Note the parallels between the character Othello in Shakespeare’s play, Othello, and the public’s perception of O J Simpson. Whereas Othello was the beloved Black leader of the armies of Venice, O J Simpson was the most loved player in the game of football, the American team sport most like war. Whereas Othello killed [...]
October 14, 2012. . . In today's New York Times there is a lead article about Affirmative Action. The Supreme Court is about to make a major decision on this issue. Here is a direct quote from the Times piece, "Outright racism certainly exists, and colleges would have a hard time taking it into [...]
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Doris Spates was a baby when her father died inexplicably in 1955. She has watched four siblings die of cancer, and she survived cervical cancer. After learning that the Army conducted secret chemical testing in her impoverished St. Louis neighborhood at the height of the Cold War, she wonders if [...]
What is the difference between a tribe and an ethnic group? As far as I can tell, nothing really. But don't take my word for it. Let's see what dictionary.com has to say on the matter. "Tribe - any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, [...]
BY MARC WASHINGTON http://www.beforebc.org/AfricanaResources/AfricanaResources/index.of.pages.html
As Gil Scott Heron famously observed, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised!” But we can publicize. Help get the word out. Pass this on to everyone on your email list. . . African peoples around the world are under attack. In this country only 52% of Black high school students graduate on time. We [...]
provided by Marc Washington, Budapest, Hungary, best@mail.datanet.hu Nearly 400 pages of worldwide African (black) history before Columbus, before the West, and before Christ from: http://www.beforebc.org/AfricanaResources/AfricanaResources/index.of.pages.html
Today we learn that four Americans including the US ambassador were killed in an attack on the US embassy in Libya. This is a severe breach of diplomacy not to mention human decency. It is also a great irony. The US without any mandate from the United Nations or the American people and without [...]