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The Descent: From Dr. King to Barack Obama

Tue, 01/22/2013 - 15:31 — Ajamu Baraka

 

by Ajamu Baraka

Two Nobel prizes, two different eras, awarded to Black men of near-polar opposite politics. The clash between the historically progressive African American worldview and allegiance to the corporate militarist in the White House puts great strains on the Black polity. “As African Americans, we are experiencing our most profound existential crisis since our collective experience of being enslaved.”

Black Scholarship, Non-Theism and Radical Politics: Where are the Writers?

Tue, 12/06/2011 - 22:20 — Sikivu Hutchinson

by Sikivu Hutchinson

To hear white institutions tell it, Black non-theists have nothing important to say about the human condition. But, in fact, “Black secular humanist critical inquiry stretches back to Frederick Douglass's era to the Harlem Renaissance and into the 1960s Black Power movement.” Such thinkers have been central to “a tradition of Black liberation struggle against white supremacy.”

Black Studies: Still Indispensable After 40 Years

Tue, 09/15/2009 - 18:21 — Glen Ford
black studiesA Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford
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Like all things consciously Black in the age of “race neutrality,” Black Studies has been targeted for the irrelevancy file. “The truth is, Black Studies has always been in conflict with the powers-that-be, on campus and in the wider world.” Born of activism 40 years ago, Black Studies “leads to greater and more effective activism” - which makes the discipline dangerous to power and privilege.
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