of them.

You can start seeing the friendship really form this episode between Jackson and Angela.  It’s slowly becoming more than just a rookie/T.O relationship and into one of true friendship.  Angelas phone won’t stop buzzing with notifications from her mom; is Angela going to bring a date o her brothers wedding… this is the first mention of a personal relationship for Angela, so that only means that we are going to see some momentum happening in her personal life?  

Angela and Jackson are grabbing some coffee and they see a man running for a briefcase, Angela stops him and sparks are flying between Angela and this man.  We have no idea who he is except for the fact that he’s a lawyer.  Who is this man?  The lawyer has a tracking app in his briefcase- once they find the thief and the briefcase, Angela and the lawyer, who is still nameless 26 minutes into the episode, start arguing with each other: police vs lawyer, and their chemistry is undeniable.  They don’t even know each other, but it’s fire.  At the end of the day, as Angela is leaving, the lawyer is still at the station, as he was waiting to apologize to her.  Immediately after he asks her out on a date and Angela invites him as her date to her brothers wedding.  Even at the end of the episode, we still don’t get Mr. Lawyers name.  I’m excited to see the potential between them!  (We know what it is, but again, I am watching/writing these as if I’ve never seen an episode and this is all brand new to me!)

We are also introduced to Dominque, who is Grey’s daughter.  I think this is the first time we see Sergeant Grey be less than domineering in the precinct and it has everything to do with his daughter, he is showing a different side to himself, a much more lighter, less intimidating side.  Its smart storytelling watching Grey with Dom vs John and Henry.  Two older police officers with their kids.  Henry is voicing his concerns over John being a cop and those same concerns came tru with Grey and Dom.  Henry is scared every day of getting that phone call that John gets shot while on the job.  Dom received that phone call once, and she doesn’t want to get it again.  We see some bonding between John and Grey, and it’s because it’s over there kids.   

Tim and Talia are at a standoff- who is getting the shop gear bags? The stubbornness is coming through and we know for a fact that Tim will not budge, not even the slightest hence why immediately after we see Lucy carrying an overload of bags and guns.  There was no reason why Lucy needed to get Tim’s shop ready, considering he was more than capable of doing it himself, but because she’s his boot, she thought she had no choice but to listen to him.  Captain Anderson doesn’t like that and makes Tim and Talia get their own gear, as they just should’ve done in the first place.

There is head butting between Tim and Talia, two veteran patrol officers having to ride together, and neither wanting to take a step back as lead.  Tim was Talia’s T.O for two weeks until she got a new one.  I don’t know if we got the reason why she switched T.O’s, but there is evident tension between them.  Lucy is still too scared to give Tim a run for his money, but Talia has zero problem in doing it.  She is giving back to him just as much of what he is dishing out to her.  Tim is assertive in taking point in the apartment call, so when they go in the basement to find the big bad intruder, he gets a surprise as he gets sprayed by a skunk.  At the end of the day, Tim apologizes to Talia for his actions and the way he treated Talia.  I think this is the first time we are seeing Tim apologizing to anyone really.  Its just another layer of Tim Bradford that we are seeing get pulled back (but not exactly with the person we want to see him opening up to…ahem Lucy Chen ahem)!

John is nervous., it’s quite obvious. What should he say, or do? He already knows that Grey dislikes him and now he’s going to be on a 12 hour shift with him, so he wants to make sure he does everything right and by the book, but also to impress Grey, or at least try too.  He is not off to a great start with the pulled over grandma, who ends up kicking him right where it hurts.  They next respond to a call in an apartment complex- a woman claims her neighbors won’t stop fighting and screaming.  The awkwardness between John and Grey is still in the air.  John still just wanted to impress him and Grey still isn’t budging either.  They get into the apartment and start getting attacked by the neighbors.  Strike 2?  The last call they respond to isn’t even a call- they witness a gas break right by a house- and they respond in getting everyone out of the house.  John wants Grey to stay outside because of the gas leak but they both put on make shift masks and rescue all of the remaining people inside of the house.  I think this is where John impresses Grey.  No matter what the call is or what it entails, John will put his life on the line every time, for anything and anyone.  I think baby steps have been made between them.

Lucy and Captain Anderson respond to a domestic dispute, when they enter the house, the couple are fighting in Farsi, and as Lucy is calling in for an interpreter, Captain Anderson starts talking to them in Farsi.  Come to find out that Zoe was in the Marines, where she learned to speak Farsi. Its super impressive and intriguing.  Why haven’t we seen much of Captain Anderson and he past background in the force.  I want to know about her.  As she is trying to de-escalate the situation, the ex-husband is asked to leave the house and as Lucy is escorting him out of the house, he makes a quick run for the upstairs bedroom where he locks himself inside…we hear a gunshot and the husband has shot himself. Captain Anderson comforts the wife as Lucy watches from afar.  There was nothing that could’ve been done.  

Zoe and Lucy respond to the next call, of two neighbors arguing and as Lucy goes to arrest one of the neighbors she ducks, and the other neighbor swings and lands a push right in the captains face.  Lucy knows that she’s in trouble.  Lucy can’t express her apologies enough to Zoe, but she wipes it off her shoulder, its just another day on the job.  Lucy’s eyes light up while talking to Captain Anderson.  This is a person who Lucy hopes and strives to be one day.  She made a name for herself in a male dominated career and its something Lucy wants to accomplish as well.  This episode is the most we have seen of Captain Anderson and she’s been nothing but a positive influence on everyone but especially Lucy.  

Back in the precinct lobby, a freshly released prisoner starts to ask Captain Anderson questions about re-sentencing, which starts to sound fishy and she is quick to pick up on it.  He grabs a helpless woman as his victim and aims his gun on her.  Captain Anderson talks try to talk him out of it.  Like Lucy, she expresses great empathy.  I don’t want to say its a female cop characteristic, because I don’t think Angela has the same type of empathy that Lucy and Captain Anderson show. She figures out that talking him out of this won’t work, so she’s thinks quick on her feet and tricks him, knocking him to the ground and arresting him.

All jokes are on Tim as he finally gets himself back into the station and gets laughed at, as Lucy points out, “Oh my god, did you get skunked”.  As serious as this show can be, it can also switch into its comedic side at the drop of a ball and it is done very well.

At the end of the episode, Lucy goes to talk to Zoe.  You can see that the events of the day are weighing on Lucy’s mind.  She feels guilty of what happened to Zoe but Captain Anderson puts her at ease when she praises Lucy and her policing.  Lucy is on her way of becoming a very impressive cop.  Captain Anderson sees it and so do we. 

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Honorable Mention:  Introduction of Wesley Evers aka Mr. Lawyer

Episode Peak: Captain Anderson

Episode Pit: Guilt Ridden Lucy, we love a happy Lucy!

Quote of the Episode: “You don’t tell people that you’re a badass, Officer Chen.  Just got to show ‘em” ~ Captain Anderson to Lucy Chen

Episode Rating: I give this episode a solid 7/10.  It had a little bit of everything in it.  Not terrible but also not the greatest.  It did give us a hell of a lot more of Captain Anderson, which is much appreciated and it pushed the Nolan/Grey storyline a bit forward; and we also start to see little inklings of the cop that we all know that Lucy can and will become, there was just a certain someone that she had to get rid of first that was holding her back… lets hope for some more Tim and Lucy content in the next upcoming few episodes!!!

