An EXCERPT from Undressing the N-word
Albeit, man can change the definition of a word on a whim, he cannot change the history behind the word for it is indeed STATIC. If by chance you or anyone else have the ability by some sort of miracle to obli ...
Posted Thursday, February 20th 2014 at 11:27PM
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When Samuel L. Jackson sat down with film critic Jake Hamilton to discuss Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained , Hamilton had a question that he wanted to ask Jackson relative to the n-word. But Jackson, who plays a Sambo, Uncle Tom prototype in t ...
Posted Monday, March 4th 2013 at 3:14PM
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Though the controversial film, Django Unchained, can stand on its own merits of uniquely presenting the era of slave history, it has a common bond with other films of similar elk in that they all conveniently sanitize a portion of slave history as it ...
Posted Wednesday, January 9th 2013 at 4:18AM
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Dear Mr. Stern:
I write you this letter as the president of the United Voices for A Common Cause, Inc. We are dedicated to protecting the civil rights and dignity for all people. It concerns me that n-word usage by the Boston Celtics' Kevin Garn ...
Posted Friday, January 4th 2013 at 5:59PM
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Mitt Romney refuses to repudiate the Mormon doctrine that all Black people are cursed and are here on earth to serve them. ...
Posted Thursday, November 1st 2012 at 5:55PM
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Rappers Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, Kanye West, “P” Diddy, 50 Cent, and hip-hop businessmen Russell Simmons, and Robert Johnson, just to name a few, are members of the 100 Million Dollar Club—Robert Johnson perhaps being the lone billionaire. The accompl ...
Posted Thursday, November 1st 2012 at 12:07AM
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Music and song has always served as a catalyst to help Black/African Americans maintain a sense of internal calmness and hope during strife; cultivate, embrace and express individuality; as well as represented that living connection to and displayed ...
Posted Tuesday, October 9th 2012 at 9:29PM
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America has always been a country that has claimed to abide by the Divine Providence instructions, and to honor “IT” first in all undertakings. This acknowledgement of God is exemplified in every American community, city and town, where a church ...
Posted Monday, August 6th 2012 at 11:39PM
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A conspiracy theory explains an event as being the result of an alleged plot by a covert group or organization; more broadly, though, a conspiracy theory has been defined as the idea that important political, social or economic events are the product ...
Posted Thursday, July 19th 2012 at 1:19PM
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Not too long ago, Denzel Washington won the Oscar for “Training Day” as a rogue cop, but not for Malcolm X or Hurricane where arguments could easily be made that his performance in both those films were superior to “Training Day”. Moreover, H ...
Posted Tuesday, June 5th 2012 at 1:57AM
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Ever since Black America’s self-prescribed, self-directed, effective, and much-needed Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, the American systemic has continually worked relentlessly to find ways of combating or diluting the efforts of the Black commu ...
Posted Monday, April 30th 2012 at 9:17PM
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It seems relatively fair to say that most Americans are law-abiding citizens who believe in equal justice. However, the same notion cannot be wisely applied or assumed for the American justice system and a segment of America’s society in general. I ...
Posted Thursday, April 5th 2012 at 1:18PM
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Actor Samuel L. Jackson was recently interviewed by Ebony Magazine writer Kevin Powell. As reported in the “Entertainment Cultural/ Celebrities” section of the February issue, Mr. Jackson—who voted for Obama, was asked about his present thought ...
Posted Wednesday, February 22nd 2012 at 3:10AM
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“Wake up everybody, no more sleeping in bed, no more BACKWARD thinking, time for thinking ahead…Wake up ALL the teachers, TIME to teach a new way. …When you teach the children, teach them the very best you can. The world won’t get no better ...
Posted Friday, July 1st 2011 at 6:25PM
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Whenever the “massa” gave the enslaved black man something, no matter what it was, he took it—whether voluntarily or by coercion. Sadly, no matter how demeaning or dreadful the thing may have been, he had no choice but to accept the token, allo ...
Posted Thursday, June 9th 2011 at 1:51PM
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In 1991, Troy Anthony Davis was convicted of the 1989 murder of Mark A. MacPhail, a Savannah police officer. On Tuesday, October 14, 2008, the Supreme Court rejected appeals for the condemned Georgia Department of Corrections 40-year-old inmate. The ...
Posted Monday, October 27th 2008 at 2:24PM
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In a three-way conversation between Tavis Smiley, Dr. Michael Dyson and Dr. Cornel West on the justification of blacks using the n-word, the following ideas were exchanged during the discourse:
Tavis Smiley: “With all due respect to the power ...
Posted Friday, September 5th 2008 at 11:51PM
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A bizarre and scandalous love affair with the n-word. A look at Black America and those who have claimed the n-word for themselves.
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Posted Wednesday, August 13th 2008 at 3:01PM
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Though he has issued a formal apology for his use of the n-word, Reverend Jesse Jackson’s actions were irresponsible, incomprehensible, and reflect poorly upon him as a supposed role model for today’s African American youth. And to compound this ...
Posted Thursday, July 31st 2008 at 5:31PM
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