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Chauncey DeVega
Cyber Racism 101: The New Dorner Video Game
20 Feb 2013
by Chauncey DeVega In the flash of an entrepreneurial eye, “Christopher Dorner's last stand against the LAPD has been transformed into a crude video game.” Says the author: “Cyber racism is the next iteration of how technology, in this case the Internet, social media, and video games, can be used…
Malcolm X Grassroots Movement
Dorner, Racism, and Police Repression
20 Feb 2013
From the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement A central truth underlies the events surrounding Christopher Dorner's actions and demise: “Racism is endemic to all law enforcement agencies in the United States, and is part and parcel of the foundations of the United States government, its historic mission,…
Pascal Robert
Ella Baker and the Limits of Charismatic Masculinity
20 Feb 2013
by Pascal Robert Ella Baker, the consummate organizer, “was very critical of the hot shot Black preachers who would seem to mesmerize their audience with soaring oratory, then leave and expect others to implement an agenda.” She put forward a grassroots critique of overwhelmingly male Black…
Wilmer J. Leon III
From Paul Robeson to Dwayne Carter, Jr. “Lil’ Wayne”
20 Feb 2013
by Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III Lil' Wayne may be a big name in hip hop music, but he's a moral and intellectual lilliputian who trivialized the murder of Emmett Till “ by using it to make sick, caviler, sexist, and misogynistic references to women.” If you are in need of a strong Black male role model,…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
On Education, Barack Obama is the President of Privatization. Can We Stop Him? Will We?
21 Feb 2013
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon By the time his term is over, President Obama and his Race To The Top program will have forced the closure and privatization of thousands of inner-city schools, a feat no white Republican or Democrat could have accomplished. But he'll only be president 4 more…
Travis L. Gosa
Colleges Love Hip-Hop, But Do They Love Black Men, Too?
27 Feb 2013
by Travis L. Gosa Hip hop, African American youth culture, is all the rage on college campuses – but where are the creators of the culture? “The people whose images are most associated with hip-hop—young black men—continue to be left behind.” There has been no relative improvement in the number of…
Cecil Brown
Goodbye Black Studies!
27 Feb 2013
by Cecil Brown Black Studies is in deep trouble, on the internal and external racial fronts. “The test of whether a Black Studies department will survive depends on how many white teachers and students they have.” Meanwhile, the absence of an African American political movement has undermined…
Horace G. Campbell
Mali, France and the War on Terror in Africa
27 Feb 2013
by Horace G. Campbell “The current insecurity in Mali is a direct result of the US military presence...and why Africans must be more forthright in opposing the expansion of the US Africa Command.” France plays a special role in this escalation, as she maneuvers to hold on to her African holdings.…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Hollywood’s Propaganda
27 Feb 2013
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Hollywood helps Americans feel good about being part of an empire that kills other peoples at will. “Movies have become a happy arm of the United States government as they advocate for violence and war crimes.” Tales of torture and wanton…
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
My Wise Country Cousin on Cory
26 Feb 2013
by Raymond Nat Turner “…iffin Monee is de muthaz milk ob Polytikz, den CoryBooker be Mommaz boy, wit de golden Tit neva too far from hiz mouf.”