Until next time in, “Get in the Shop”…

[lucyandtimbradford]

I AM SCREAMING ASDFGHJKL

[thetimelordbatgirl]

Power Rangers OCs

Teams based on ones in series:

Power Rangers: Jungle Fury: New Age: Summary of Series: It has been a long time since the jungle masters- Casey, Lily and Felix- defeated Dai-shi once and for all. But just because 'once and for all' appears to be the result, doesn't mean fate doesn't have plans for it to be all over. When student, William Smith, at Pai Zhuq academy, unleashes Dai-Shi once more, master Casey has no choice but to send 3 of his students- Kiara Wilson, Sydney Miles and Gabriel Johnson- to his former master, R.J James, to be trained as the next power rangers in order to defeat the old threat.But with the stakes rising, can the new power rangers do it? Or will the old threat win for the first time in centuries? Quotev Link

*Kiara Wilson- Orange Ranger- Faceclaim: Skai Jackson. *Sydney Miles- Teal Ranger- Faceclaim: Mackenzie Foy. *Gabriel Johnson- Pink Ranger- Faceclaim: Issac Ryan Brown. *Mallory Miles- Dark Green Ranger- Faceclaim: Laura Marano. *William Smith- host of Dai Shi- Faceclaim: Jedidiah Goodacre.  *Angelica Andrews- right hand of Dai Shi- Faceclaim: Sofia Carson. 

Power Rangers: The New Samurai: Summary of Series:  Years ago, the Samurai Rangers defeated Master Xandred, and the Nighlok were sealed away for good. Supposably. Now, a new leader rises with the Nighlok, and plan to flood the earth, and believe that no one will step up to stop them. But they are wrong- as the next generation of Samurai has now stepped up. Can the Rangers stop the Nighlok? Or will they fall? Quotev Link 

*Reese Shiba- Red Ranger- Faceclaim: Rowan Blanchard. *Jesse Barron- Pink Ranger- Faceclaim: Amir Mitchell-Townes.  *Morgan Barron- Blue Ranger- Faceclaim: Skai Jackson. *Caleb Parry- Green Ranger- Faceclaim: Robert Ochoa.  *Silas Parry- Yellow Ranger- Faceclaim: Xolo Mariduena.  *Aurora Garcia- Gold Ranger- Faceclaim: Siena Agudong. *Helia Garcia- Silver Ranger- Faceclaim: Alexys Nycole Sanchez. *Arianna Barron- Purple Ranger- Faceclaim: Millie Davis (present)-Navia Robinson (Future Self).

A New Age of Mighty Morphin: Summary of Series: Lord Drakkon was supposedly defeated in an event people refer to nowadays as Shattered Grid, universes moving on after the great battle, unaware though....some evils wont die that easily. Having risen from the ashes of his destroyed world, Lord Drakkon has fallen into a universe he considers weak and easy to take over first, unaware then that Kimberly Ann Hart with Ari has travelled to the universe to stop him at any cost, even if it means mentoring a new team of Rangers with their parents coins- will the new team be able to handle Drakkon or will they fail and lose everything they know and hold dear? Quotev Link 

*Sara Scott-Taylor- Red Ranger- Voiceclaim: Skai Jackson. *Myles Scott-Taylor- Black Ranger- Voiceclaim: Dusan Brown. *Nova Cranston- Blue Ranger- Voiceclaim: Rowan Blanchard. *Regina ‘Reign’ Kwan- Yellow Ranger- Voiceclaim: Selena Gomez.  *Ezra Ryder Oliver- Pink Ranger- Voiceclaim: Booboo Stewart. *Ruth Hope Oliver- Green Ranger- Voiceclaim: Sabrina Carpenter. 

Power Rangers: Return of Darkness: Summary of Series: TBA.

*Cyrena Russell- Red Ranger- Voiceclaim: Sabrina Carpenter. *Giselle Russell- Blue Ranger- Voiceclaim: Rowan Blanchard. *Harmonia Rocca-Thorn-Bly- Green Ranger- Voiceclaim: Meg Donnelly.  *Orion Rocca-Thorn-Bly- Yellow Ranger- Voiceclaim: Asher Angel. *Phoenix Rocca-Thorn-Bly- Pink Ranger- Voiceclaim: Milo Manhem.  *Aslan Russell- White Ranger- Voiceclaim: Mitchell Hope. *Cassiel- The Gatekeeper- Voiceclaim: David Faustino.  *Morgana Le Fay- Main Villain- Voiceclaim: Katie McGrath. *Mordred Le Fay- Side Villain- Voiceclaim: Tom Hiddleston. 

Power Rangers: Return of Venjix: Summary of Series: TBA. 

*Crystal Truman- Gold Ranger- Voiceclaim: Bresha Webb. *Carrie Truman- Red Ranger- Voiceclaim: Andrea Lioman.  *Riley McAllistair- Blue Ranger- Voiceclaim: Mitchell Hope. *Felix McAllistair- Silver Ranger- Voiceclaim: Milo Manhelm.  *Kai Landsdown- Yellow Ranger- Voiceclaim: Booboo Stewart. *Harper Landsdown- Black Ranger- Voiceclaim: Sabrina Carpenter. *Barbara Grover- Green Ranger- Voiceclaim: Rowan Blanchard. *Rachel Grover- Pink Ranger- Voiceclaim: China Anne McClain. 

Power Rangers: The Resistance:  Summary of Series: TBA. 

*Luciana ‘Luci’ Sanchez- Red Ranger- Voiceclaim: Sofia Carson. *Ryan Clarke- Pink Ranger- Voiceclaim: Josh Keaton. *Jai Adams- Black Ranger- Voiceclaim: Ben Schwartz. *Winona Grayson- Yellow Ranger- Voiceclaim: Hailee Steinfeld.  *Naia Amin- Blue Ranger- Voiceclaim: Kathreen Khavan.  *Ambrosia Adams- Green Ranger- Voiceclaim: Sarah Jeffery. 

Power Rangers: Dino Thunder’s New Roar:  Summary of Series: TBA. 

*Bella Clarke- Red Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Alice Horne- Blue Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Kayden Alvarez- Yellow Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Emilia Rush- Purple Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Onyx/Oliver Radcliffe- Villain- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Kron/Lily Abbotts- Villain- Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Power Rangers: Legacies: Summary of Series: TBA. 

*Holly Parry- Red Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Roselind ‘Rose’ Martin- Green Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Louis Ford- Yellow Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Timothy ‘Tim’ Hart- Pink Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Aria Rocca- Blue Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Power Rangers: The Samurai Lives On:  Summary of Series: TBA. 

*Hestia Baker- Red Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Briar Hall- Green Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Kai Moore- Blue Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA.  *Neo Edwards- Pink Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Terre Young- Yellow Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Dawn Hughes- Gold Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA.

Power Rangers: The New SPD: Summary of Series: TBA. 

