Category: Articles
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The Rap Music Mixtape as “National” and “Dissident” Communication
I Mix What I Like! In Defense and Appreciation of the Rap Music Mixtape as “National” and “Dissident” Communication in the International…
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In Living Colors A Black man with a White mother examines the concept of multiracial identity—past, present and future
In Living Colors A Black man with a White mother examines the concept of multiracial identity—past, present and future* *Originally published in…
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Samuel Yette and The Choice: Black Survival in the United States
Samuel Yette died last week and the choice he wrote of, a choice long ago reached by this country, is a choice…
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Sponsorship Matters! Of Name Drops and Memorials: Dr. King Gets Love from Hip-Hop
According to Thomas Conner and the Washington Post, you know, that veritable clearinghouse of Black history, radical politics and cultural expression, hip-hop…
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Diversity Schmifersity: When It Comes to Black Even the Left Ain’t Right
The legendary counselor to power Walter Lippman once explained the role of the popular press in what he considered to be their…
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Black Power / Black Consciousness: Pan-African Liberation Struggles
Black Power / Black Consciousness: Pan-African Liberation Struggles This paper was originally written in 1999. It is often assumed that events, which…