Independent since 2002 Issue No. 1102 Week of November 7, 2026 Get the free email dispatch →

Guest Commentator

Patrice D. Johnson

Patrice D. Johnson is a writer living in New York City.

2 pieces

Guest Commentary

Linguistic Profiling

By Patrice D. Johnson Guest Commentator

Call it TWB - Talking While Black.

Racists have some slippery ways of denying their guilt. When charged with administering job or school application tests that are culturally biased, they claim the tests…

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Commentary

Charity and Homeland Security

By Patrice D. Johnson Guest Commentator

In the name of the “war on terror” the Bush administration has upset American businesses and consumers with color-coded alerts and has inconvenienced innocent travelers with unwarranted security checks at airports. Even Massachusetts Democrat Sen. Edward Kennedy, probably one of America’s most recognizable politicians, was stopped repeatedly at airports earlier this year while trying to…

In the name of the “war on terror” the Bush administration has upset American businesses and consumers with color-coded alerts and has inconvenienced innocent travelers with…

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