*Fern Williamson- Red Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Aimee Graham- Blue Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Jill Middleton- Green Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Archie O’Brian- Yellow Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Rory Bird- Pink Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Millie Reeve- Light Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Power Rangers: A New Time Force:  Summary of Series:  TBA.

*Michelle Hyde- Red Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Tia Brooker- Blue Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Kelli Stephens- Green Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Joel McCarthy- Yellow Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Chuck Fox- Pink Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Nocturune/Zeke- Villain- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Specter- Villain- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Aide- Villain- Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Power Rangers: A New Team of Mystic Rangers: Summary of Series: TBA. 

*Nicola Shaw- Red Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Carly Harrison- Green Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Alison Bennett- Blue Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Austin Boyd- Pink Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Dean Fraser- Yellow Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Misty John- Purple Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Hortensia- Villain- Voiceclaim: TBA.

Power Rangers: Call of The Wild Force:  Summary of Series: TBA. 

*Ally McMohen- Red Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Bailey Walsh- Blue Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Gracie Bull- Black Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Lane Brown- Yellow Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Tanner Cliffard- White Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA.  *Josie McMohen-Wolf Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Lilith- Villain- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Viper- Villain- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Vesper- Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Power Rangers: The Power Within Us: Summary of Series: TBA.

*Cindy Scott- Red Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Tina Cranston- Blue Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Nikki Taylor- Black Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Silena Kwan- Yellow Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA.  *Craig Oliver- Pink Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Diana Oliver- Green Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Reign Repulsa- Villain- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Goldie- Villain- Voiceclaim: TBA.

Power Rangers: The Animals Within: Summary of Series: TBA. 

*Reyna Torres- White Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Stevie Holmes- Green Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Kane Carroll- Pink Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Brianna ‘Bri’ Rhodes- Crimson Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Calliope Martin- Navy Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Chaol- Villain- Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Made Up Teams: 

Power Rangers: Planetary Defenders: Summary of Series: TBA. 

*Sky Anderson- White/Moon Ranger- Faceclaim: Skai Jackson. *Zeb Watson- Purple/Saturn Ranger- Faceclaim: Riley Lio. *Everette Lawson- Blue/Mercury Ranger- Faceclaim: Tenzing Norgay Trainer. *Paige Wyatt- Pink/Mars Ranger- Faceclaim: Rowan Blanchard. *Florence ‘Flora’ Tracy- Green/Jupiter Ranger- Faceclaim: Olivia Rodrigo. *Ora- Mentor/Represents Pluto- Faceclaim: Katie McGrath. *Meteora- Villain- Faceclaim: Elizabeth Banks. 

Power Rangers: Greek Warriors: Summary of Series: Once there was peace within the Greek Gods and Goddesses, as they did their duties and protected the earth and aided it any way they can, but then one day, their king, Zeus, turned finally and begun a never-ending war on them, taking down any enemy in his path in the process and in the end, that included going against the goddesses and amazons. But when Zeus sets his sights on Earth instead, Two Amazons, entrusted with stones in bracelets, arrive to Earth with one entrusted mission: find champions who will become the Power Rangers that can hopefully defeat Zeus once and for all, after all, if the Earth falls then all are doomed afterwards. With their powers of the goddesses on their side, the team of power rangers find themselves in a war to save their planet from the wrath of the King of Gods himself, or it'll be all over if they lose..... Quotev Link

*Zoey Adams- Silver/Selene Ranger- Voiceclaim: Sofia Wylie. *Angela Peterson- Pink/Aphrodite Ranger- Voiceclaim: Sabrina Carpenter.  *Heidi Keyes- Blue/Hera Ranger- Voiceclaim: Elizabeth Peyton Lee. *Carmen Marin- White/Athena Ranger- Voiceclaim: Jenna Ortega. *Kora Dooley- Green/Artemis Ranger- Voiceclaim: Naomi Scott. *Parker Nickel- Purple/Zeus Ranger- Voiceclaim: China Anne McClain. *Iria- Amazon Mentor- Voiceclaim: Tessa Thompson. *Raluca- Amazon Helper- Voiceclaim: Sofia Carson. 

Power Rangers: Norse Force: Summary of Series: TBA.

*Francesca ‘Frankie’ Cason- Red/Thor Ranger- Voiceclaim: Elizabeth Peyton Lee. *Milo Valle- Blue/Ran Ranger- Voiceclaim: Issac Presley. *Rosalie Lance- Gold/Freyja Ranger- Voiceclaim: Navia Robinson. *Finn McCarty- White/Skadi Ranger- Voiceclaim: Shameik Moore.  *Jasmine Peace- Yellow/Sunna Ranger- Voiceclaim: Letitia Wright. *Evie Jaynes- Green/Loki Ranger- Voiceclaim: Sabrina Carpenter. *Magnhild- Valkyrie Mentor- Voiceclaim: Tessa Thompson. *Signy- Valkyrie Helper- Voiceclaim: Brenna D’Amico. 

Power Rangers of The Legendary Power: Summary of Series: TBA.

*Uma Barnes- Teal Ranger- Voiceclaim: China Anne McClain. *Anastasia ‘Phoenix’ Sullivan- Gold Ranger- Voiceclaim: Hailee Steinfeld.  *Jupiter ‘Jupe’ Hawkins- Pink Ranger- Voiceclaim: Mitchell Hope. *Bianca Knight- Red Ranger- Voiceclaim: Zendaya. *Orion Snyder- Yellow Ranger- Voiceclaim: Booboo Stewart. *Cassiopeia ‘Cass’ Bishop- Black Ranger- Voiceclaim: Sabrina Carpenter. *Sirius- Villain- Voiceclaim: Tom Hiddleston. *Ophelia- Villain- Voiceclaim: Dove Cameron. *Holmes- Villain- Voiceclaim: David Tennent. 

Power Rangers: Space Hunters: Summary of Series: TBA. 

*Ranger R/Clara Abernathy- Red Ranger- Voiceclaim: Sofia Carson. *Ranger B/Sebastian Abernathy- Blue Ranger- Voiceclaim:Josh Keaton. *Ranger Y/Jaxon Abernathy- Yellow Ranger- Voiceclaim: Ryan potter. *Ranger G/Poppy Abernathy- Green Ranger- Voiceclaim: Tania Gundai. *Ranger P/Aurora Abernathy- Purple Ranger- Voiceclaim: Sarah Jeffery. *Ranger S/Willow Abernathy- Silver Ranger- Voiceclaim: Naomi Scott. *Amelia O’Neil- Mentor in Some Sense- Voiceclaim: Freema Agyeman. *Charlotte ‘Charlie’ O’Neil- Helps the Rangers- Voiceclaim: China Anne McClain. *Belladonna Drabek- Villain- Voiceclaim: Angela Bassett. *Demonia Strain- Villain- Voiceclaim: Gina Torres. *Steele Argent- Villain- Voiceclaim: David Tennent. 

Power Rangers: Animal Guardians: Summary of Series: TBA. 

