178 – Black Commentator

Cover Story

Portrait of a Negro Corporate Politician

By Bruce Dixon Editor

Atlanta corporate attorney and Democratic Georgia state senator Kasim Reed was deeply distressed at our March 13 BC cover story “Blacks and Browns: The Need to Make Common Cause.” We know because he told us so. BC spelled out the tale of Reed’s shameful attempt to ape the demagogic meanness of Republicans on the immigration…

Atlanta corporate attorney and Democratic Georgia state senator Kasim Reed was deeply distressed at our March 13 BC cover story "Blacks and Browns: The Need to…

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Commentary

Freedom Rider: Immigration and America’s Bad Karma

By Margaret Kimberley Guest Commentator

Lou Dobbs, Bill O’Reilly and other cable television blowhards have appointed themselves crusaders against illegal immigration to the United States. If tempted to succumb to their awful siren song, just think of the Wampanoag Indians. In 1621 the Wampanoags watched as the Pilgrims landed at what is now known as Plymouth Rock. You know the…

Lou Dobbs, Bill O'Reilly and other cable television blowhards have appointed themselves crusaders against illegal immigration to the United States. If tempted to succumb to their…

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Commentary

Bruce’s Beat

By Bruce Dixon Editor

Life, the song tells us, is hard out here for a pimp. And why shouldn’t it be? The pimp sells something of great value that’s not even his. By that definition, Newark mayoral candidate Cory Booker, poised to hand over the city’s schools and the remnants of its public sector over to privatizers and the…

Life, the song tells us, is hard out here for a pimp. And why shouldn't it be? The pimp sells something of great value that's not…

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Commentary

Radio BC: Thoughts on BC’s 4th Anniversary

By Glen Ford Co-Publisher & Executive Editor

Although we would like to throw ourselves a party on this, the week of our fourth anniversary, we at Black Commentator view the occasion as a time for introspection and evaluation. That’s what true political people do. We do think there is cause to pop a few corks and cans. We believe even more firmly…

Although we would like to throw ourselves a party on this, the week of our fourth anniversary, we at Black Commentator view the occasion as a…

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Art

Art: African Poet

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

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Commentary

CBC Monitor Report: When Being Silent Speaks Loudly – Part II

By Leutisha L. Stills Guest Commentator

In the March 23, 2006 issue of BC, the CBC Monitor Report discussed the deadly consequences of the Congressional Black Caucus’ silence on the issues relevant to Black America. As promised, the CBC Monitor continues this discussion of the Caucus’ willingness to submit to the dictates of a House Minority leader who is demonstrating that…

In the March 23, 2006 issue of BC, the CBC Monitor Report discussed the deadly consequences of the Congressional Black Caucus' silence on the issues relevant…

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Commentary

Think Piece: Race, Place, and Freedom – A Katrina Classroom Memoir

By Paul Street Guest Commentator

“One of the most important, though most subtle and elusive, aspects of white supremacy,” notes the radical black philosopher Charles W. Mills, “is the barrier it erects to a fair hearing. It is not merely,” Mills adds, “that people of color are trying to make a case for the economic and juridico-political injustice of their…

"One of the most important, though most subtle and elusive, aspects of white supremacy," notes the radical black philosopher Charles W. Mills, "is the barrier it…

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Commentary

Who’s Pimpin’ Who? – The Hip-Hop Generation’s Need to Rename (Reclaim) Itself

By Marjorie Fields Harris, Esq. with Reverend Darren Ferguson

There’s nothing like a bit of controversy to get Black folks talking about a revolution. Let there be one incident of a non-Black person attempting to justify calling us nigger and we flood the telephone lines on every Black radio program. Let there be a shootout between rival musical artists outside of an arena or…

There's nothing like a bit of controversy to get Black folks talking about a revolution. Let there be one incident of a non-Black person attempting to…

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Commentary

Drug Leniency for the Privileged – Draconian Sentences for Blacks and Latinos

By Anthony Papa

Julia Diaco, the so-called “Pot Princess” was sentenced on March 22 in Manhattan Supreme Court to 5 years probation for drug dealing. Ms. Diaco was 18 years old when she was arrested for multiple sales of drugs to undercover narcotic officers from her dorm room at NYU University. Despite having a “strong” case against her…

Julia Diaco, the so-called "Pot Princess" was sentenced on March 22 in Manhattan Supreme Court to 5 years probation for drug dealing. Ms. Diaco was 18…

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Issue: 178