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Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD

PhD

BlackCommentator.com Columnist, Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, is a national columnist, managing director of the Urban Issues Forum and author of Saving The Race: Empowerment Through Wisdom. His Website is AnthonySamad.com. Twitter @dranthonysamad. Click here to contact Dr. Samad.

232 pieces

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Blaming The Youth When The Adults Should Have Known

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

The youth see that and see their futures tied to an unjust

The past week has witnessed the President of the United States try to calm the nation in the aftermath of the Zimmerman acquittal and witnessed the…

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Hillary’s Next Run: It’s a Race for the Masses

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

Populist movements occur when there is a total rejection of elite politics.

The race for the 2016 Presidential Elections hasn’t “officially” begun yet. Nobody has “officially” announced. But unofficially, the race has begun. How do you know? Well,…

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After The Gun Control Filibuster, The Immigration Debate Got More Complicated

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

Mastering the politics of grand distraction make those who should be irrelevant to a process, the center of the discussion.

The Republican’s success, in the intentional blocking of gun control legislation, has some very significant ramifications for the Obama policy agenda. It was painful to watch…

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Why Jackie Robinson Still Matters

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

Jackie Robinson showed us that blacks and whites could co-exist on the same intellectual, emotional and physical planes.

There are some things in our society that matter and need not be explained. We live in a society where we have forgotten about the things…

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Save “Negro”: Really??

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

I read a commentary recently lamenting the elimination of the designation of the term, “Negro” for American born Africans, now commonly referred to as “African Americans,” from the U.S. Census form. I just shook my head, said “Good-bye, Negro” and turned the page. I didn’t pay much attention to it. Then, one of my more…

I read a commentary recently lamenting the elimination of the designation of the term, “Negro” for American born Africans, now commonly referred to as “African Americans,”…

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Ode to Jerry Buss: NBA (and Los Angeles) Gamechanger

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

We take a break from the serious stuff to give propers to a man who changed our lives and changed our culture in the city of Los Angeles. The passing of Los Angeles Lakers owner, Dr. Jerry Buss, requires that we take pause and reflect on a man whose charisma changed the face of a…

We take a break from the serious stuff to give propers to a man who changed our lives and changed our culture in the city of…

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