*Aiden Howell- Red Ranger- Voiceclaim: Sarah Jeffery. *Phoebe Stanley- Blue Ranger- Voiceclaim: Letitia Wright. *Mira Bridges- Green Ranger- Voiceclaim: Navia Robinson. *Draco Henry- Pink Ranger- Voiceclaim: Milo Manheim. *Gale Tulin- Yellow Ranger- Voiceclaim: Booboo Stewart. *Amethyst Digging- Purple Ranger- Voiceclaim: Sofia Carson. *Silverclaw- Villain- Voiceclaim: Tom Hiddleston. *Gamma- Villain- Voiceclaim: Dove Cameron. *Dominque- Villain- Voiceclaim: David Tennant. 

Power Rangers: Fairy Squad:  Summary of Series: TBA. 

*Julia Yost- Pink Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Piper Windsor- Green Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Hazel Chadwick- Orange Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Grayson Brightley- Blue Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Asher Vesper- Yellow Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Vivian Newton- Purple Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Queen Thalia- Villain- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Sahera- Villain- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Xenops- Villain- Voiceclaim: TBA.

Power Rangers: Guardian Force:  Summary of Series: TBA. 

*Pearl Price- Pink Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Layla Darwin- Light Blue Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Ezra Wolf- Yellow Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Axel Jonz- White Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Luna Crimson- Light Purple Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Hecate- Villain- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Lamia- Villain- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Seth- Villain- Voiceclaim: TBA.

Society of Thief Rangers: Summary of Series: TBA.

*Hanna Godfrey- Crimson Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Patricia Navin- Black Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Kiana Nolan- Maroon Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Sylas Burns- Purple Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Talon Whitty- Navy Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Dallon Tram- Mentor of Thief Rangers- Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Power Rangers: Music Force: Summary of Series: TBA. 

*Quinn Harris- Red Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Roman Woods- Pink Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *River Fallon- Blue Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *June Owens- Yellow Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Reagan ‘Rea’ Burke- White Ranger- Voiceclaim:TBA. *Liana Cassidy- Purple Ranger- Voiceclaim: TBA.  *Screech- Villain- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Sonic- Villain- Voiceclaim: TBA. *Wizzy- Villain- Voiceclaim: TBA.

Rangers in Disguise: Summary of Series: TBA. 

*O.P/Opal- Optimus Ranger- Voiceclaim: Daisy Ridley. *A.C/Jaycee- Arcee Ranger- Voiceclaim: Hailee Steinfeld. *R.T/Zak- Ratchet Ranger- Voiceclaim: Josh Keaton.  *B.H/Balto- Bulkhead Ranger- Voiceclaim: Booboo Stewart.  *B.B/Bee- Bumblebee Ranger- Voiceclaim: Sarah-Nicole Robles. *S.S/Capricorn- Starscream Ranger- Voiceclaim: Mark Hamill.  *A.N/Katrina- Airachnid Ranger- Voiceclaim: Grey DeLisle. *M.T/Jupiter- Megatron Ranger- Voiceclaim:Cameron Bowen. *B.C/Ursa- Barricade Ranger- Voiceclaim: Zelda Williams. *L.D/Kenwyn- Lockdown Ranger- Voiceclaim: Steve Blum. *B.W/Amon- Blitzwing Ranger- Voiceclaim: Mahershala Ali.  *K.O/Anetta- Knockout Ranger- Voiceclaim: Eden Espinasa.  *E.T/Wilma- Elita One Ranger- Voiceclaim: Ashley Eckstein.  *Michael Hayes- Aid of the Autobot Rangers- Voiceclaim: John Boyega. *Azalea ‘Aza’ Collier- Ally of the Autobot Rangers- Voiceclaim: Zendaya. *Aiden Holland- Ally of the Autobot Rangers- Voiceclaim: Issac Ryan Brown. *Ava Holland- Ally of the Auotbot Rangers- Voiceclaim: Navia Robinson. 

Power Rangers: The New Ninja Storm:  Summary: TBA. 

*Iris Zhao- Red Ranger- Voiceclaim: Peyton Elizabeth Lee.  *Carter Doyle- Blue Ranger- Voiceclaim: Issac Ryan Brown. *Varisha Saloh- Yellow Ranger- Voiceclaim: Kathreen Khavari.  *Alia Lamb- Navy Ranger- Voiceclaim: Sofia Carson.  *Angelina Hermandez- Crimso Ranger- Voiceclaim: Jenna Ortega  *Daiyu Liu- Samurai Green- Voiceclaim: Brenda Song. *Perceval- Leader of bad guys- Voiceclaim: Mark amill.  *Jasper- Assisstant of Perceval- Voiceclaim: Clacy Brown.  *Honest- Assisstant of Perceval- Voiceclaim: Tara Strong. 

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Danny Glover

Danny Lebern Glover (born July 22, 1946) is an American actor, film director, and political activist.

Glover is well known for his leading role as Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film series, The Color Purple (1985), To Sleep with Anger (1990) and Angels in the Outfield (1994). He also has prominent supporting roles in Silverado (1985), Witness (1985), Predator 2 (1990), Saw (2004),Shooter (2007), 2012 (2009), Death at a Funeral (2010), Beyond the Lights (2014) and Dirty Grandpa(2016). He has appeared in many other movies, television shows and theatrical productions, and is an active supporter of various humanitarian and political causes.

Early life

Glover was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Carrie (Hunley) and James Glover. His parents, postal workers, were active in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), working to advance equal rights. Glover's mother, daughter of a midwife, was born in Louisville, Georgia and graduated from Paine College in Augusta, Georgia.

Glover attended George Washington High School in San Francisco. He attended San Francisco State University (SFSU) in the late 1960s but did not graduate. SFSU later awarded him an honorary degree. Glover trained at the Black Actors' Workshop of the American Conservatory Theater.

As an adolescent and a young adult, Glover suffered from epilepsy but has not suffered a seizure since age 35.

Career

Glover originally worked in city administration working on community development before transitioning to theater. He has said:

I didn't think it was a difficult transition. Acting is a platform that can become a conveyer for ideas. Art is a way of understanding, of confronting issues and confronting your own feelings—all within that realm of the capacity it represents. It may have been a leap of faith for me, given not only my learning disability (dyslexia) but also the fact that I felt awkward. I felt all the things that someone that's 6'3" or 6'4" feels and with my own diminished expectations of who I could be [and] would feel. Whether it's art, acting or theater that I've devoted myself to I put more passion and more energy into it.

His first theater involvement was with Conservatory Theater, a regional training program in San Francisco. Glover also trained with Jean Shelton at the Shelton Actors Lab in San Francisco. In an interview on Inside the Actors Studio, Glover credited Jean Shelton for much of his development as an actor. Deciding that he wanted to be an actor, Glover resigned from his city administration job and soon began his career as a stage actor. Glover then moved to Los Angeles for more opportunities in acting, where he would later go on to co-found the Robey Theatre Company with actor Ben Guillory in honor of the actor and concert singer Paul Robeson in Los Angeles in 1994.

Glover has had a variety of film, stage, and television roles, and is best known for playing Los Angeles police Sergeant Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon series of action films, starring alongside Mel Gibson and Gary Busey . Later he once again starred with Busey in the blockbuster Predator 2. He also starred as the husband to Whoopi Goldberg's character Celie in the celebrated literary adaptation The Color Purple, and as Lieutenant James McFee in the film Witness. In 1994 he made his directorial debut with the Showtime channel short film Override.

