Guest Commentator

Troy Peters

Troy Peters is a Policy Fellow at the Campaign for America’s Future, a progressive political institute based in Washington, DC. He recently returned from volunteering with the Peace Corps in Niger, West Africa, and can be reached at [email protected].

2 pieces

Guest Commentary

Understanding Pickaninnies and Improving the Race

By Troy Peters Guest Commentator

Rather than just reacting to the Mexican government’s recent attempt to honor Memin Pinguin, a popular comic strip character who also looks every bit the pickaninny caricature, with moral outrage we should see it for what it is: an opportunity. The debate over the inherent racism of the stamps and what it says about the…

Rather than just reacting to the Mexican government’s recent attempt to honor Memin Pinguin, a popular comic strip character who also looks every bit the pickaninny…

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Guest Commentary

Beware Republicans Bearing Gifts

By Troy Peters Guest Commentator

Over the past few months President Bush and the Republican Party have been making blatant efforts to court African American voters through black churches. But like the European slavers of old trading guns and rum to African kings for enslaving their own, Republicans offer only disaster. The GOP’s questionable attempts to recast themselves as the…

Over the past few months President Bush and the Republican Party have been making blatant efforts to court African American voters through black churches. But like…

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