Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD

“‘You know what we women gotta’ do.’” I had come off the elevator and saw the new neighbor ahead of me, approaching her apartment door, just past my door. She turned and noticed me. I said “Hello, new neighbor,” as I unlocked my door and noticed the woman was walking toward me. My door stood…

It has been a month now since Frederick Jermaine Carter’s body was found on December 3, 2010 hanging from a tress in Greenwood, Mississippi. The writers and commentators on the liberal and left did not notice or, if they did, perhaps they shrugged their shoulders and accepted the unofficial “verdict” of the Mississippi sheriff: death…

Obama’s Orwellian embrace of all things corporate and politically rightward has been deliberate, forceful and consistent throughout his career; not the product of cowardice, weakness, incompetence, naïve idealism, or bad timing. This is Barack Obama, as he has always been: a servile facilitator and protector of the political establishment; an insidious capitulator and “consensus man”;…

The WikiLeaks: Establish a Norm of Indifference for the Developing Fascist State Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board There is a man sitting at his desk. He is on the phone taking care of business. Underneath the desk, there is a young woman. She, too, is taking care of…

Just Doing Our Jobs Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board The master remains master. In our current social context, philosopher Slavoj Zizek writes, the “boss” is friendly. We call him or her by first name, and “he [or her] shares a dirty joke with us,” In Defense of Lost…

A Recipe for Fascism? Look in Any College or University Classroom in the U.S. Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board Students in the U.S are wired and hooked up. iPods, Blue Tubes, Blackberries, and lap tops enter the college classroom attached to a student who has left his or…

Don’t Expect the Racist (or the Criminal) to Apologize: The George and Kanye Spectacle Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board Bush, the second, tells us that of all the issues he had to deal with during his two terms as President of the U.S. overseeing the collapse of Wall…

The Scott Sisters: Has Jamie Scott Been Handed the Death Penalty? Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board In 1989, Michael David Graham decides to end his ex-wife’s life. He points a shotgun at her and that is it. In 2008, his governor, Haley Barbour, suspends his life sentence, and…

This seizes the country every four years because we have all been brought up to believe that voting is crucial in determining our destiny, that the most important act a citizen can engage in is to go to the polls and choose one of the two mediocrities who have already been chosen for us. It…