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Sep 9, 2010

Commentary

We Must Not Surrender Our Culture

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

We Must Not Surrender Our Culture Worrill’s World By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD BlackCommentator.com Columnist Dr. Asa G. Hilliard’s book, The Maroon Within Us, once again reminds us of a major problem that we, as African people in America, are besieged by. Dr. Hilliard described this problem as cultural surrender. In explaining the problem,…

We Must Not Surrender Our Culture Worrill’s World By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD BlackCommentator.com Columnist Dr. Asa G. Hilliard’s book, The Maroon Within Us, once…

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Commentary

Are California Gubernatorial Candidates Ignoring the Black Community? – Between the Lines

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

California’s on the brink of economic collapse, and we’re having a statewide election in less than three months. The major party candidates, Attorney General, Jerry Brown, and former Ebay CEO, Meg Whitman, are moving around the state campaigning for votes. Yet, the only time I’m hearing what either of them are going to do is…

California’s on the brink of economic collapse, and we’re having a statewide election in less than three months. The major party candidates, Attorney General, Jerry Brown,…

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Cover Story

What Kind of Jobs? – What Kind of Society?

By John Funiciello Columnist

The front page headline in a local paper on Labor Day held an ominous warning: “Jobs of future: skilled, low pay.” The Associated Press story noted that, when employers finally start to hire – in months, if not years – they will be looking for two types of workers, professional types or those with certificates…

The front page headline in a local paper on Labor Day held an ominous warning: “Jobs of future: skilled, low pay.” The Associated Press story noted…

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Commentary

Fixating On the Tea Party at the Expense of Organizing the People

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

– Malcolm X [el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz] Countless articles have been written and much energy expended by liberals and alleged progressives in this nation about the goings-on of the so-called Tea Party; as if the Tea Party and its backers are some kind of historically new phenomenon in this nation. It is not. It is in…

- Malcolm X [el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz] Countless articles have been written and much energy expended by liberals and alleged progressives in this nation about the goings-on…

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The African World

Gloom and Doom, and Internet Hysteria

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

The circumstances of the Shirley Sherrod case highlighted a very dangerous contemporary problem. The racism and demagoguery represented by the circulation of the edited speech was obvious. What I want to emphasize here is that there was an immediate jumping to conclusions by the Obama administration, the NAACP and many other observers, at least for…

The circumstances of the Shirley Sherrod case highlighted a very dangerous contemporary problem. The racism and demagoguery represented by the circulation of the edited speech was…

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Color of Law

Too Ignorant To Articulate Their Own Evil Ideas – The

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

Although one is not supposed to enjoy watching a train wreck in progress, I must say that the Arizona gubernatorial debate between Gov. Jan Brewer and her Democratic opponent Terry Goddard was a special moment. It made for satisfying entertainment. Brewer’s conspicuously long moment of silence—not in remembrance of someone who died, but because there…

Although one is not supposed to enjoy watching a train wreck in progress, I must say that the Arizona gubernatorial debate between Gov. Jan Brewer and…

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