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US “Founders” Were Not Liberators
03 Feb 2020
The founders of the United States intended to create a nation dominated by rich white men, and only the struggles of the oppressed have challenged these structures of power, said Dr Gerald
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Black Women and Babies Endangered by Untreated Depression
14 Jan 2020
Journalist and activist Aneri Pattani, in an article for Truthout, said a number of factors contribute to high rates of post-birth depression among Black mothers in the US, includi
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Anti-Blackness Among Hispanics
19 Nov 2019
“With a few exceptions, all the presidents in Latin America are white,” notes Janvieve Williams Comrie, a pan-Africanist activist originally from Panama.
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White Supremacy Goes Back to the Crusades
12 Nov 2019
The roots of western European anti-Blackness lie in the Middle Ages, in the Crusades to seize Arab lands, said Cord Whitaker, a professor at Wellesley College and author of “Black
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Fundamental Black and Native Opposition to White Setller State
05 Nov 2019
Blacks and Native Americans continue to pose a threat to the “conquistador white settler nation,” agues Tiffany King, author of “The Black Shoals: Offshore Formations of Black and
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Amerikaners: The Afrkaners’ First Cousins
01 Oct 2019
White America and white “Boer” South Africa share remarkably similar national mythologies. Let’s call them Amerikaners.
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Muslims Always Blamed in White Men’s Mass Shootings
02 Sep 2019
Even when white men are the perpetrators, Muslims are always somehow brought into the discussion, said Dr Maha Hilal, co-director of the Justice for Muslims Collective and author o
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A Concentration Camp By Any Other Name…
06 Aug 2019
In the wake of attacks on Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for describing immigrant detention centers as “concentration camps,” author Zoe Samudzi asked, “Why are Jewish organizations
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Trump’s Message: US is White Man’s Country
23 Jul 2019
Donald Trump’s racist attacks on immigrants and “The Squad” are designed to tell his base that the US is a White Man’s Country and he is the president who’s going to keep it that way,” said Black A
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Starving Black Schools and Scapegoating Communities
02 Jul 2019
Although many urban school districts are returning to local control following state takeovers, these Black and brown schools remain underfunded, said Jeff Bryant, senior correspond