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BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator Dr.Kweli Nzito, PhD, is a retired scientist living in Thailand. His writings and analysis first appeared in The Black Commentator, Trinicenter, Counterpunch and more recently in American Herald Tribune. Contact Dr. Nzito and BC.
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A mix of habitual Islamophobic postures and racist nonchalance is being served on Iran with the beneficiaries of America's selective Islamophilia happy to consort with America.
"Those who will not pay tribute under threat of menace must ultimately face the menace." Jason Hirthler, We the Sheeple:The Blind Reading the Blind, Counterpunch, December…
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The craven nature of imperial racism is amply demonstrated in phobias that target entire peoples, known as c-phobias (communal); phobias are defined as core beliefs and irrational fears about things, creatures, events, peoples, and nations.
In his celebrated play Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare famously said, “Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste death but once”. The matter…
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O, for thy blessed skin, draping thy torso Radiating key images to beholder’s sight ‘n mind Acuities thus forged, save for the blind Launching love at first sight
O, for thy blessed skin, draping thy torso Radiating key images to beholder’s sight ‘n mind Acuities thus forged, save for the blind Launching love at…
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The victims’ commitment to the universality of their cause is what must sustain their undying longing and struggle for what is rightfully and inalienably theirs: justice, equality, full humanity and fairness.
You were not expected to aspire to excellence; you were expected to make peace with mediocrity – James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time A recurring theme,…
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It may be assumed that Iraqis are acutely aware of the classical folklore about the proverbial camel and the Arab. The lore has it that a camel seeking refuge from the harsh elements in the desert solicited some space from the cameleer who was happily ensconced in the tent, just enough space to accommodate the…
It may be assumed that Iraqis are acutely aware of the classical folklore about the proverbial camel and the Arab. The lore has it that a…
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It would also seem fruitless to condemn dinosaurs, whatever the reason, simply because they are extinct. Besides, the condemning of disappeared phenomena will not likely aid in mending their ways. Unless, of course, such condemnation was issued with the express purpose of accruing benefits for posterity. But it requires a special turn of mind to…
It would also seem fruitless to condemn dinosaurs, whatever the reason, simply because they are extinct. Besides, the condemning of disappeared phenomena will not likely aid…
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In the pursuit of national interests abroad, much of white America has been programmed to view policies that aid and abet this process as essential to its survival, regardless of the consequences such policies might have for their (mostly non-white) victims. Such a view, carefully crafted by government propaganda with corporate media complicity, can in…
In the pursuit of national interests abroad, much of white America has been programmed to view policies that aid and abet this process as essential to…
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