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NY Post “Chimp” Cartoon: Incendiary Satire – Between the Lines
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Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD
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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.
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Octuplet Mom – Between the Lines
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The one thing American popular culture loves is a good “freak show.” Anything out of the ordinary gets our society’s attention, but the more bizarre it is – the more media attention it receives. The demand for the outlandish is so outrageous, that so-called media conglomerates are willing to pay millions of dollars for the…
The one thing American popular culture loves is a good “freak show.” Anything out of the ordinary gets our society’s attention, but the more bizarre it…
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100th Anniversary of the NAACP – Between the Lines
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This week, the most venerable of civil rights organizations, the National Association For The Advancement of Colored People, more commonly known as the NAACP, turns one hundred years old. Founded on the 100th birthday of Abraham Lincoln (February 12th, 1809), the organization had a controversial start. The organization was born out of what started as…
This week, the most venerable of civil rights organizations, the National Association For The Advancement of Colored People, more commonly known as the NAACP, turns one…
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Republican’s First Black Party Chair: For Real?- Between the Lines
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Last week, after six ballots, the Republican Party elected its first African American party chair in the history of the party, former Maryland Lt. Governor, Michael Steele. This new “lovefest” with black America is almost too much to handle. First, a black president – now a black Republican Party Chair. We just don’t know what…
Last week, after six ballots, the Republican Party elected its first African American party chair in the history of the party, former Maryland Lt. Governor, Michael…
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President Obama’s First Week In Office – Between the Lines
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President Barack Obama’s first week in office was certainly filled with only the highest of expectation, given the eight years of Republican elephant poo-poo that was left on the White House floor for him. That’s a lot of poo-poo. Over 180,000 more jobs lost in January, 2009 (60,000 in a single day during his first…
President Barack Obama’s first week in office was certainly filled with only the highest of expectation, given the eight years of Republican elephant poo-poo that was…
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Barack H. Obama: Has “The Dream” Been Fulfilled? – Between the Lines
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The day of an African American President of the United States is no longer coming. That day is here. Witnessing Barack Obama take the oath of office, in the freezing cold with a million other people, is surely one of the seven highlights of my life (along with witnessing the birth of my four children,…
The day of an African American President of the United States is no longer coming. That day is here. Witnessing Barack Obama take the oath of…
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LAPD Never Met a Reform Report it Agreed with – Between the Lines
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The nation’s most abusive, and aggrieved law enforcement agency, the Los Angeles Police Department, is still “doin’ what it do” as it presented its response this week to a racial profiling study released to its civilian Police Commission in October, 2008. The study, titled, “Racial Profiling & The LAPD,” documents that deep and pervasive racial…
The nation’s most abusive, and aggrieved law enforcement agency, the Los Angeles Police Department, is still “doin’ what it do” as it presented its response this…
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2009 As A Litmus Test For Change – Between the Lines
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The expectations of the New Year has us all expecting change on some level. Change in the nation’s political direction; change in the global situation; change in the economy; change in the job markets; change in the schools; change in our local communities; change in our personal lives. Funny thing about change? It’s much like…
The expectations of the New Year has us all expecting change on some level. Change in the nation’s political direction; change in the global situation; change…
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Good-bye, “Uncle Larry,” Hello (Again) “Uncle Clarence:” – Between the Lines
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The announcement that syndicated talk radio host, Larry Elder, was leaving his daily radio “squawk show” shouldn’t go without notice. Elder is a major remnant of the “colorblind” conservative movement that allowed race and race-based disparities to be subjugated through senseless rationale of relative truths – that made no sense when Elder’s show was launched…
The announcement that syndicated talk radio host, Larry Elder, was leaving his daily radio “squawk show” shouldn’t go without notice. Elder is a major remnant of…
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