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Tolu Olorunda

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“First Black President” Confronts Reality: Will Black Folks Follow Suit? – The

By Tolu Olorunda Columnist

“I tell you this much, it’s up to every one of you/ Learn from the past or the future will punish you/ Power flows to those who remember/” Perhaps at this very moment, Grand-Author, Toni Morrison, is recanting her 1998 words, suggesting that Bill Clinton was the embodiment of the “first black president,” because he…

“I tell you this much, it’s up to every one of you/ Learn from the past or the future will punish you/ Power flows to those…

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Commentary

The Slow-Witted Beast: Mass Media Sings the Devil’s Tune – The

By Tolu Olorunda Columnist

The “slow-witted beast” is a phrase borrowed from a recent lecture given by Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart, in which he sat down a few corporate journalists and told the brutal and honest truth to their faces. Calling the mainstream press a “brutish, slow-witted beast,” Stewart chastised them for the “false sense of urgency they create,…

The “slow-witted beast” is a phrase borrowed from a recent lecture given by Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart, in which he sat down a few corporate journalists…

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Commentary

Barack Obama: Black Rage on the Auction Block – The

By Tolu Olorunda Columnist

[We are very pleased to announce that beginning with this issue, Tolo Olorunda will be a BC Columnist. No doubt you have read his many fine commentaries in The BlackCommentator.com Student Writers’ Corner, and have noticed his exceptional ability to understand and elucidate complex matters. We welcome him as a BC Columnist and believe he…

[We are very pleased to announce that beginning with this issue, Tolo Olorunda will be a BC Columnist. No doubt you have read his many fine…

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Organizing the Community: Why the GOP TREMBLES at the very Idea – Student Writers’ Corner

By Tolu Olorunda Columnist

When the enemy of the state is community organizing, it is sufficient to acknowledge that the world as we know it is, indeed, coming to an end. To arrive at such a conclusion, one would have to deliberately skip over the Public Enemies of the 21st century – corrupt government, predatory mortgage lenders, failing schools,…

When the enemy of the state is community organizing, it is sufficient to acknowledge that the world as we know it is, indeed, coming to an…

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Guest Commentary

Hillary Clinton, White Greed, White Rage, and White Female Racism – Student Writers’ Corner

By Tolu Olorunda Columnist

“… When Hillary was crying, and people said that was put on, I really don’t believe it was put on. I really believe that she just always thought, ‘This is mine. I’m Bill’s wife. I’m white. And this is mine. I just got to get up and step into the plate…’ Then out of nowhere…

“… When Hillary was crying, and people said that was put on, I really don’t believe it was put on. I really believe that she just…

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Let Justice Roll Down Like Waters: Cynthia McKinney Carries the Cross – Student Writers’ Corner

By Tolu Olorunda Columnist

With the recent victory of Cynthia McKinney in last Saturday’s Green Party Presidential Race, it is imperative to draw a line in the sand and determine the symbolism of the moment – as two women of culture headline the progressive agendas of a semi-major political party – and extrapolate whatever elements can be harnessed to…

With the recent victory of Cynthia McKinney in last Saturday’s Green Party Presidential Race, it is imperative to draw a line in the sand and determine…

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Sketches of Our Culture: Apathetic, Going on Pathetic – Student Writers’ Corner

By Tolu Olorunda Columnist

On August 24, 2007, CBS News reported the rape and pillage of a 26-year-old woman without any intervention from the well-aware neighbors. The local prosecutors spoke of a security video which showed how “at least 10 witnesses ignored a woman’s cries for help for more than an hour as a man beat and sexually assaulted…

On August 24, 2007, CBS News reported the rape and pillage of a 26-year-old woman without any intervention from the well-aware neighbors. The local prosecutors spoke…

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Wrestling with a Strange Reality: Barack Obama and the Impossibility of a Black V.P. – Student Writers’ Corner

By Tolu Olorunda Columnist

With regards to Senator Barack Obama clinching the Democratic Presidential nomination, the names of certain potential V.P candidates have been circulated by the mainstream press. Never mind the presumed “psychic-ability” of these pundits, most shocking is the stark disability of the half-baked talking heads to recognize black politicians as viable vice-presidents for Senator Obama. If…

With regards to Senator Barack Obama clinching the Democratic Presidential nomination, the names of certain potential V.P candidates have been circulated by the mainstream press. Never…

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Guest Commentary

Resident Evil 5: A Travesty on All Counts – Student Writers’ Corner

By Tolu Olorunda Columnist

A couple weeks ago, a friend sent me a YouTube link. He described it as “African genocide.” Not knowing what to expect, I clicked on it. What I witnessed for those next 3 minutes, was nerve-wrecking, painful, mind-numbing and heart-racing. It was a trailer for a Video Game called “Resident Evil.” This specific trailer was…

A couple weeks ago, a friend sent me a YouTube link. He described it as “African genocide.” Not knowing what to expect, I clicked on it.…

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