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March 16, 2017

Commentary

An Unwelcoming Competition Between Black Brits and African Americans for Movie Roles

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

While the debate now has black Brits feuding with African Americans about who can best portray the African American experience the debate has also highlighted that differences within diversity is not only about race or skin-color, but it is also about ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, age, physical abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs,

With this year’s Academy Awards showcasing the most diversity in its history the #OscarsSoWhite controversy might now be over. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and…

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Commentary

Education and Economic Independence

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

We must free the “African mind” through African Centered Educational activities so that we might better understand the importance of economic self-reliance.

In this present era of economic and educational onslaught against the African Community in America, it is important that we understand that the rise of the…

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