Executive Editor
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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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Color of Law
Executive Editor
In Nazi Germany, the enemies were LGBTQ people, trans books, Jews, political dissidents and others. Today in the U.S., there is the war on DEI (code for Black people), white replacement theory and the centering of white hetero cisgender Christian men.
First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I…
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Color of Law
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Those who would consider the depiction of George Floyd as the son of God as blasphemous must ask themselves whether George Floyd as Jesus is more offensive to them than any brother as Jesus.
Very often, there are issues we are forced to confront that we did not know were controversial, solutions searching for a problem. One of these is…
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Color of Law
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In a capitalist society, Black people have been unable to build generational wealth from the land that was stolen from them.
Systemic racism takes many forms, not the least of which is land theft. Simply put, Black people have lost a staggering amount of property over the…
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Color of Law
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After serving the empire and serving their purpose for Uncle Sam, these Black vets are cast aside.
When we think of those people who are deported from the U.S., we often have images of undocumented Latinx folks from Mexico and Central America. In…
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Color of Law
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the boarding school system is now recognized as a form of genocide designed to forcibly remove children from their homes and separate them from their families, culture, clothing and language.
The recent discovery of unmarked mass graves of 1,300 Indigenous children buried in five former residential schools has forced Canada to come to grips with a…
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Color of Law
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when the President asks you a question, either you say what people want to hear or you speak the truth.
Long before Alicia Keys, Beyoncé, Gabrielle Union, Janelle Monáe, Kerry Washington, Keke Palmer, Rihanna, Shonda Rimes, Taraji P. Henson and Viola Davis came on the scene,…
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Color of Law
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Using their states as laboratories for neo-Jim Crow policies, White reactionaries are cementing power through gerrymandering and voter suppression.
On April 6, 2023, the Tennessee House of Representatives expelled two Black freshman lawmakers, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, for exercising their First Amendment rights, protesting…
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Color of Law
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This is why America can’t have nice things such as universal healthcare.
Welcome to the MAGA era of white grievance under Trump, a desire to return to the good old days and keep control away from melanated people.…
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Commentary
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In the absence of an inclusive environment, the quality of journalism suffers. Certain stories are simply not reported, or are told without the nuance or perspective the circumstances require.
For years, newsrooms across America have had a problem with a lack of diversity and inclusion. People of color are underrepresented among news organizations, which do…
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