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Tolu Olorunda

BlackCommentator.com Columnist, Tolu Olorunda, is a Nigerian native and cultural critic. Click here to reach Mr. Olorunda. If you would like to comment on this article, please do so below. There is a 400 character limit. You do not need a FaceBook account. Your comment will be posted instantly. Thanks. Entering your email address is not mandatory. You may also choose to enter only your first name and your location.

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When Lady Justice Rewards a Pimp and Punishes His Victim – The Substance of Truth

By Tolu Olorunda Columnist

I was browsing the web a few days ago when I ran across the following headline: “16yr old gets life in prison for killing her pimp.” Perhaps my considerable awareness of the way the internet works – Shock and Awe = traffic – was what led to initial skepticism; but once I clicked the YouTube…

I was browsing the web a few days ago when I ran across the following headline: “16yr old gets life in prison for killing her pimp.”…

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When Will Adults Take Responsibility for Youth Violence? – The Substance of Truth

By Tolu Olorunda Columnist

-Jasiri X, “What’s Peace?” This Week With Jasiri X (Season 3), 2009. A couple of weeks back, Attorney General Eric Holder, responding to the horrific caught-on-tape death of 16-year-old Chicagoan Derrion Albert, hoped it would serve as a “stark wake-up call to a reality that can be easy for too many to ignore as they…

-Jasiri X, “What’s Peace?” This Week With Jasiri X (Season 3), 2009. A couple of weeks back, Attorney General Eric Holder, responding to the horrific caught-on-tape…

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Living and Loving Out Loud: A Conversation with Cornel West – The Substance of Truth

By Tolu Olorunda Columnist

Many know him as The Scholar, The Philosopher, The Teacher and, even, The Preacher. But when it’s all said and done, he would rather be referred to simply as – “a cracked vessel named West.” For more than three decades now, Dr. Cornel West’s work has found refuge in the hearts of millions who’ve exposed…

Many know him as The Scholar, The Philosopher, The Teacher and, even, The Preacher. But when it’s all said and done, he would rather be referred…

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When School Kids Sing Obama’s Praises – The Substance of Truth

By Tolu Olorunda Columnist

They went to school expecting to learn the wonders of the world and acquire the academic skills requisite for a successful career; instead, they were “indoctrinated” into the Cult of Obama, brainwashed into praising the politics of Hitler’s reincarnation. These are the howling cries of a few New Jersey elementary school parents whose children were…

They went to school expecting to learn the wonders of the world and acquire the academic skills requisite for a successful career; instead, they were “indoctrinated”…

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Pittsburgh to Its Homeless: Go Away, Come Again Another Day – The Substance of Truth

By Tolu Olorunda Columnist

“Waste,” “undesirable,” “embarrassing,” “disposable” – just a few kind words Pittsburgh, PA, officials could have used to cut to the chase, rather than employing more sophisticated stratagems like, say, ejecting the city’s homeless population from under the Rachel Carson Bridge (better known as the Ninth Street Bridge) – to protect them from the sights of…

“Waste,” “undesirable,” “embarrassing,” “disposable” - just a few kind words Pittsburgh, PA, officials could have used to cut to the chase, rather than employing more sophisticated…

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Is Michelle Obama Being Pimped for the Chicago Olympics? – The Substance of Truth

By Tolu Olorunda Columnist

President Obama can’t make the trip to Copenhagen, so his wife would go instead. In a couple of weeks, First Lady Michelle Obama would be leading a U.S. delegation to the 121st International Olympic Committee Session in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her delegation, which is to also include senior White House advisor Valerie Jarrett, will seek to…

President Obama can’t make the trip to Copenhagen, so his wife would go instead. In a couple of weeks, First Lady Michelle Obama would be leading…

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Youth in a Suspect Society: A Review – The Substance of Truth

By Tolu Olorunda Columnist

– Giroux, Henry. Youth in a Suspect Society: Democracy or Disposability? New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, p. x. It need not be said, though I find it necessary to restate, that Henry Giroux is one of the most important public servants the last 100 years have produced. In his expansive three decade plus academic career,…

- Giroux, Henry. Youth in a Suspect Society: Democracy or Disposability? New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, p. x. It need not be said, though I find…

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In Love with a Stripper: When Corporations Target Young Girls – The Substance of Truth

By Tolu Olorunda Columnist

I would like to say this has gone too far, or this crowns the end of civilization, or this marks the decline of society, but I’m afraid that would be too tepid in the face of such sense-suspending stupidity. In what can only be seen as the specific targeting of little girls under the age…

I would like to say this has gone too far, or this crowns the end of civilization, or this marks the decline of society, but I’m…

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Black In America: CNN, and the Art of Opportunism – The Substance of Truth

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