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Redemption of the White Liberal
May. 9 | By Herbert Dyer, Jr. As I came of age in the mid-60’s during the thick of the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements, great debates raged over when, whether, and how so-called “white liberals” could or should contribute to our cause. White clergy...
From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin: The More Things Change
Mar. 26 | By Herbert Dyer, Jr. I remember the murder of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Chicagoan, lynched in Money, Mississippi, in 1955. At the time, my grandparents owned and ran the family farm in Marvel, Arkansas just south of Helena. We (the Indiana-Chicago contingent)...
Return of the Angry White Male
Mar. 15 | From Christopher Columbus to Rush Limbaugh By Herbert Dyer, Jr. Rush Limbaugh speaks to and for the “angry white man.” He says loudly, openly and arrogantly the things that they themselves all feel, believe, know to be true about the world and especially...
He said – She Said
Feb. 23 | Honest and earnest criticism from those whose interests are most nearly touched, — criticism of writers by readers, of government by those governed, of leaders by those led,– this is the soul of democracy and the safeguard of modern society. –...
From Sit-In To Occupation -The Difference and The Distinction
Nov. 22 | Are you content to sit back and watch mainly (formerly) “middle class” white kids lead the movement against these age-old ills which are now finally hitting them, but have been a way of life with us [black folks] – while you remain lost in the irrelevances...
The Arrest of Dr. West
Oct. 18 | “Somehow, this First Black President believes that ongoing structural and institutionalized poverty, year after year of record-high unemployment, constant, unrelenting housing discrimination, forced educational deficits, ever-growing mass imprisonment…...
Fade to Whiteness; How Barack Obama Killed Black Power In Chicago
Sep. 12 | Black people should expect more of the same from this First Black President. He will continue to make nice, inspiring speeches, but his practices and policies will continue to benefit those who contribute most in terms of dollars and cents to his reelection...
