The following was originally published in Black Agenda Report. The second part of the Black Panther movie franchise continues the anti-Black and pro-imperialist themes of the first film. Black moviegoers should be wary and spend time educating themselves against very bad propaganda. This White, Western, pan-European fantasy film where all of its colonial subjects fight…
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This talk was given as the keynote address to an open-session of the Faculty Senate at Howard University March 29, 2019. When black scholars hear the call to equal opportunity in darkness, they must remember that they do not belong in the darkness of an American culture that refuses to move toward the light. They…
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A discussion of Stokely: A Review of ‘Our Premier Interpreter’ of Black Power Studies *originally published May 7, 2015. Stokely: A ReviewJared A. Ball “Now what if I could have heard Stokely Carmichael yelling ‘Black Power’ for the first time? I write rhymes to the rhythm of my heartbeat, pretending these high-hats is shells dropping to…
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