Also in 1994, Glover and actor Ben Guillory formed the Robey Theatre Company in Los Angeles, focusing on theatre by and about Black people. During his career, he has made several cameos, appearing, for example, in the Michael Jackson video "Liberian Girl" of 1987. Glover earned top billing for the first time in Predator 2, the sequel to the sci-fi action film Predator. That same year he starred in Charles Burnett's To Sleep with Anger, for which he won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead.

In common with Humphrey Bogart, Elliott Gould and Robert Mitchum, who have played Raymond Chandler's private eye detective Philip Marlowe, Glover played the role in the episode "Red Wind" of the Showtime network's 1995 series Fallen Angels. In 1997, under his former production company banner Carrie Films, Glover executive produced numerous films of first time directors including Pamm Malveaux's neo-noir short film Final Act starring Joe Morton, which aired on the Independent Film Channel. In addition, Glover has been a voice actor in many children's movies. Glover was featured in the popular 2001 film The Royal Tenenbaums, also starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson.

In 2004, he appeared in the low-budget horror film Saw as Detective David Tapp. In 2005, Glover and Joslyn Barnes announced plans to make No FEAR, a movie about Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo's experience. Coleman-Adebayo won a 2000 jury trial against the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The jury found the EPA guilty of violating the civil rights of Coleman-Adebayo on the basis of race, sex, color and a hostile work environment, under the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Coleman-Adebayo was terminated shortly after she revealed the environmental and human disaster taking place in the Brits, South Africa, vanadium mines. Her experience inspired passage of the Notification and Federal Employee Anti-discrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (No-FEAR Act). As of 2013 the No Fear title has not appeared but The Marsha Coleman-Adebayo Story was announced as the next major project of No Fear Media Productions.

Glover portrayed David Keaton in the film The Exonerated - a real-life story of Keaton's experience of being arrested, jailed and then freed from death row.

In 2009, Glover performed in The People Speak a documentary feature film that uses dramatic and musical performances of the letters, diaries, and speeches of everyday Americans, based on historian Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States".

Glover played President Wilson, the President of the United States in 2012, a disaster film directed by Roland Emmerich and released in theaters November 13, 2009. In 2010, Glover participated in a Spanish film called I Want to Be a Soldier. In 2012, he starred in the film Donovan's Echo.

Planned directorial debut

Glover sought to make a film biography of Toussaint Louverture for his directorial debut. In May 2006, the film had included cast members Wesley Snipes, Angela Bassett, Don Cheadle, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Roger Guenveur Smith, Mos Def, Isaach de Bankolé, and Richard Bohringer. Production, estimated to cost $30 million, was planned to begin in Poland, filming from late 2006 into early 2007. In May 2007, President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez contributed $18 million to fund the production of Toussaintfor Glover, who is a prominent U.S. supporter of Chávez. The contribution annoyed some Venezuelan filmmakers, who said the money could have funded other homegrown films and that Glover's film was not even about Venezuela. In April 2008, the Venezuelan National Assembly authorized an additional $9,840,505 for Glover's film, which is still in planning.

Public appearances

Glover appeared at London Film and Comic Con 2013 at Earls Court 2 over 2.5 days during Friday 5th to Sunday July 7. He participated in a panel discussion in McComb, Mississippi on July 16, 2015. The event, co-sponsored by The Gloster Project and Jubilee Performing Arts Center, included noted authors Terry McMillan and Quincy Troupe.

On January 30, 2015 Glover was the Keynote Speaker and 2015 Honoree for the MLK Celebration Series at the Rhode Island School of Design (Providence, RI). Glover used his career and personal story to speak on the topic "Creativity and Democracy: Social Change through the Arts."

Personal life

Glover purchased a 6,000-square-foot (560 m2) house in Dunthorpe, Oregon, in 1999. As of 2011, he no longer lived in Oregon.

On September 2, 2009, Glover signed an open letter of objection to the inclusion of a series of films intended to showcase Tel Aviv at the Toronto International Film Festival.

On April 16, 2010, Glover was arrested in Maryland during a protest by SEIU workers for Sodexo's unfair and illegal treatment of workers. He was given a citation and later released. The Associated Press reports "Glover and others stepped past yellow police tape and were asked to step back three times at Sodexo headquarters. When they refused, Starks says officers arrested them."

Activism

Civil rights activism

While attending San Francisco State University (SFSU), Glover was a member of the Black Students Union, which, along with the Third World Liberation Front and the American Federation of Teachers, collaborated in a five-month student-led strike to establish a Department of Black Studies. The strike was the longest student walkout in U.S. history. It helped create not only the first Department of Black Studies but also the first School of Ethnic Studies in the United States.

Hari Dillon, current president of the Vanguard Public Foundation, was a fellow striker at SFSU. Glover later co-chaired Vanguard's board. He is also a board member of The Algebra Project, The Black AIDS Institute, Walden House, and Cheryl Byron's Something Positive Dance Group. He was charged with disorderly conduct and unlawful assembly after being arrested outside the Sudanese Embassy in Washington during a protest over Sudan's humanitarian crisis in Darfur.

Glover's long history of union activism includes support for the United Farm Workers, UNITE HERE, and numerous service unions. In March 2010, Glover supported 375 Union workers in Ohio by calling upon all actors at the 2010 Academy Awards to boycott Hugo Boss suits following announcement of Hugo Boss's decision to close a manufacturing plant in Ohio after a proposed pay decrease from $13 to $8.30 an hour was rejected by the Workers United Union.

On November 1, 2011, Glover spoke to the crowd at Occupy Oakland on the day before the Oakland General Strike where thousands of protestors shut down the Port of Oakland.

Political activism

Glover was an early supporter of former North Carolina Senator John Edwards in the 2008 Democratic presidential primaries until Edwards' withdrawal, although some news reports indicated that he had endorsed Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich, whom he had endorsed in 2004. After Edwards dropped out, Glover then endorsed Barack Obama. In February 2016, Glover endorsed Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Glover was an outspoken critic of George W. Bush, calling him a known racist. "Yes, he's racist. We all knew that. As Texas's governor, Bush led a penitentiary system that executed more people than all the other U.S. states together. And most of the people who died were Afro-Americans or Hispanics."

Glover's support of California Proposition 7 (2008) led him to use his voice in an automated phone call to generate support for the measure before the election.

On the foreign policy of the Obama administration, Glover said: "I think the Obama administration has followed the same playbook, to a large extent, almost verbatim, as the Bush administration. I don't see anything different... On the domestic side, look here: What's so clear is that this country from the outset is projecting the interests of wealth and property. Look at the bailout of Wall Street. Why not the bailout of Main Street? He may be just a different face, and that face may happen to be black, and if it were Hillary Clinton, it would happen to be a woman.... But what choices do they have within the structure?"

Glover wrote the foreword to Phyllis Bennis' book, Challenging Empire: How People, Governments, and the UN Defy US Power. Glover is also a member of the board of directors of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a think tank led by economist Dean Baker.

