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T. S. Aschenge

BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator T. S. Aschenge is an Author/Publisher and fulltime writer who lives and works in Atlanta Georgia. Among his writing skills and qualifications are Search Engine Marketing and Optimization, Ghost Writing, Technical Writing, Journalism, Resumes, Press Releases, Abstracts, Essays, and Research Papers. His website is called I CAN WRITE THAT 4 U! This year will mark his debut as a fiction writer as he publishes his first novel set in titled Woodruff Park. Click here to contact Mr. Aschenge Endnotes

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The Dream Merchants’ Fall – The Decline of Civil Rights Hegemony in the Age of Barack Obama

By T. S. Aschenge Guest Commentator

At approximately 6:45 A.M. on August 3, 1961, I began my global sojourn on terra firma out of the sacred enclave of my mother’s womb. What I was not understandably aware of at the time, was that on the following day several thousand miles away the future first Black President of the United States was…

At approximately 6:45 A.M. on August 3, 1961, I began my global sojourn on terra firma out of the sacred enclave of my mother’s womb. What…

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Black Orchid in the White House Garden: Assailing Michelle Obama

By T. S. Aschenge Guest Commentator

“The slave woman is at the mercy of the fathers, sons, or brothers of her master!” -Fredrick Douglass Where and When She Enters Politics is the hyper-actualization of the zeitgeist of American life and culture. It speaks to the very soul of the nation from its own particular vantage point garishly poised in the mirror…

“The slave woman is at the mercy of the fathers, sons, or brothers of her master!” -Fredrick Douglass Where and When She Enters Politics is the…

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Bubba in the Backyard: The Politics of Race and Gender in Campaign 2008

By T. S. Aschenge Guest Commentator

Let me locate for you the space from which I am speaking. During slavery, a Black man’s desire to make a strike for freedom was often rationalized and even seriously argued in the courts, as some sort of mental disorder or disease. ‘What in the world could be much better than what they have here?’…

Let me locate for you the space from which I am speaking. During slavery, a Black man’s desire to make a strike for freedom was often…

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