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Words of the Week – A Cross to Bear
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Words of the Week – A Cross to Bear

Pastor Edward Anderson, Contributing WriterJuly 10, 2019

Scripture – Matthew 5:38-41 America is, in many respects, at an impasse. Time itself has found itself at the burgeoning of a new precipice. And if I was a philosopher like Hegel, I might summarize looking at the times that a new dialectic is emerging. If I was a philosophic critic like Derrida interpreting the signs of the times, I might postulate that what we see on display today is simply the falling away of modernity and the emergence of post-modernity. And beloved if I was a theologian like Karl Barth, I might describe our time as God breaking into

In Black and White: Key Findings of American’s View on Race in 2019
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In Black and White: Key Findings of American’s View on Race in 2019

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire CorrespondentApril 26, 2019

According to a recent study by Pew Research, 84 percent of black respondents said people not seeing racial discrimination where it exists is a bigger problem than people seeing racism where it doesn’t exist. Whites were the only group where a majority, 52 percent, said the opposite was true – that the bigger problem is people seeing racism where it really does not exist.

NNPA President Moderates Inspirational CBCF Avoice Heritage Celebration
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NNPA President Moderates Inspirational CBCF Avoice Heritage Celebration

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire CorrespondentMarch 1, 2019

In moderating the panel of awardees, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. began with the ultra-popular Congresswoman Maxine Waters, the first Black woman to chair the House Committee on Financial Services. He asked Waters what could be expected from her committee in terms of improving the quality of life in Black communities.

Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole Comes to Los Angeles
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Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole Comes to Los Angeles

Shannen Hill, Contributing WriterFebruary 21, 2019

The highly acclaimed musical, “Lights Out: Nat ‘King’ Cole,” is here on the West Coast at the Geffen Playhouse in Westwood until March 24. After seeing the musical during a sold out run in Philadelphia, the Geffen Playhouse made sure to bring a production of it to Los Angeles.

“The Wall is an Antiquated Symbol Of Pure Racism”
Op-EdOpinion

“The Wall is an Antiquated Symbol Of Pure Racism”

Earl “Skip” Cooper, IIJanuary 24, 2019

As the Publisher / Editor of Black Business News Group and the President and CEO of the Black Business Association (BBA), I take the position that “The Wall” the Trump Administration is proposing to build is not the answer to our nation’s immigration problems. Simply put, “THE PROPOSED WALL IS AN ANTIQUATED SYMBOL OF PURE RACISM.”

COMMENTARY: Living in America While Being Black Under the Trump Regime 
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COMMENTARY: Living in America While Being Black Under the Trump Regime 

Roger Caldwell, NNPA Newswire Contributor January 3, 2019

“The buying power of the African American community is $1.1 trillion, but it only circulates 6 hours in our community, and the Asians keep a dollar in their community 120 times longer than African Americans. The Jewish keep the dollar in their community for 20 days, and the dollar in the White community circulates 17 days.” 

Is Continuing Injustice Grounds A Call for Arms?
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Is Continuing Injustice Grounds A Call for Arms?

Larry AubryDecember 27, 2018

Black Lives have always mattered but Black people do not always act like it. Most Blacks know racism still exists but are conditioned to feel inferior to whites and often become complicit in their own oppression. I write about this periodically, because Blacks’ collective silence reinforces the barriers to their own wellbeing. While high-profile cases grab headlines and heartstrings, temporarily, other less heralded, but equally egregious, ongoing atrocities against Black people have become a crippling norm. (Public education’s failure to educate Black students and Black homeowners disproportionately suffering foreclosures as a result of the economic meltdowns, for example, are in some ways just as egregious as high profile cases of police killing unarmed Black men and boys.