InternationalAfrica

Glover is an active board member of the TransAfrica Forum. On April 6, 2009, Glover was given a chieftaincy title in Imo State, Nigeria. Glover was given the title Enyioma of Nkwerre, which means A Good Friend in the language of the Igbo people of Eastern Nigeria.

Caribbean and Haiti

On January 13, 2010, Glover compared the scale and devastation of the 2010 Haiti earthquake to the predicament other island nations may face as a result of the failed Copenhagen summit the previous year. Glover said: "...the threat of what happens to Haiti is a threat that can happen anywhere in the Caribbean to these island nations... they're all in peril because of global warming... because of climate change... when we did what we did at the climate summit in Copenhagen, this is the response, this is what happens..." In the same statement, he called for a new form of international partnership with Haiti and other Caribbean nations and praised Venezuela, Brazil, and Cuba, for already accepting this partnership.

Iraq War

Danny Glover has been an outspoken critic of the Iraq War before the war began in March 2003. In February 2003, he was one of the featured speakers at Justin Herman Plaza in San Francisco where other notable speakers included names such as author Alice Walker, singer Joan Baez, United Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta and Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland. Glover was a signatory to the April 2003 anti-war letter "To the Conscience of the World" that criticized the unilateral American invasion of Iraq that led to "massive loss of civilian life" and "devastation of one of the cultural patrimonies of humanity". During an anti-war demonstration in Downtown Oakland in March 2003, Glover praised the community leaders for their anti-war efforts saying that "They're on the front lines because they are trying to make a better America.... The world has come together and said 'no' to this war – and we must stand with them."

Venezuela

In January 2006, Harry Belafonte led a delegation of activists, including Glover and activist/professor Cornel West, in a meeting with President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez, with Glover calling Chávez "remarkable". In 2007, the Venezuelan government allotted $18 million to Glover for a film about a slave uprising in Haiti with Hugo Chávez hoping "to mobilise world public opinion against imperialism and western oppression". Glover was also a board member of TeleSUR, a media network primarily funded by the Venezuelan government.

During the beginning of the 2014 Venezuela Protests, Glover shared his support to Chávez's successor, President Nicolas Maduro, calling members of his government "the stewards" of Venezuela's democracy. Glover also told Venezuelan government supporters to go fight for the sovereignty of Maduro's government.

Music

Glover has become an active member of board of directors of The Jazz Foundation of America. Danny became involved with The Jazz Foundation in 2005, and has been a featured host for their annual benefit A Great Night in Harlem for several years, as well appearing as a celebrity MC at other events for the foundation. In 2006, Britain's leading African theatre company Tiata Fahodzi appointed Glover as one of its three Patrons, joining Chiwetel Ejiofor and Jocelyn Jee Esien opening the organization's tenth-anniversary celebrations (Sunday, February 2, 2008) at the Theatre Royal Stratford East, London.

Honors and awards

Utah State University

In 2010, Glover delivered the Commencement Address and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Utah State University.

Starr King School for the Ministry

Also in 2010, Starr King School for the Ministry awarded the Doctorate of Humane Letters (Litterarum Humanarum Doctor), in absentia, to Mr. Glover. His call to humanity to see itself as the recipient of a legacy of caring and commitment that began with prior parental and religious communities and that it should carry on for the sake of those who will follow are in alignment with Starr King's values. Mr. Glover was awarded the doctorate specifically for his long history of passionate activism, including support for the United Farm Workers, UNITE HERE, The Algebra Project, The Black AIDS Institute, as well as his humanitarian efforts on behalf of the Haiti earthquake victims, literacy and civil rights and his fight against unjust labor practices. Mr. Glover is co-founder and CEO of Louverture Films, dedicated to the development and production of films of historical relevance, social purpose, commercial value and artistic integrity; we honored his commitment to using film to lift up and advance social justice issues, such as his then recently released project "Trouble the Water", a documentary about New Orleans in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina.

Glover has had a close association with Starr King School through his role as guest lecturer in its course on Non Violent Social Change and lending his support and presence to events sponsored by Starr King's Masters of Arts in Social Change (MASC) program.

Deauville American Film Festival

He was also the recipient of a tribute paid by the Deauville American Film Festival in France on September 7, 2011.

