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November 30, 2006

Commentary

Art: JonBenet Meets Timothy McVeigh at Heavens Gate

By Fulani L. Carter

JonBenet Meets Timothy McVeigh at Heavens Gate by Fulani L. Carter Fulani ~ Artist Medium: Arcylic,airbrush,collage on canvas Size: 8′ x 6′ Price: $4,000 USD Prints: $50 USD Represented by BlackCommentator.com BIOGRAPHIAL INFORMATION Fulani has worked in the following areas; fine arts painter, set design, airbrush, fabric designer, spray can art, sign fabrication, video /…

JonBenet Meets Timothy McVeigh at Heavens Gate by Fulani L. Carter Fulani ~ Artist Medium: Arcylic,airbrush,collage on canvas Size: 8' x 6' Price: $4,000 USD Prints:…

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Guest Commentary

50 Shots & Michael Richards

By Molly Secours Guest Commentator

Last week comedian Michael Richards fired a round of angry racial epithets at several young black men heckling him in a comedy club in Los Angeles. Just one week later, Sean Bell, a 23 year old groom-to-be and his two friends (all black) were gunned down by five plain-clothed New York City police officers who…

Last week comedian Michael Richards fired a round of angry racial epithets at several young black men heckling him in a comedy club in Los Angeles.…

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Guest Commentary

Blaming Kramer

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

The racist rant heard nationwide by Michael Richards, who played the lovable and goofy character Kramer on the TV sit-com “Seinfeld,” shocked not only his fans and audience that night at the Laugh Factory in West Hollywood, but his racist rant also shocked Americans back to an ugly era in U.S. history. While it is…

The racist rant heard nationwide by Michael Richards, who played the lovable and goofy character Kramer on the TV sit-com “Seinfeld,” shocked not only his fans…

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Commentary

Between The Lines: For A True Fresh Start – Remove The Conviction Box

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

Paying our debts to society for running afoul of the law, has always been part of the American nomenclature. America has always been seen as the land of “new beginnings,” where anyone can get a “fresh start.” As an immigrant nation from the very start, people left their countries and came to America for that…

Paying our debts to society for running afoul of the law, has always been part of the American nomenclature. America has always been seen as the…

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Commentary

‘Our Fight Is Your Fight’- Speaking Out For GLBT Equality

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Excerpted from Human Rights Campaign’s Equality magazine, Fall 2006 From Equality Magazine Julian Bond and Dolores Huerta are true American heroes. From the back roads of Georgia to the California growing fields, the two have been on the cutting edge of social change for decades — through organizing, protest, lobbying and voter registration campaigns —…

Excerpted from Human Rights Campaign’s Equality magazine, Fall 2006 From Equality Magazine Julian Bond and Dolores Huerta are true American heroes. From the back roads of…

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