Issue: 787
May 02, 2019
Color of Law
Democratic Politicians Are Throwing Around the New Buzzword ‘Reparations,’ But Are They Really Serious?
Executive Editor
On the 400th anniversary of the enslavement of Africans in Virginia, reparations to address the damage of slavery will be costly, and yet are necessary. Democratic candidates are talking about reparations, but they are only scratching the surface.
The concept of the government paying reparations to the descendants of enslaved Africans is by no means new. Since the unrealized promise of “40 acres and…
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Commentary
Morehouse Will Admit Trans Male Students
Editorial Board
Embodying W.E.B. Dubois’s theory of “The Talented Tenth,” where “exceptional black men” would be the ones to lead the race, Morehouse College has produced unquestionably a pantheon of noted black men:
Morehouse College - the jewel of black academia and male leadership - will admit transgender male students in 2020. According to its new “Gender Identity Admissions…
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Commentary
James Byrd’s Killer Didn’t Deserve the Death Penalty
Editorial Board
If we could execute the white murderer of James Byrd, Jr. (I try not to mention the names of devils more than is necessary), we can execute a Black person accused of something, whether they did it or not. Applying the death penalty erodes our humanity, whether the accused is guilty or not.
Killing is wrong. Killing Black people because they are Black is even more wrong. Lynching Black people is exponentially wrong. So why was I opposed to…
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Commentary
Reparations Part III – The Suffering of Us
Editorial Board
The legacy of enslavement for African Americans is resistance rather than a sense of entitlement. Racial supremacy. Economic dominance. For the enslaved black, freedom meant NOT being somebody’s property. Not placed in chains. Not dehumanized. Domesticated. But free to be.
This enormous influx of Africans laid the foundation for the concomitant growth of capitalism. Most species of animals as well as humans and to be free.…
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Commentary
Trump Strikes Another Blow Against Peace in the World – Solidarity America
Columnist
Instead of an impulse to world peace, Trump has exhibited an inclination to stir up hatred and animosity toward anyone who he sees as an opponent of his.
The U.S. never has been at peace much, since the nation has been at war except for only six years in the more than two centuries…
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Commentary
Missing ‘Wow’ Factor Among 2020 Dem Presidential Candidates
Columnist
there is a lack of ‘Wow,’ - significant feelings of admiration, delight, and excitement - about the more than 20 announced and/or rumored candidates for the office.
A careful assessment of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates has revealed that there is a lack of ‘Wow,’ - significant feelings of admiration, delight, and excitement -…
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Commentary
Harvesting New Generations – Worrill’s World
Columnist
“In contemporary Black America, the only ceremony that approximates the African youth’s rites of passage may be the coronation which introduces young men and women to Black middle class. However, this is primarily an elitist affair that focuses on social status rather than social
The impact of African people being captured in the slave trade and introduced into the western hemisphere as property and commodity are at the root of…
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