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The Black Renaissance 2.0

It’s now been duly noted that the campaign and subsequent two-term presidency of Barack Obama circa 2008-2016, was in part responsible for ushering in a renewed era of cultural and political engagement. After all, we all remember the massive amounts of pressure that was placed on the millennial, Black, and the intersectional Black millennial voting blocs to bring home the first African American presidency. I’m almost certain that we remember the way in which conversations in the media about the then Illinois junior senator’s run gingerly, but unsuccessfully, attempted to avoid any allusion to exactly what he would say about the ‘elephant in the room’ issue of race in America. We surely remember what the stakes really were. What about the reactions of those staunch supporters of the republican opposition of Sen. John McCain and former governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin to Barack Obama’s run for the White House? Such comments ranged from the veiled and incorrect attempts by some to link him to socialism, others were completely wacked out like that of the crazy cat lady at a McCain rally who stated that Obama was “an Arab” only to have Sen. McCain snatch the mic from her with the quickness. As Black folk, we knew exactly what lied behind these exhortations from the white delegation, an anxiety, a coming to terms moment with the fact that a scenario once considered a punchline in Black comedy and a fantasy played out by the likes of Morgan Freeman, was indeed a reality...a Black president. For many of us, it was a coming of age moment. There will be many a Black millennial, such as myself who will be able to forever mark their maturation from the election of Barack Obama. Yet, while the former prez’s election could be considered nothing less than a watershed moment, his presidency was marked by that line most recognized by those who are enthusiasts of Charles Dickens, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Obama’s was an era in politics marked by tremendous progress on the health care front, and his signature act, the ACA, or Obamacare will forever be a testament to the reality that he got shit done, considering the environment towards him. He took out one of the most wanted terrorist in world history in Osama bin Laden, in a way that a 10 year long botched war in Iraq didn’t. He bailed the financial and auto industries, the former on which had for decades used financial charlantry to such a degree that it crashed the the global markets, costing homes and jobs for millions. By restructuring regulations to protect consumers, and punishing criminal financial outfits, he eventually brought back balance to the markets that hadn’t seen a tank like that since the Great Depression. Needless to say, that in the span of 8 years there were many more accomplishments, the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”, the passing of the “Lily Ledbetter Act”, and the legalization of same sex marriage (whatever your take on these) at the very least must be considered monumental achievements given the stalemate that such issues had previously been met with in Washington. Still, President Obama also presided over the most polarized political environment since Lincoln. What was a victory for so many African Americans was at once a devastating blow to the white psyche. Forty-three times in a row, the most powerful space in the world had been occupied by a white man and the presidency was synonymous with the continuation of white administrative power. But this upstart, a junior senator with culturally androgynous roots in Kenya to his birthplace in Hawaii, to Indonesia, to the South side of Chicago, with a name such as Barack Hussein Obama to boot, must’ve been way too much for the melanin impaired! As such, there were no shortage of racial dog whistles, and slurs such as “food stamp president”, “welfare president”, existed alongside images of stuffed monkeys dressed in suits, and signs that read “go back to Africa”. Since Black folk are endowed with a sixth sense that alerts us to America’s racism, we expected it, and Obama probably being well acquainted with the ways of the Nordics himself, exuded a chill factor that made such detractors look like mere children in his world. This only infuriated them more and made us even more proud of him for his ability to execute with unmatched cool. Still, the racial divide that in part marked his time in office manifested itself most potently in the exorbitant amount killings of unarmed African Americans, many of which have gone on to become martyred household names, Oscar Grant, Trayvon Martin, John Crawford, Tamir Rice, Eric Garner, Philando Castile, Rekia Boyd, Laquan McDonald, Mike Brown, and these names are just the most widely known, because in Obama’s era there were at least 500 other such state sanctioned murders. For us, these killings and white American “justice” system’s nonchalance toward the perpetrators of these deeds, were the in part an outward manifestation of America’s need to “put Black folk back in place”, as to say, that not even a Black president could save us. Which brings us to a flashpoint in which the issue of race and the reality of Blackness took centerstage in a way not seen since the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements of the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s. If race took centerstage with the election of Barack Obama in 2008 and our moment of “post racial” euphoria was quickly jolted with the killing of Oscar Grant by a transit cop in 2009 just weeks before Obama’s inauguration, the murder of Sanford, Florida teen Trayvon Martin and the subsequent acquittal of his murderer, George Zimmerman was the event in which all of the forces of unabashed Black political consciousness collided. The rise of the #BlackLivesMatter movement and other similar Black protest organizations, marked what would paradoxically become an unfortunate Godsend as the era of social media, camera phones, and 24 hour online and offline news cycles were just some of the newer tools of 21st century Black revolution. Further, while such movements have been either directly or indirectly linked in one way or another with liberalism, given the African American link to the democratic party, what was amazing about this moment was how it seemed as if 400 years of oppression brought out ideologies across the African American spectrum. What comes to mind is Ta-Nehesi Coates’ depiction of his experience at Howard as being “The Mecca” of Blackness in his book “Between The World And Me”. Such were the times during the Obama era that Black folk from all stripes politically and ideologically occupied a space to weigh in on the most pressing issues of the day, from police brutality, to economic empowerment, to media. While Black pride and power had never truly ceased to exist, this renewed sense of it began to spill over in the most influential of spheres with music and popular culture that reflected the signs of turbulent and changing times. For instance,  hip hop artist such as Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole found their rise to hip hop stardom during this era with lyrics that didn’t shy away from the realities of being Black in America. Filmmakers such as Ava DuVernay created and released poignant films that not only touched intimately on Black life, but narrated Black history, and put critical issues like mass incarceration center stage. There was the rebirth of grassroots activism spawned by the wave of police killings of Blacks and in part supported by the relatively new tool of social media in which names of activists like Alicia Garza, Patrice Cullors, Shaun King, DeRay McKesson, Opal Tometi, and Johnetta Elzie (to name just the few) became household names. And certainly there were no shortages of Black academics, writers, and pundits whose new found dominant presence in the public intellectual sphere was part and parcel of 44th president’s mere existence in creating dialogues and partly due to the wave of all things Black once again dominating the population at large. While such legendary and well known  minds as Dr. Cornel West, Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Jelani Cobb, Tavis Smiley, Dr. Kimberle Crenshaw, and Donna Brazile, were infused into the new era and being reintroduced to a new generation with noticeable vigor, such new and young Black minds like Angela Rye, Joey Jackson, Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, Cornell Belcher, Ta-Nehesi Coates, Dr. Melissa Harris-Perry, Yamiche Alcindor, Van Jones, Joy Reid, Toure, and many of their peers and contemporaries in part became the voice and impetus for the new Black. Still, there are also other voices coming out of this era that rose to prominence despite the so-called controversy they engender, names such as Dr. Umar Johnson, Tariq Nasheed, Dr. Claud Anderson, Dr. Joy DeGruy, and Dr. Boyce Watkins, names once not considered as much a part of the “mainstream”, but whose messages of Black independence and empowerment in the Pan African strain (economically and culturally) has since regained new life and noticeably influenced the minds of many in the Black community. Even pop cultural icons within the Black America from Oprah, to Beyonce, Jay-Z to LeBron James and the many influential behemoths of media, sports, and entertainment have rose to the task in a sphere in which it was once thought that being mum on social and political issues was the path to sustained popularity and success, especially if you were Black. Messages of not only Black economic empowerment, but creative freedom and unabashed Blackness in the face of white oppression dominated the lyrics and even business moves of the most successful among us. In other words, we went from talking it, to living it. This may be due in no small part to the advent of the digital world’s role in cutting out middle men in business and entertainment, allowing for newfound freedoms in connecting directly to consumers and creatively using platforms to engage on topics that once would’ve been censored by gatekeepers. Further, the democratization of media has created spaces for the likes of once ordinary citizens to create content on levels that can have both niche and mainstream appeal (see: Issa Rae) making Black life in it’s fullness, a main plot, not a marginal one. It was and is this Black renaissance that was in part responsible for the white backlash of 2016 and the election of Donald Trump. There can be no doubt that it would be hard to imagine America voting for such a flawed 45th president, had the 44th one been white instead. But it was not just President Barack Obama’s presence as leader of the free world that was the problem, it was what he stood for, it was what he (inadvertently) created by his being alone. It was the renewed since of pride and the benchmark of Obama’s occupation of the highest office in the land that in part, created varied conversations across the Black spectrum, and laid a foundation off of which a new generation of Black folk define themselves, smart, engaged, and swagged out to boot! While there can be no doubt that there is still much work to be done, as it always has been in America for Black folk and while we may be able to debate what policies we please, what can’t be debated is the role of Barack Obama’s presidency in creating the atmosphere of our renewed aspirations toward Black excellence. This, to me at least, is President Barack Obama’s most lasting legacy, and we have him in part to thank for the Black renaissance we are witnessing today.

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Cornell Professors Declare “Informed Commentary” Criticizing The Protests As Racism

Yesterday, we discussed the effort to remove one of the country’s most distinguished economists from his position because Harald Uhlig, the senior editor of the Journal of Political Economy,  criticized Black Lives Matter and the Defund The Police movement.  Now, Cornell Law School professor William A. Jacobson is reportedly facing demands that he be fired because he wrote a blog about the Black Lives Matter movement.  Jacobson is the founder of the conservative website Legal Insurrection.  A letter by his colleagues is a chilling reminder of the rapid loss of free speech values on campuses around the United States.

Twenty-one colleagues at Cornell signed a June 9, a letter denouncing unnamed “commentators… attached to Ivy League Institutions” as calls were made to the Dean to have Jacobson fired.  The professors lashed out against academic commentators who criticize the looting as effectively racists:

“These commentators express rage over the sporadic looting that has taken place amidst the largely peaceful protests, calling for organized manhunts to track down those responsible. Theirs is a form of racism that gives cover to those police who use their batons and tear gas and rubber bullets and fists to silence and maim their critics.

These commentators are the defenders of institutionalized racism and violence. They are entitled to their viewpoints. We do not name them, so as to deprive them of a larger platform for their racist speech.”

