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Christians Double-Cross Christ

Dr. Firpo W. Carr (Columnist)April 9, 2009

The lynching of the Lord? The cover title of the April 13, 2009, issue of Newsweek reads: â€œThe Decline and Fall of Christian America.â€ One reason for this is that â€œChristiansâ€ have dishonored themselves by double-crossing Christ. With Easter just a few days away, millions of professed Christians will do the Son of God a disservice when they flock to church in their Sunday best to be reminded that Christ died on a cross for all our sins. The question is: But did he really? America calls itself a â€œChristianâ€ nation. The Constitution is said to have been fashion after

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â€œChinafricaâ€: Enter the Dragon

Dr. Firpo W. Carr (Columnist)March 26, 2009

According to a CNN report, “Five Chinese vessels shadowed the Impeccable, with two of them closing to within 25 feet while their crews waved Chinese flags and stripped down to their underwear in a sign of disrespect. The Impeccable also turned fire hoses on one of the ships ‘in order to protect itself,’ the Pentagon said.” These same words, “harassment,” “aggression,” and “disrespect,” are used by Africans and other observers as the shadow of the Dragon looms ominously over the Motherland. “Man, the Chinese are gobbling up African like it was chop suey,” says one “Sista” from the Southland. As

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“Chinafrica”: Quietly Conquering a Continent

Dr. Firpo W. Carr (Columnist)March 19, 2009

Critics say China’s staggering financial assistance to African countries is proving to be much more powerful and far-reaching than the Arab sword or the European gun, and by establishing official ties with China African countries are unwittingly locking themselves in a diplomatic dungeon. Insofar as Chinese loans are concerned, Africans bemoan that ‘It’s legalized transnational loan sharking. And Uncle Sam, who could be charged with pandering, has facilitated China’s actions as Mama Africa relinquishes her innocence. She surrenders her assets, and her virtue vanishes.’ The following is the next list of African countries, extracted from news reports and presented alphabetically,

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“Chinafrica”: Slave Masters With Slanted Eyes?

Dr. Firpo W. Carr (Columnist)March 12, 2009

Africa, China, & neo-colonialism (Part 1 of 3) “China has re-shackled Africa,” the man’s baritone voice, accented with a native African language, rang from the podium. “The Chinese are our new slave masters!” Serious accusations, to be sure. Where were these stunning charges heard? Anywhere Africans and their descendents are found on the Continent, or in the Diaspora; Lagos, London, or Los Angeles—you pick the city. The mystery man’s sentiments are echoing throughout cities, towns, and villages in Africa and beyond. This isn’t an attempt to demonize China, or to suggest that it’s sinister in any way. After all, aside

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Global Gloom to World Doom?

Dr. Firpo W. Carr (Columnist)March 5, 2009

This piece could have easily been entitled, "One Pastor's Precise Prediction." Why? Because Pastor Charles Taze Russell, the second president of the Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society and the man who spearheaded the work of the group known today as Jehovah's Witnesses, precisely predicted the current environmental and economic crises well over one hundred and twenty-five years ago. (A philanthropist named William Henry Conley, who mightily assisted African American orphans, was the Society's first president.) And with the recent freak snowstorm down South and along the Eastern seaboard, coupled with a worsening economic crisis, Russell is worthy of posthumous

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Murdochâ€™s Monkey Business

Dr. Firpo W. Carr (Columnist)February 26, 2009

Last week the New York Post, owned by multi-billionaire Australian-born Rupert Murdoch, carried a highly inflammable cartoon that shows two White cops just after they shot and killed a chimpanzee that essentially represented President Barack Obama, America’s first Black president. Not only was a racist connection between a Black man and a beast being made, the cartoon was a veiled endorsement of White cops in New York who have a history of unprovoked high profile shootings of unarmed Black males. Critics say that it’s bad enough that Rush Limbaugh wishes failure upon the President, now Rupert Murdoch apparently wants him

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Remember When Presidents Were White Men?

Dr. Firpo W. Carr (Columnist)February 19, 2009

For the first time in the history of the United States of America President's Day, celebrated this past Monday, February 16, 2009, was celebrated with a Black man in the White House. And, as you read this article yet another first is happening. African American Heritage Month (aka Black History Month) is also being celebrated with America's first Black president occupying the Oval Office. Although the critical situations the Bush administration left both at home and abroad still loom like the sword of Damocles, Bush himself seems like a bad memory that's fading faster than anticipated. Though White, he's been

