Category: Cultural Studies

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African Versus European Culture

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Afrocentric historians have challenged the Eurocentric world-view of African history and culture.  In his newest work, Dr. Molefi Kete Asante, author of The Afrocentric Idea, boldly confronts critics of Afrocentric th...

Politics and Policy: War and Race

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How will the politics and policies of American life change following the devastating events of September 11th?  Will this new alignment create political and cultural unity?  What is the response of the Muslim American...

America’s New Immigration Policy

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Before the terrorist acts of September 11th, America’s immigration policy was primarily focused on keeping out illegal immigrants from Mexico.   The arguments for and against immigration have given way to the question...

Can One Black College Save Them All?

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The glue that holds the successful, professional class in the Black community together is a black college somewhere in their past.  On those campuses, the descendants of slaves, often disadvantaged, have been liberate...

Blacks Running for President

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Are presidential candidates Al Sharpton and Carol Moseley Braun, a former U. S. Senator, the best choices from among the nation’s Black leadership?  Will Sharpton emerge as the most powerful Black in the Democratic Pa...

The Secretary of Education’s Plan for Better Schools

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A recent study found that only six percent of Black eight graders could pass the math section of the SAT test.  On this program, Secretary Rod Paige, the first Black secretary of education and the first to hold that o...

How Much Do Blacks Pay for Being Black?

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No matter how hard Blacks work or how well educated they become, they cannot close the well-being gap with Whites unless they significantly improve their accumulated investments. That is the conclusion of Professor Th...

Is IQ a Prescription for Racism?

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Will the question of whether or not there are inherent differences in IQ between the races ever be answered?  Alexander Allan’s book, “Race in Mind,” gives a new and comprehensive overview of the correlation of race t...