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…
Read moreBook Review: The New ‘Double Consciousness?’ New Books Explore Technology’s Pluses and Minuses In Struggle
The Quiet Before: On The Unexpected Origins Of Radical Ideas. Gal Beckerman. New York: Crown. 271 pp. $28.99. Seen and Unseen: Technology, Social Media And The Fight For Racial Justice. Marc Lamont Hill and Todd Brewster. New York: Atria. 253 pp. $28. From Black Power Media, here now the news: The Guardian reported Monday that…
Read moreDegrees of Propaganda: The University and Public Opinion
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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