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Issue: 382

Jul 1, 2010

Commentary

Too Many Black Kids Can’t Swim. Can Yours? – Black Married Momma The Anti-Statistic

By K. Danielle Edwards Columnist

This morning, as I got ready for work and had the local news humming in the background as I usually do, I heard a report about drowning deaths in our city, with a national spin attached. According to the representative speaking on behalf of a local YMCA location, most parents whose children drown had no…

This morning, as I got ready for work and had the local news humming in the background as I usually do, I heard a report about…

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Guest Commentary

Straight Hair, Flat Culture: Fear and Loathing of Black Sexuality

By David Masciotra Guest Commentator

“The girls from Rutgers…they got (sic) tattoos and…them some (sic) nappy headed hos, and the girls from Tennessee, they all look cute,” Don Imus, much to his pain more than anyone else’s, said in a now infamous rant that got him suspended from radio and expelled from MSNBC. By now, the Imus “controversy” has been…

“The girls from Rutgers…they got (sic) tattoos and…them some (sic) nappy headed hos, and the girls from Tennessee, they all look cute,” Don Imus, much to…

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Commentary

Frederick Douglass 4th of July Speech

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Frederick Douglass gave this speech on July 5, 1852 at an event commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence, held at Corinthian Hall in Rochester, New York. Fellow Citizens, I am not wanting in respect for the fathers of this republic. The signers of the Declaration of Independence were brave men. They were great…

Frederick Douglass gave this speech on July 5, 1852 at an event commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence, held at Corinthian Hall in Rochester,…

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Cover Story

Are We Not Patriots, Too?

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

This weekend we celebrate July 4 with rounds of festivities marking our nation’s 234 years of independence. But this country’s need to showcase her indomitable spirit of heroism continues to come at the expense of basic freedoms and protections denied to us lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) Americans. While it is true that…

This weekend we celebrate July 4 with rounds of festivities marking our nation’s 234 years of independence. But this country’s need to showcase her indomitable spirit…

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Commentary

Summer is A-Comin’ In

By Nancy Littlefield Staffer

Summer is A-Comin’ In By Nancy Littlefield BlackCommentator.com Managing Editor Summer is A-Comin’ In and that means many BC readers are leaving school for the summer, going on vacation, doing things a bit differently than they do the rest of the year. Whether it is that they are occupied with other things and aren’t visiting…

Summer is A-Comin’ In By Nancy Littlefield BlackCommentator.com Managing Editor Summer is A-Comin’ In and that means many BC readers are leaving school for the summer,…

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