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Issue: 59

October 9, 2003

Commentary

Wesley Clark: Dishonest To The Core, and Probably Nuts

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

“As I went back through the Pentagon in November 2001, one of the senior military staff officers had time for a chat. Yes, we were still on track for going against Iraq, he said. But there was more. This was being discussed as part of a five-year campaign plan, he said, and there were a…

"As I went back through the Pentagon in November 2001, one of the senior military staff officers had time for a chat. Yes, we were still…

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Guest Commentary

Message to the Programming Pimps Who Hired Limbaugh at ESPN

By Reynard N. Blake, Jr Guest Commentator

I guess ESPN got what it wanted: a jump in ratings by hiring Rush Limbaugh. Mission accomplished, but at what price? My family and I began an immediate boycott of ESPN as soon as we heard that Limbaugh, a non-football analyzing, racist, misogynist, big fat idiot (as described by humorist, Al Franken), was hired to…

I guess ESPN got what it wanted: a jump in ratings by hiring Rush Limbaugh. Mission accomplished, but at what price? My family and I began…

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Guest Commentary

Ghettos are Not a Game

By Tim Wise Guest Commentator

Chang’s business, as it were, is producing patently offensive board games, which deliberately traffic in racist and classist stereotypes. His first creation is “GHETTOPOLY,” wherein players try and “buy stolen properties, pimp hoes, build crack houses and projects,” and avoid getting carjacked. With more than a few references to Malt Liquor addiction, loansharking, and other…

Chang’s business, as it were, is producing patently offensive board games, which deliberately traffic in racist and classist stereotypes. His first creation is “GHETTOPOLY,” wherein players…

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Guest Commentary

Journalists Agree: Media Coverage of Africa is Horrible

By Malik Russell Guest Commentator

Dr. Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika, Zambian Ambassador to the United States, spoke of her own experiences in America as young student. When she first arrived in the U.S., the ambassador recalled, her hosts were surprised that she didn’t resemble the half-naked Africans portrayed in the Tarzan movies. “The image we have of Africa is the bad, ugly…

Dr. Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika, Zambian Ambassador to the United States, spoke of her own experiences in America as young student. When she first arrived in the U.S.,…

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Commentary

Freedom Rider – “I’m Proud of What I Did in Tulia”

By Margaret Kimberley Guest Commentator

Tonya White is a very lucky woman. Ms. White lives in Tulia, Texas but she was in a bank in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the same time she was accused of dealing drugs in Tulia. The terrible injustice perpetrated on residents of Tulia, Texas is not a new story. Forty-six innocent individuals, 39 of them…

Tonya White is a very lucky woman. Ms. White lives in Tulia, Texas but she was in a bank in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the same…

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Commentary

e-Mailbox – Occupation as Reparations?

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Based on the volume and nature of the response to the last two issues of , it seems a good time to clarify our job description: to provide “commentary, analysis and investigations on issues affecting African Americans.” An essential aspect of this work is to provide a framework for discussion, one that is rooted in…

Based on the volume and nature of the response to the last two issues of , it seems a good time to clarify our job description:…

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