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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
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Lawmakers will band together to ban an app, raise their salaries or bomb Brown babies in a foreign country, but they will not lift a pen to end hunger, stop mass shootings or make college free.
The reelection of Donald John Trump to the highest office in the land - following two impeachments, leadership in an insurrection and all sorts of criminal…
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Color of Law
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White people were content to serve up other people for dinner when in fact, they didn’t realize they were the items on the menu.
When your enemies are getting cooked, the best you can do is grab some popcorn and enjoy the show. Specifically, and most recently, many of the…
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Color of Law
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Oh, my children, they tried to bury you, but they didn’t know you were seeds. Remember that it’s all connected.
We are gathered here today in these last days of the American Empire, and the beginning of the end of late-stage capitalism, to declare that none…
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Civic ignorance and a lack of critical thinking skills allow fake news to prevail, and provide an opening for a would-be dictator. As America Punishes Its People, Is U.S. Democracy on Its Deathbed?
The signs are all around us. Something is not right in America. The country is a traumatic place for millions, triggering stress among wide swaths of…
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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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the imprisonment and execution of innocent men and women are common, and far more common than you thought.
People are losing faith in a number of America’s institutions because these institutions are failing miserably. For example, take the U.S. criminal justice system. In one…
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Color of Law
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Millions of people are now at risk, including the white folks who voted for the pain.
The Mango Mussolini is back. And it is possible to say that the comeback of Donald Trump is both shocking and a quintessentially American phenomenon. We…
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These circumstances signify a loss of cultural identity for Black Native Americans, and only serve to erase a history of tribal enslavement. Black Native Americans Struggle for Recognition.
To say that America was founded on the genocide of Native Americans and the enslavement of African people is a true statement, to be sure. However,…
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Color of Law
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Black America will understand what we did tonight.”
In these days of #BlackLivesMatter, #HandsUpDontShoot, #ICantBreathe, #TakeDownTheFlag and #WhoIsBurningBlackChurches, new movements are brewing and people are searching for ways to do their part to fight…
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