The letter is signed by a huge number of clinicians (Professors Zohra Ahmed, Sandra Babcock, Briana Beltran, Celia Bigoness, John Blume, Elizabeth Brundige, Angela Cornell, Sujata Gibson, Mark H. Jackson, Sheri Lynn Johnson, Jaclyn Kelley-Widmer, Cortelyou Kenney, Sital Kalantry, Ian M. Kysel, Mallory J. Livingston, Delphine Lourtau, Beth Lyon, Estelle McKee, Keir Weyble, Carlton E. Williams, and Stephen Yale-Loehr).

Not a word about academic freedom or free of speech;  not a suggestion that critics of these protests could have anything other than racist motivations; it is the antipathy of the intellectual foundations for higher education.  Rather than address the merits of arguments, you attack those with opposing views personally and viciously. That has become a standard approach to critics on our campuses.  Unless you agree with the actions of the movement, you are per se racist.  It is a mantra that is all too familiar historically: if you are not part of the resistance, you are reactionary.

It is rather bizarre that these professors would focus on “commentators attached to Ivy League Institutions.”  First, it confines the objection to Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, and Yale University. Second, it is strikingly elitist.  It would suggest that somehow these schools are the only important measure — or at least those schools matter the most.  From anything other than an elitist (even privileged) perspective, the focus on ivy league schools exclusively is far from self-evident since most of those schools are ranked behind non-Ivy League schools in U.S. News & World Report, including Cornell which is ranked 17th among universities.   Finally, it suggests that the presence of conservative (which they seem to view as synonymous with racist) scholars have no place at such schools. That last point is unfortunately the view of many faculty at top schools which are overwhelmingly if not exclusively liberal.

The professors of course have every right to to denounce writers for what they believe are racist elements or messaging in their writings.  However, they specifically go after scholars who they believe defend “institutionalized racism and violence” and “express rage over the sporadic looting that has taken place.” That would encompass what they describe as seemingly “informed commentary” supporting institutions of a racist society. It is an all-too-familiar attack on campuses against speakers and academics. What is most striking for me is the inclusion of Professors Mark H. Jackson and Cortelyou Kenney, who teach in the Cornell First Amendment Clinic. They are in fact the Director and Associate Director of the First Amendment Clinic. So these professors teach free speech and just signed a letter that people who question the BLM movement or denounce the looting are per se racists.  It is reflection of how free speech is being redefined to exclude protections with those who hold opposing views.

Jacobson wrote two posts he wrote about the Black Lives Matter movement, including one the “hands up don’t shoot” mantra and another on what he viewed as the movement’s destructive politics.

The language is sweeping and insulting of the BLM movement:

“The goal is to destroy capitalism, and to seek revenge. The Black Lives Matter movement, founded based on fraudulent narratives of the Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown cases, is led by anti-American, anti-capitalist activists. They have concocted a false narrative of mass murder of Blacks at the hands of police, when the statistics show otherwise. They will exploit George Floyd’s death mercilessly to drive that agenda. And they will have some success, because all the institutions listed above are behind them.”

I am unfamiliar with Jacobson’s writing.  Once again, however, the merits of such arguments are immaterial. What is disturbing is the effort to silence Jacobson because he holds such opposing views.  This letter coincides with what Jacobson says is an effort to get him fired.  That would not be unexpected. Conservative and libertarian academics are increasingly being subject to discipline or harassed by their Administrations in the hope of getting them to leave faculties.  Moreover, many in the BLM movement use equally inflammatory language but are rarely called out by Administrators, students, or faculty.  Why cannot both views we treated as enriching the debate on a campus, allowing sharply different values to be heard in a pluralistic academic environment?

The message for other faculty by these Cornell clinicians is both clear and intimidating.  Disagree with the BLM movement or the protests and you will be labeled a racist.  Indeed, the letter ends on a menacing note: “And we will continue to expose and respond to racism masquerading as informed commentary.”  Thus, if you attempt “informed commentary” on the costs of looting and the need for great law enforcement, you are a per se racist.  

I have previously discussed how college protesters are increasingly denouncing free speech and the foundations for liberal democracies. Some protesters reject classic liberalism and the belief in free speech as part of the oppression on campus.  We have been discussing the rising intolerance and violence on college campuses, particularly against conservative speakers. (here and here and here and here). Berkeley has been the focus of much concern over mob rule on our campuses as violent protesters have succeeded in silencing speakers, even including a few speakers like an ACLU official.  Both students and some faculty have maintained the position that they have a right to silence those with whom they disagree and even student newspapers have declared opposing speech to be outside of the protections of free speech.  At another University of California campus, professors actually rallied around a professor who physically assaulted pro-life advocates and tore down their display.  In the meantime, academics and deans have said that there is no free speech protection for offensive or “disingenuous” speech.  CUNY Law Dean Mary Lu Bilek showed how far this trend has gone. When conservative law professor Josh Blackman was stopped from speaking about “the importance of free speech,”  Bilek insisted that disrupting the speech on free speech was free speech.

The recent protests have served as a catalyst for the rising intolerance on our campus. There is an enforced orthodoxy that is captured in the Cornell letter.  These letters are successful in creating a chilling effect on academics who are intimidated by these threats.  To be labelled as a racist is devastating to an academic career and these professors know that.  Now, even “informed commentary” will be denounced as racist if a professor raises a dissenting view.  It is not just the death of free speech but our intellectual mission on university and college campuses.

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Many don't admit it since it will not maintain the color applied in production. Yet, there are possibilities for anyone wishing to donate grey hair to charity.Though Pantene Breathtaking Lengths will accept grey hair, they amount of gray with the bundle of hair sent can only be described as a maximum of 5 per cent.Treatment Classes accepts gray hair donations. Like with other charities, they're going to market in any other case unusable hair to aid economically with the costs of wig-making.The six-strand braid is usually accustomed to make jewellery, model a loaf of bread or braid the tail of the horse. A six-strand braid would make what it known as a "Challah" braid. The braiding of six strands is comparable to some French braid in that it will require shifting a particular strand in to the destination of a different. Rather then the basic three-strand braid your consequence may be an intricate six-strand braid.Wash the bundle of horsehair with infant shampoo; lay the bundle out on a flat area to dry. Spread the strands so they have house involving them; go away the rubber band linked to the bottom.The Afro has been worn by like prominent figures as Angela Davis and Michael Jackson. A lot more than a mere hairstyle, the Afro signifies the overturning of racist natural beauty norms and the progress created throughout the Civil Rights Movement. Despite the fact that it has gone from

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trend as that time, this iconic manner statement is instantly recognizable and has arrive at symbolize an era. Like all hairstyles, the Afro is quickly to choose from in wig sort, but creating your individual out of yarn are generally considerably more worthwhile, as you can personalize the colour and condition of the wig equally as you'll a true Afro.Experiment with relating to the hat. It will ideally protect your hair only, so fold up any fabric that handles your facial area. Secure it using a basic safety pin for the inside of the hat. Remove any pom poms or other decorations.Some destinations will never choose it as it is brittle and breaks simply throughout peruvian hair making.