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May 20, 2010

The African World

What does an “illegal alien” look like?

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

I have become concerned that I am missing something. In light of the anti-immigrant Arizona SB 1070 legislation I find myself asking again and again —“what does an illegal alien look like?” I posed just this question in a recent letter to the editor I wrote to a mainstream publication. We will see whether they…

I have become concerned that I am missing something. In light of the anti-immigrant Arizona SB 1070 legislation I find myself asking again and again —“what…

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Commentary

Malcolm X – May 19, 1925 – Feb 21, 1965 – Two Video Speeches

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

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Commentary

Exxon and BP: Part of the Corporate Continuum of Ecological Destruction

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

As I flew into New Orleans last week, I felt like the ghosts of the Exxon Valdez environmental disaster were floating around the Gulf Coast. EV is one of the country’s largest oil spills yet most of us have vague memories of the 1989 man-made catastrophe—except the victimized citizens and 1300 miles coastline of Alaska.…

As I flew into New Orleans last week, I felt like the ghosts of the Exxon Valdez environmental disaster were floating around the Gulf Coast. EV…

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Color of Law

Why Not Blame It On A Black Man? – The

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

I just read a pilot study that CNN released on the racial attitudes of children. And nearly 60 years after the watershed Brown v. Board of Education case – in which the Supreme Court invalidated Jim Crow school segregation – it seems that the more things change, the more they stay the same. In the…

I just read a pilot study that CNN released on the racial attitudes of children. And nearly 60 years after the watershed Brown v. Board of…

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Commentary

Distract, Lie, and Then Distract Some More

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

What better way to control a people than to distract them, lie to them, and then distract them some more? This is precisely the insidious and deadly game that the U.S. government, the avaricious corporations, and the self described, so-called “news” media are playing upon the peoples of this nation and world. Democratic and Republican…

What better way to control a people than to distract them, lie to them, and then distract them some more? This is precisely the insidious and…

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Commentary

Stepin’ Fletchit in 2010

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

-James Baldwin. The day before I observed this young man, I spoke to Prof. Michelle Alexander by phone (see “Interview: Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness,” Black Commentator, May 13, 2010). One statement stood out: Black Americans have been stigmatized! Black Americans in the U.S. are…

-James Baldwin. The day before I observed this young man, I spoke to Prof. Michelle Alexander by phone (see “Interview: Michelle Alexander, author of The New…

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Commentary

Cheating Harvard

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

Adam Wheeler defrauded Harvard out of thousands of dollars: $31,000 in financial aid, $8,000 in a research grant, and $6,000 in English prizes. Many applaud his feat while others are appalled by his nerve. Had his hubris not gotten the best of him – vying for the prestigious Fulbright and Rhodes scholarships – Wheeler would…

Adam Wheeler defrauded Harvard out of thousands of dollars: $31,000 in financial aid, $8,000 in a research grant, and $6,000 in English prizes. Many applaud his…

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Commentary

Solidarity Divided – Video Interview with Bill Fletcher, Jr

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

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