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The Legacy of Lumumba

Dr. Firpo W. Carr (Columnist)February 5, 2009

Almost a decade ago, in February of the year of the Space Odyssey, 2001, I wrote a review for the movie Lumumba after being asked to do so. Patrice Lumumba was the first post-colonial Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Here's part of what I wrote: "This remarkable film plucked a little-known yet important page out of modern African history and transferred it with enormous clarity to the silver screen. We've waited long enough for another exceptional piece of black filmmaking. Patrice Lumumba, whose life the film Lumumba is based on, was a great black African

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Wasted Minds ‘Left Behind’

Dr. Firpo W. Carr (Columnist)January 29, 2009

Throughout history highly educated people have done some very bad things. For instance, in two time periods of the past century-the early 1900s and during World War II-highly educated colonial German doctors and successor Nazi physicians performed atrocious experiments on Black people, both in Africa and in Germany. In the course of time, other victims included-but were not limited to-Jews, Jehovah's Witnesses, homosexuals, and the handicap. Hauntingly, some German intellectuals applauded these ghastly government-sponsored programs. This proves that education minus morality equal disaster. My point restated? Excluding morality from a rigorous academic program is a clinical experiment that has failed

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Who’re They Fooling With This Schooling?

Dr. Firpo W. Carr (Columnist)January 22, 2009

On September 17, 1954, I was born in a house on West 37th Street in a quiet, predominantly White neighborhood near downtown Los Angeles, and am a product of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). (You can stop calculating with your extremities. I'm 54.) When we moved further south to Watts in 1959, I entered kindergarten at 111th Street Elementary School, and then excitedly attended first grade at the brand new 112th Street Elementary School, which was closer to home. From my fourth-grade classroom I watched them tear down old factory buildings just to the north of the playground

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Making “Gay” Go Away

Dr. Firpo W. Carr (Columnist)January 15, 2009

You may recall that "buggery" is essentially another word for homosexuality. For any one of several reasons, some "same-gender-loving" (SGL) males and females wish to abandon their homosexual lifestyle and practices. Can gays and lesbians change? Have some truly changed? What motivation is there to change? These questions are tackled in this article. Motivation to Change?: The following five points are from a PRO-GAY publication, the title of which I'll save for last. (1) Autoerotic Asphyxiation: "It's an unusual form of masturbation that sometimes results in death. In one technique the masturbator literally hangs himself while ." (2) Obsession: "There

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Gullible Gays in a Scriptural Maze

Dr. Firpo W. Carr (Columnist)January 8, 2009

In an effort to justify their homosexual behavior prominent members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community—as well as others—have sought support from the Holy Bible itself. This strategy provokes immeasurable irony. Why? Well, the Holy Writ itself is the very book that condemns their behavior. So when the LGBT community tries to use it to cool down the heat of an angry public, well, it’s like trying to put fire out with gasoline. Still, New York-based Dr. Caillean McMahon, a “male-to-female” transgendered forensic psychiatrist and medical administrator par excellence, has stepped to me with Bible in hand.

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Are Blacks Afraid of Powerful Gays?

Dr. Firpo W. Carr (Columnist)January 1, 2009

Some have accused the collective lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community of bullying its way into America's consciousness. The LGBTs have stormed the halls of power and have assaulted the legislative, judicial, and executive branches of city, state, and federal governments. And as for America's Black Communities (ABCs), many Blacks are convinced that the White gay power structure has struck fear into the timid hearts of Black leaders whether priest, pastor, or politicians. These effectively "sell out" in the name of "political correctness"–in the name of "tolerance" and "acceptance" say critics. They say this gives actual substance to the

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Enraged Gays Against My Page

Dr. Firpo W. Carr (Columnist)December 25, 2008

When president-elect Barack Obama announced that conservative evangelist Rick Warren would deliver the inaugural invocation on January 20, 2009, the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community, part of Obama's base, was infuriated. Warren is against same-sex marriage. Openly gay congressional representative Barney Frank (D-Mass.) roundly criticized Obama for the choice. My column too has come under fire. When I wrote the following three articles, "Why Blacks Don't Like Gays" (November 27, 2008), "God Pays Gays With AIDS?" (December 4, 2008), and "Gays in the 'Last Days'" (December 11, 2008), the LGBT community interpreted them as an affront to their

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Why Blacks Get AIDS

Dr. Firpo W. Carr (Columnist)December 18, 2008

From South Central to sub-Saharan Africa, African-Americans and Africans are being shuffled into Hades as if the Underworld was one colossal 21st-century slave ship! As some believe is the case with gays, is God punishing them for something they've done in violation of his divine standards? First, People of Color wrote the most popular, the most translated book in the history of the human race as they were led by God's spirit. Not one European had a hand in writing the Bible; yet, Eurocentric racism is responsible for twisting texts found therein to say that Blacks are the 'cursed' race.