Florida Sentinel Bulletin

Welcome To Water World  BY CLARENCE BARR, II To those who have lingering doubts concerning whether or not global warming is a real thing and wonder what a warmer planet would be like, I suggest taking a long look at what just took place in Houston, Texas this week. The devastation produced by Hurricane Harvey…

They’re Born Every Minute BY CLARENCE BARR, II Tomorrow, after months of hype, the most highly anticipated sporting event in years will finally take place, Floyd Mayweather, Jr., vs. Connor McGregor. And, all I can say, if you’re one of the individuals who was suckered into dropping $100 to watch the fight on pay-per-view, is…

A Criminal Heritage BY CLARENCE BARR, II       For years now, the issue of confederate monuments and their place in the public domain has been a hot button issue. Recently the debate over the cultural significance of the statues and flags has intensified since white supremacists groups, like the Ku Klux Klan and…

Trump And His Tiki Torch BY CLARENCE BARR, II Donald Trump is an unapologetic racist. I don’t think there’s any reason for me to clean this description up or put it more eloquently. To use a popular cliché’, it just is what it is. At this point it’s hard for me to imagine any other…

In The Darkness There’s Always Hope BY CLARENCE BARR, II I believe the days when an individual’s mentality on racial issues could be gauged by his or her skin color are headed towards becoming a distant memory. That is because, as it seems to stand now, having light (white) skin is no more of an…

The Sad Business Of The NFL COLIN KAEPERNICK BY CLARENCE BARR, II     Colin Kaepernick is being white-balled by the NFL. That is the conclusion that, I believe, most people have come to after watching teams around the league reject the services of the popular quarterback while choosing to add other passers to their rosters…

The Curse Of The White Horse BY CLARENCE BARR, II Two weeks ago 10-year-old Alton Banks died from a drug overdose. He wasn’t a user. He just had the misfortune of, somehow, being exposed to Fentanyl (a powerful elephant tranquilizer that has become popular in the drug trade because of its ability to be used…

Rotten Harvests Come From Terrible Farmers BY CLARENCE BARR, II The video, made by a group of teenagers in Cocoa Beach who watched a man drown in a lake without offering any type of assistance, was hard to watch. The audio that accompanied it was even worse. The sound of the teens mocking the man…

A Sacrificial Lamb BY CLARENCE BARR, II                     Something tells me Minneapolis police Officer Mohamed Noor is headed to prison. Even though the investigation into the circumstances that led him to shoot Justine Damond, after she called 9-1-1 to report a crime in progress, is still ongoing…