Issue: 507
Mar 07, 2013
Guest Commentary
The Confederacy And Jury Selection
Guest Commentators
When reading about court cases in Texas where, with the use of DNA evidence, people were being exonerated following convictions for rape we noticed something striking; all these men who had been falsely charged and convicted of rape were African Americans. We are sure readers could supply other examples or studies of erroneous convictions of…
When reading about court cases in Texas where, with the use of DNA evidence, people were being exonerated following convictions for rape we noticed something striking;…
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The African World
A Question to Black Leadership
Editorial Board
The day after former Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. pled guilty to a series of corruption charges I found myself engaged in a discussion with two African American colleagues. The atmosphere was one of sadness and frustration. “What could he have been thinking?” we asked each other. We shook our heads. I have met the former…
The day after former Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. pled guilty to a series of corruption charges I found myself engaged in a discussion with two African…
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Commentary
The Boy Scout of America – Another Closed Door for Black GBTQ Youth
Editorial Board
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) and the Black Church are rightly lauded for molding young black men into adult Leaders. BSA troops have produced distinguished African American scouts like retired four-star general, Colin Powell, six-time NBA champion, Michael Jordan, and Heisman Trophy winner, Herschel Walker. African American participation in the Boy Scout movement dates…
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) and the Black Church are rightly lauded for molding young black men into adult Leaders. BSA troops have produced distinguished…
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Commentary
Will Revisionist ‘Scholars’ Erase The People’s Victories From History?
Editorial Board
“Of all our studies, history is best qualified to reward all research.” – Malcolm X [el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz] “History is important. If you don’t know history it is as if you were born yesterday. And if you were born yesterday, anybody up there in a position of power can tell you anything, and you have…
“Of all our studies, history is best qualified to reward all research.” - Malcolm X [el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz] “History is important. If you don't know history…
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Commentary
The Republican Party Devouring Itself – Good
Editorial Board
What’s not to be happy about the travails of an organization that for decades has had a “southern strategy” of taking advantage of racial intolerance? Of seeking political advantage by demagogically targeting women and men who have crossed the southern border seeking work? Of stirring homophobia in an effort to divide and conquer? Yeah, I…
What’s not to be happy about the travails of an organization that for decades has had a “southern strategy” of taking advantage of racial intolerance? Of…
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Commentary
Presente’ Hugo Chavez
Columnist
Com�ndate’ Hugo Rafael Ch�vez Fr�as was a black man. Born July 28, 1954, his family was Amerindian, Afro-Venezuelan, and European Spanish. The proportions do not matter because they mirror the proportions of most black people on the North and South American continents; he was a black man. He never disavowed his black heritage even when…
Com�ndate’ Hugo Rafael Ch�vez Fr�as was a black man. Born July 28, 1954, his family was Amerindian, Afro-Venezuelan, and European Spanish. The proportions do not matter…
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Commentary
Thank God the Little Bronze Bigot Flew Over Denzel – Point Blank
Columnist
Some of you out there are a trip. I listened for weeks to ya’ll complaining about “Django Unchained.” In fact, I heard so much bitchin’ and complaining about Django that you almost made me forget about “Flight.” You were upset over the N-Word being used, you and y’Boy Spike. You weren’t really upset with the…
Some of you out there are a trip. I listened for weeks to ya’ll complaining about “Django Unchained.” In fact, I heard so much bitchin’ and…
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Art
Quote to Ponder: “Political organizations are formed to keep the powerful in power…” – Shirley Chisholm
Guest Commentator
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