by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
When the Tom Joyner Morning Show was pulled first from Chicago, and then from other markets early this month, Joyner counseled listeners that "...black radio will never be what it once was, and there is absolutely nothing we can do about it." This message of powerlessness and permanent defeat, of resignation to someone else owning and controlling the black conversation may be all we can expect from Joyner and the rest of the black elite. But is it the real answer? Does it even address the crucial question of how we might have and own our own black civic conversation?
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The Democrats: Death by De-Branding
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No One To Speak For Black Rights On The Internet
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The Most Visible Mulattoes: Drake and Obama Match Hip-Hop and Politics
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New Orleans Black Activists Denounce Obama and Shame Misleadership Class
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Reclaiming the Dream and Brand Obama
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U.S. Prison Gulag vs. Global Human Rights
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