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Ishmael Reed

Ishmael Reed is a poet, novelist and essayist who lives in Oakland. His widely-acclaimed novels include, Mumbo Jumbo, the Freelance Pallbearers and The Last Days of Louisiana Red. He has recently published a fantastic book on Oakland: Blues City: a Walk in Oakland and Carroll and Graf has just published a thick volume of his poems: New and Collected Poems: 1964-2006. He is also the editor of the online zine Konch. Reed can be reached at: [email protected].

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How the Media Uses Blacks to Chastise Blacks: The Colored Mind-Doubles

By Ishmael Reed

The article originally appeared in Counterpunch.org. I Tivo Don Imus as much as I can because his putrid racist offerings are said to represent the secret thinking of the Cognoscenti. Maybe that’s why journalists like Jeff Greenfield and others admire him so much. He says what they think in private. On any day, you might…

The article originally appeared in Counterpunch.org. I Tivo Don Imus as much as I can because his putrid racist offerings are said to represent the secret…

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