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February 23, 2017

The African World

The Mysterious Uniform: “Whiteness” and a Progressive Future – Book Review

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

Whiteness has confounded every social movement because it declares who is relevant and who is not. The labor movement is a case in point. Some of the most militant of white trade union leaders saw the working class as white, rather than inclusive, a point that is actually relevant to debates that have taken place in the aftermath of the November 2016 elections.

Linda Martin Alcoff, The Future of Whiteness (Malden, MA: Polity Press, 2015), 223 pages) There are few better moments in recent US history than now that…

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Sharp n’ Blunt

Ask not what White America can do for us, but what we can do for ourselves

By Desi Cortez Columnist

the free press is the target of Lord Trump and his minions everyday. When President Bannon silences the press, Black folks need to start worrying about our collective well being. Black America needs an all encompassing cohesive effort to address the ills and woes Black folks endure.

Trump wants to work with Black leaders to also make Black America great. Please, Ask not what White America can do for us, but what we…

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Commentary

Studying the Works of Dr. Bobby Wright

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

The invasions, intrusions, thefts, murders, pillaging, and the decimation and destruction of African lands, bodies, minds, and spirits over these 2,000 years is the basis for our on-going struggle for African Liberation worldwide.

So many of the problems that African people face in the world today are due to the assault on our minds by those who captured us…

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