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Executive Editor

David A. Love, JD

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David A. Love, JD - Serves BlackCommentator.com as Executive Editor. He is a journalist, commentator, human rights advocate, a Professor at the Rutgers University School of Communication and Information based in Philadelphia, a contributor to Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019, The Washington Post, theGrio, AtlantaBlackStar, The Progressive, CNN.com, Morpheus, NewsWorks and The Huffington Post. He also blogs at davidalove.com. Contact Mr. Love and BC.

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Anti-Trump Conservatives Are Not Your Friends

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

If some Republicans want to preserve “democracy” and the rule of law, that’s fine, but they need to do some introspection and consider that their conservative movement is built on white supremacy.

Some Republicans do not support Trump. Some have even spoken out against him and ignored his calls to overthrow the government and establish a Trumpocratic MAGA…

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It’s Time To Tear Down the Supreme Court Because It Is a Threat to Black Life

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

Now is the time to shut the whole thing down now and start from scratch before more people die.

The recent decisions coming from this court are all the proof you need that we are in danger. Consider the overturning of Roe v. Wade and…

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Who is Sundiata Acoli?

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

In 1979, the International Jurist interviewed Sundiata and declared him a political prisoner.

In a 3-to-2 decision, the New Jersey Supreme Court overturned the decision of the State Parole Board and granted parole on Tuesday to Acoli, 85, who…

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Is Monkeypox a Black Disease? Many in the Media Seem To Think So

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

these images only reinforce racist and homophobic stereotypes and stigmas and undercut the public health response to diseases.

As the monkeypox virus spreads—and the media hype up this outbreak into the new COVID pandemic—news organizations are racializing and colorizing this new virus du jour.…

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Uvalde Is a Reminder That Police Are Not Always the Best Narrators Because They Lie

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

the Uvalde, Texas, massacre, has revealed what many in the Black community and other communities of color have known since forever.

Police do lie, and often. Those who accept what police officers say as the God’s honest truth are likely to get their feelings hurt at some…

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Tech Companies Bear Some Responsibility for the Buffalo Shooting

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

The Buffalo massacre has once again placed freedom of speech and tech industry accountability in the spotlight.

The Buffalo, N.Y, shooter used tech platforms to plan his mass murder of 10 Black people in a Tops supermarket. Now is the time to hold…

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Media Coverage of Buffalo Shooting Reflects Racial Bias and Double Standards

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

whiteness is the standard form through which everything flows. Rather than seek objectivity, why don’t we strive to tell the truth and be fair about it?

Media coverage of the Buffalo, N.Y., mass shooting proves that some journalists and reporters cannot handle the truth about racism in America, do not understand what…

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Harvard Reparations Plan Reminds Us of the Role of Universities in Black Enslavement

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

Harvard faculty, staff and leaders owned at least 70 people between the school’s founding in 1636 and 1783, when slavery was abolished in Massachusetts.

Universities profited from slavery and played a role in the enslavement of Black people. And it is time that they acknowledge this legacy and make amends…

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Student Loan Forgiveness Is a Step Towards Racial Justice

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

While the need for relief from this staggering amount of debt is nationwide and runs across the entire population—including the 43.4 million people who owe federal student loans—the impact lands a particular way for Black borrowers.

President Joe Biden must cancel the student loans now. Black people need it and deserve it, and this is a racial justice issue. After pressure from…

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