776 – Black Commentator

Sharp n’ Blunt

2020: Not the Year of the Man!

By Desi Cortez Columnist

women learned to reason and reckon, to weigh and measure, to be analytical. Global society via customs and educational process have tried to erase that and exchange it with “good secretarial duties,” the ability to “follow instructions” coming from a man . . . but I believe we’re at the end of that “subservient” back-up role that women . . . and people of color have been made to play in our society.

It’s enough that as a nation we are confronted by the “blind hatred” which unquestionably fuels Trump’s White backlash, yet, to confront this monster with vengeful…

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Commentary

Teachers Have to Examine Public Education Credibility of 2020 Democratic Candidates

By Dr. Walter C. Farrell, Jr., PhD, M.S.P.H. Columnist

prospective 2020 Democratic presidential candidates appear to be lukewarm allies of teachers and other progressive issues. Educators will have to take their measure as they have a year before voting in the Democratic primaries begins.

The number of 2020 Democratic Presidential candidates is growing like weeds, with Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren having formally entered the race since last week.…

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Guest Commentary

The Toxic Politics Surrounding Black Masculinity

By Dr. Elwood Watson, PhD Guest Commentator

Virility and toughness aside, the fact is that society has historically categorized Black men as violent, aggressive, oversexed, dishonest and juvenile. Black men have largely been viewed as sexual in an immature manner, jive talking, living to embrace violence, routinely living outside the realm of legality, willing to fight at the drop of a dime and having a distaste for embracing any form of law and order. In short, in the mindset of those more unenlightened folk, Black men are as primitive as cavemen.

Over the past few years, and even more recently, the issue of toxic masculinity has dominated the public sphere. From the recent Gillette ad that provoked…

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Commentary

Taking a Deep Look at Ourselves – Worrill’s World

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

we have a responsibility and a duty to our brothers and sisters to build institutions based on African spirituality, ethics, and morals, and give back that which the Creator has given us, “All Life, Power, and Health, like the Sun Forever.”

The current crisis in America and the world requires that we as African people take a deep reflective look at our condition in light of the…

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Cartoon

USA Thirst for Oil

By Carlos Latuff

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Cartoon

Ham – Pork

By Chuck Siler

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The African World

The Northam Controversy

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

these were actions taken thirty-five years ago, which goes to my first point: there has been no discussion of whether Northam’s record since 1984 has been consistent OR inconsistent with the behavior represented by those pictures and his acknowledgement of having gone ‘black face.’ This, above all, is what I find amazing.

So, let’s start by my alerting you that my views on the Governor Northam controversy may be different from what you expect. I don’t think that…

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Commentary

Official’s N-word Non-apology Ignites Cambridge

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

The n-word is firmly embedded in the lexicon of racist language that was and still is used to disparage African Americans. The word does not eradicate its historical baggage and its existing troubling racial relations among Blacks and between Whites and Blacks.

What should have been an enriching classroom engagement turned instead into a public outrage that's now prompting an outside investigation. On January 10, history teacher Mr.…

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Commentary

Our Planet Is Melting! Who Cares?

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD Editorial Board

There was a focus on environmental justice with the Environmental Protection Agency before this administration decided that there was no need to protect the environment. And there has been a stunning silence among civil rights organizations who don't' think that the melting of our plant is an essential issue.

The Right Reverend William Barber has revived Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Poor People's Campaign. He has reminded us that the triple evils of an age…

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Guest Commentary

Ella Baker Legacy Energizes Movement for Black Lives

By Paul Rockwell Guest Commentator

Ella Baker, however, has yet to receive full, mainstream public recognition for her contribution to American democracy, especially the co-founding and guidance of the most effective, innovative civil rights organization of the 20th century, the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee—SNCC. While it is true that the media demonizes Malcolm X and sanitizes Dr. King, Ella Baker, a Black woman, is simply ignored.

Ella Baker was sixty-one years old when her comrade, historian Howard Zinn, wrote in SNCC: The New Abolitionists: “Ella Baker is more responsible than any other…

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Issue: 776