251 – Black Commentator

The African World

Bush & Cuba: Here he goes again! – The African World

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

The current issue is always free to everyone There is something that periodically emerges in politics that I call the “maniac factor.” It is the phenomenon where a government (or set of leaders) demonstrates that it is out of touch with reality even from the standpoint of their own interests. Such maniacal views and practices…

The current issue is always free to everyone There is something that periodically emerges in politics that I call the “maniac factor.” It is the phenomenon…

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Cartoon

Political Cartoon: The Big Foot of Corporate America

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Commentary

Liberals, Racism, And The English Language In 21st Century America – Keeping It Real

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

The current issue is always free to everyone In the late 1960s racism was specifically defined as “the predication of decisions and policies on considerations of race for the purpose of subordinating a racial group and maintaining control over that group.” In the 21st century this definition remains essentially intact and correct. White Americans collectively…

The current issue is always free to everyone In the late 1960s racism was specifically defined as “the predication of decisions and policies on considerations of…

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Art

Quote to Ponder: “I will say that language is the primary medium of communication in the educational process and, in this case, the English language. I indict the English language as one of the prime carriers of racism from one person to another. The teacher and the student, especially the Negro student, are affected by this fact. The English language is my enemy. – Ossie Davis

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

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Commentary

Nooses: A Wake-Up Call to Save Our Children – Represent Our Resistance

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

That was forty-four years old. It is not fire hoses our children face, but they do face unfair punishment in the public schools and longer sentences for non-violent crimes. Our children face poverty and unemployment. Despite voting rights (slowly eroding away with the violent practice of caging and plain thievery of votes) and hate crime…

That was forty-four years old. It is not fire hoses our children face, but they do face unfair punishment in the public schools and longer sentences…

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Color of Law

The Intelligent Racists Are the Most Dangerous Kind – Color of Law

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

The current issue is always free to everyone When Nobel Prize laureate James Watson, the founder of DNA, announced that Black people are genetically inferior, I was angered, though not necessarily surprised. And I believe that a substantial number of Americans agree with him. Watson, upon his sudden retirement, has provided a public service by…

The current issue is always free to everyone When Nobel Prize laureate James Watson, the founder of DNA, announced that Black people are genetically inferior, I…

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Cartoon

Political Cartoon: Rich Government, Poor People

By Dario Castillejos

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Commentary

We Have Dead Bodies, So Where’s Our Outrage? – Single-Payer Healthcare – Part 33

By Donna Smith

The current issue is always free to everyone With more than 50 Americans dead every day due to a lack of adequate health care, the health care reform movement has all the dead bodies it needs to meet the demands of an outraged public. Yet the movement for true health care reform does not yet…

The current issue is always free to everyone With more than 50 Americans dead every day due to a lack of adequate health care, the health…

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Commentary

The Concept Of “Transferring Knowledge” – Between The Lines

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

The state of the African American community, in the national collective and in every locale in the country, is facing near crisis situations on every front; education, employment, business, health, public safety and I could go on and on. But the greatest crisis facing African Americans is in the area of leadership. The black leadership…

The state of the African American community, in the national collective and in every locale in the country, is facing near crisis situations on every front;…

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Commentary

Death March – Poetic Black Fusion

By Poet Blackman Preach Spoken Word Columnist (includes MP3 audio)

The current issue is always free to everyone Death March It’s on all over the world— at the Louisiana Superdome the death march has been initiated for a total excavation of Black people even if you are in denial—the evidence is not living proof read up on Sudan, Chicago, Rwanda, Minneapolis, Somalia— Camden places where…

The current issue is always free to everyone Death March It’s on all over the world— at the Louisiana Superdome the death march has been initiated…

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Issue: 251