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J. Pharoah Doss: Judgment defeats us?

Both Palestinian children in Gaza, as shown on left, and Israeli children, as seen on the right, have been hurt, killed and kidnapped in...

J. Pharoah Doss: I’m not a White man but my employer is forcing me to be one

 Mostafa Hefny, an Egyptian-born man who identified as Nubian, sued the United States government in 1997 to change his racial classification from White to...

J. Pharoah Doss: Right-wing simpletons, self-immolators, and flame fanners

HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST OWEI LAKEMFA Constance Garnett translated the majority of Russian literature into English in the first half of the twentieth century. After translating...

J. Pharoah Doss: Black-on-Black amnesia

Last month, CNN contributor Van Jones appeared on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher and discussed the murder rates of young Black males across...

J. Pharoah Doss: The comedian, the Christian, and shock value

DAVID LUCAS During a comedy show, Black comic David Lucas made a joke about George Floyd while battling a Black heckler in front of a...

J. Pharoah Doss: Would conservatives prefer a Super Bowl rendition of ‘If We Must Die?’

CLAUDE MCKAY Once again, the “Black National Anthem—Lift Every Voice and Sing” was performed before the Super Bowl, and, once again, conservatives expressed their displeasure...

Real Times Media Names Tacuma Roeback ‘Chicago Defender’ Managing Editor

Tacuma R. Roeback recently joined Real Times Media, Inc., as managing editor of its hallmark Chicago Defender news publication. The acclaimed writer and editor originally from...

J. Pharoah Doss: Woke, equity, and anti-concepts

Getty Images Recently, HBO talk show host Bill Maher was interviewed by CNN. Maher expressed that wokeness, regardless of how it’s defined, is a collection...

J. Pharoah Doss: Has African American Studies strayed off course?

Getty Images Last year, Kanye West was embroiled in controversy over statements deemed antisemitic. Then he was written off as another anti-intellectual celebrity. Still and...

J. Pharoah Doss: AP African American Studies—Can Florida be Wrong But Not Wrong?

Getty Images In 2020, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that said federal contractors couldn’t use Critical Race Theory in racial sensitivity training. Most Americans...

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