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May 26, 2011

Commentary

Pseudo-Scientific Attack On Black Beauty – Rooted In Ignorance and Racism

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

Psychology Today, an academic journal that examines emerging thought and literature in the field of psychology, published on its website blog an article earlier this month that demonstrates why we should be ever vigilant about assaults on human dignity of Africans and African Americans that threatens to subjugate the sociological standing in the society. Satoshi…

Psychology Today, an academic journal that examines emerging thought and literature in the field of psychology, published on its website blog an article earlier this month…

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Commentary

Does the GOP Have a Clue About America’s Energy?

By John Funiciello Columnist

To hear Kay Bailey Hutchison, the retiring U.S. senator from Texas, respond to President Obama’s weekly radio message last Saturday, you could guess that the Republicans don’t have an inkling about the danger posed by our national failure to recognize just one fact: we’re running out of cheap oil in this world. Maybe she and…

To hear Kay Bailey Hutchison, the retiring U.S. senator from Texas, respond to President Obama’s weekly radio message last Saturday, you could guess that the Republicans…

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Commentary

The White Supremacy System

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

How many times have you heard someone of African ancestry say that “We [Black people] are our own worst enemy?” If you have lived among African people in this country for any length of time, I am sure you have heard this remark made many times. Unfortunately, the system of white supremacy developed in the…

How many times have you heard someone of African ancestry say that “We [Black people] are our own worst enemy?” If you have lived among African…

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