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Columnist

Perry Redd

BlackCommentator.com Columnist, Perry Redd, longtime activist & organizer, is the Executive Director of the workers rights advocacy, Sincere Seven that currently owns the FCC license for WOOK-LP 103.1FM/ok103.org. His latest book, Perry NoName: A Journal From A Federal Prison-book 1, chronicles his ‘behind bars’ activism that extricated him from a 42-year sentence and is now case law. He is also the author of As A Condition of Your Freedom: A Guide to Self-Redemption From Societal Oppression, Mr. Redd also hosts a radio show, Socially Speaking, from his Washington, DC studio. Tweet him @socialspeaks. Contact Mr. Redd and BC. David A. Love, JD Managing Editor: Nancy Littlefield, MBA Publisher: Peter Gamble

124 pieces

Commentary

The Nerve of Prince: I’m a Man and I Loved Him

By Perry Redd Columnist

Woven into the fabric of his music were the jewels of his brilliance. The mere embedding of urban dialect into the King’s English sparked wonder and bewilderment in me.

I am among the millions of Americans who found themselves shocked and grief-stricken over the passing of music legend Prince last week. He was more than…

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Commentary

The Media Makes the Madness In March

By Perry Redd Columnist

Among the players is Donald Trump. He played the 2016 race like Shaquille O’Neal and Moses Malone used to do with their opponents…simply the big bully on the court. The other teams knew not what to do with him.

This is about the time you start to realize that there will be another person presiding over the affairs of this country. In this era of…

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Commentary

The Sound of Delusional Trumpets

By Perry Redd Columnist

You must understand that Republicans—mainstream or otherwise—want to maintain white superiority. That’s what their divisive, imperialist policies are all about.

Some of us in America are marching to the sound of a Pied Piper; a piper that promotes division, a piper that mimics a bully, a…

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Commentary

The Magic Negro: A Predictable Token

By Perry Redd Columnist

For the record, a Magic Negro is a recurring character in American cinema that's portrayed as coming to the aid of a film's white protagonist. Magical Negro characters often possess special insight or mystical powers and have long been a tradition in American fiction.

As the 2016 election season in the United States reaches its quarter point, by consensus, we’ve learned many things about the American psyche. The picture is…

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Cover Story

Another White Male Shooter Taken Without Incident

By Perry Redd Columnist

I can’t begin to list the names of Black men shot and killed by police - unarmed or otherwise - where they could’ve been apprehended “without incident.” I imagine there have been many, but there have also been many others who were plainly killed.

If it were a script, you still wouldn’t believe it. Another mass shooting and the media does not mention the instrumental role of guns in the…

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Commentary

Racing On the Gridiron

By Perry Redd Columnist

Shamelessly, analysts and commentators refer to pocket passers as “pure,” disciplined” and “smart” weekend after weekend, while they reserve adjectives like, wild, hairy-Carey, unpredictable and scramblers for Black men.

As American history goes, the ugly head of racism showing up never surprises me. At this stage of.my life, I wait for it to enter. The…

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Commentary

Punked By a Predator

By Perry Redd Columnist

Payday loans are an abusive form of lending that traps borrowers into an unending spiral of debt—a losing proposition for any American borrower.

I had a recent experience with a well-known corporate giant that burned me up—after they burned me. I rented a car from Enterprise Rideshare—my first with…

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Commentary

The White Bullet Difference

By Perry Redd Columnist

Whether it’s Wall Street’s theft of Main Street or police shootings of Black men, white people won’t lift a sorry finger to call wrong wrong, until it smacks them in the face.

In the land of “exceptionalism” where justice and equality are core principles, the question of the hour is, does America play favorites? In light of increased…

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Commentary

Excuse to Go Klan

By Perry Redd Columnist

In the wake of the deadly terror attacks in Paris, Republicans across the board want to change the rules in the middle of the game. Isn’t it funny how a slew of white corpses turn men into mice?

Isn’t this the strangest thing? Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz joined the chorus of Republican governors vowing to defy the Obama administration’s plan to…

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