Guest Commentator

Alex Walker

BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator, Alex Walker, has been a software engineer in New York, and Massachusetts before settling in Northern California’s Silicon Valley. While living and working in the Hudson Valley of New York he served as vice-president of the Northern Dutchess NAACP and co-chair of the Dutchess County Committee Against Racism in Poughkeepsie, New York. As a freelance writer he has contributed to The Poughkeepsie Journal and Taconic Newspapers in the Hudson Valley, the Somerville Journal and the Somerville Community News in Somerville, Massachusetts, and the Milpitas Post in Milpitas, California. Click here to reach Mr. Walker.

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Guest Commentary

A Dissent: No More “Race” Talk

By Alex Walker Guest Commentator

“… which invokes fundamental questions about the role of government and the distribution of wealth, is something the candidates should be discussing…” No! Candidates should be discussing the war, healthcare, schools and the catastrophic failure of Bush’s so-called conservatism. When people first said “let’s have a conversation about race,” I blogged that this was a…

“... which invokes fundamental questions about the role of government and the distribution of wealth, is something the candidates should be discussing...” No! Candidates should be…

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Commentary

Which is the Black Oriented Media?

By Alex Walker Guest Commentator

John H. Johnson, founder of Ebony and Jet magazines, passed away this summer at age 87. Mr. Johnson’s death generated a wave of genuine praise for the pioneering publisher. The Reverend Jesse Jackson, a close Chicago friend of Mr. Johnson, said: The year 2005 has marked the passing of Rosa Parks, Constance Baker Motley, Vivian…

John H. Johnson, founder of Ebony and Jet magazines, passed away this summer at age 87. Mr. Johnson’s death generated a wave of genuine praise for…

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