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Issue: 357

January 7, 2010

Cover Story

What is our next move? – Chess anyone? – The Gambit

By Nathaniel Turner Editorial Board

Note: We are pleased to welcome brother Nathaniel Turner as a member of the BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board. His column “The Gambit” will appear on a regular basis. Gambit: 1. An opening in chess in which a minor piece, or pieces, usually a pawn, is offered in exchange for a favorable position 2. a remark intended…

Note: We are pleased to welcome brother Nathaniel Turner as a member of the BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board. His column “The Gambit” will appear on a regular…

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Commentary

Attorney General Holder Picks Up Irresponsible Black Male Theme – African American Leadership

By Dr. Ron Walters Editorial Board

Attorney General Eric Holder in a few recent speeches at the Roosevelt, NY Memorial Presbyterian Church, at a church in Queens, NY, and at a Townhall meeting at Morehouse College in Atlanta has rehashed the theme of the irresponsible black male. It seems like something of a campaign by President Barack Obama and his Attorney…

Attorney General Eric Holder in a few recent speeches at the Roosevelt, NY Memorial Presbyterian Church, at a church in Queens, NY, and at a Townhall…

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The African World

Enough, Mr. President: The blockade of Gaza must end!

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

A year has passed since the Israeli aggression against the Gaza and we seem to be no closer to the blockade ending. Despite the stinging indictment contained in the Goldstone Report to the United Nations that detailed war crimes committed by Hamas and the Israeli Defense Forces—with the preponderance of the crimes being those committed…

A year has passed since the Israeli aggression against the Gaza and we seem to be no closer to the blockade ending. Despite the stinging indictment…

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Commentary

Barack Obama: Impersonating a Black Man

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

—Malcolm X——“ When one recognizes the substantive difference between being supposedly black due mere partial pigmentation versus being black by virtue of color, consciousness, and collective memory it becomes crystal clear that Barack Obama, wily servant of the corporate / military elite, is by no means black. Rather he is, as Reverend Edward Pinkney [no…

---Malcolm X---—“ When one recognizes the substantive difference between being supposedly black due mere partial pigmentation versus being black by virtue of color, consciousness, and collective…

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Commentary

Terrorism by Another Name

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

We held our breaths in this quietness like the moment you come to the end of OHM – but there is no resumption of normal breathing to be expected anytime soon. My grandmother cooked our meal quietly in the kitchen, and I could hear my grandfather, ever so carefully, hauling the trash cans from the…

We held our breaths in this quietness like the moment you come to the end of OHM - but there is no resumption of normal breathing…

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Commentary

The Wars in Yemen: More Complex than We’re Being Told

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

It was one of those strange coincidences. First, there are news reports about the involvement of Saudi Arabia in attacking tribal rebels along the Saudi-Yemen border. Then, a young Nigerian somewhat mysteriously eludes security and tries to blow up and airliner heading into Detroit and it is said he was trained and equipped in Yemen.…

It was one of those strange coincidences. First, there are news reports about the involvement of Saudi Arabia in attacking tribal rebels along the Saudi-Yemen border.…

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Commentary

Analysis: The Spirit of Jim Crow is Alive and Well in the USA

By Dr. Martin Kilson Editorial Board

But this and similar incidents that take place every day illustrate that we are far from being a post-racial society. Targeting black men as ‘suspicious’ has long been a problem in Massachusetts law enforcement. (Emphasis Added) —“— ”—“What Gatesgate tells us about the persistent tenacity of racist forms in American life (simultaneously alongside an important…

But this and similar incidents that take place every day illustrate that we are far from being a post-racial society. Targeting black men as 'suspicious' has…

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Commentary

Black Gays Invited to White House

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

Just as my enslaved ancestors could have never imagined an African American family residing in the White House, nor could my African American lesbian, gay bisexual transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) brothers and sisters who fought in the Stonewall Riots of 1969 in New York’s Greenwich Village could imagine that one day a special invitation from…

Just as my enslaved ancestors could have never imagined an African American family residing in the White House, nor could my African American lesbian, gay bisexual…

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