Trying to avoid an identity crisis, here. Let’s dig in. You can find more from Dr. Frazier here: https://twitter.com/spelmandiva?s=21&t=FH8VLNSbGUcKeEh0UVSXhA As a recent homebuyer in Nashville, I’ve been thinking a lot about the impact that my presence in this historically lower-income neighborhood might have on the community. I’ve seen the changes […]
Urban Renewal was a profoundly destructive force in American cities throughout the 20th century and we are still facing the impact to this day. #urbanrenewal #cityplanning #americanhistory #nashville #tulsaoklahoma I pulled clips from this awesome documentary about North Nashville. Check it out: https://vimeo.com/513971042 I’m really fascinated by the way decisions […]
The #scotus ruled to make race-considerate admissions illegal. Many are calling this the end of #affirmativeaction. We knew this was coming, but I was still shocked at the reasoning Justices Clarence Thomas, Roberts and others outlined in their concurring opinions. It feels like most people, including those in the highest […]
At the tail end of the Civil Rights Movement, brands all over the country started doing something new… and a little strange: they started targeting Black consumers in their ads. Very few did it quite like McDonald’s — so I wanted to dig into that history and show why I […]
Florida recently updated their state curriculum to teach students that some emancipated Black people gained skilled that they could use for their own benefit after emancipation. So I found some highly-skilled Black folks from the 1800s to see how things panned out for them. #florida #blackhistory #history
If God exists, why does he allow Black people to suffer the way that they do. For starters, Christianity has been used a brutal tool of oppression against Black folks for as long as this country has existed. Outside of the US, Christianity and the Bible motivated colonizers to commit […]
They say history doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes—and 2024 is, no matter how inconvenient for an embattled Joe Biden, resonating deeply with 1968. To be clear, these two years, 2024 and 1968, are very different…. But from anti-war protests on college campuses to the Democratic National Convention being […]
Go to https://ground.news/garrison to break out of echo chambers, understand different perspectives, and combat political polarization with Ground News. Get 40% off your subscription for yourself or as a gift this holiday season. In late November of 2025, I spent a day shadowing Vice President Kamala Harris in Nashville, TN. […]
Demographics in the MLB are… interesting. The NFL and NBA are majority-Black. MLS is one of the most geographically diverse leagues in the world. Compare those leagues to the American baseball and a really interesting question emerges: Why are there so many white people in the MLB? Well, I think […]
Compare news coverage. Spot media bias. Avoid algorithms. Try Ground News today and get 40% off your subscription by going to https://ground.news/garrisonhayes SIGN UP FOR MY FREE NEWSLETTER (I’ll be sharing annotated scripts, director’s cuts of my videos and more!): https://garrisonhayes.substack.com There is a direct connection between the way the […]
