Perspectives
Victimizing Black women demonizing Black men
Are Senator Barack Obama’s assertions about irresponsible Black men the result of unresolved issues he has with his own father? As a psychologist I must question Sen. Obama’s perceptions as well as the general perceptions we have about Black men and their relationships to their children. Barack’s Kenyan father won a scholarship that allowed him to leave Kenya to...
Fear of an Intelligent Black Man
“If I'm not who you say I am then you are not who you think you are.”–James Baldwin I want to extend my sincerest apology to the Right Wing Republicans; the Tea Party people, The Birthers, etc. For the last year, I have been calling you “narrow-minded bigots who are just hatin' on the president because he's Black!” However,...
Was Jesus Black?
(FinalCall.com) - On April 13th, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan gave a monumental speech to a packed audience at the Jefferson Street Missionary Baptist Church in Nashville, TN. Instead of praising Minister Farrakhan for his encouragement to Black students to become masters of their disciplines, a Catholic blog called “Catholic Online” claimed that his speech was “inflammatory” and...
An institution-builder leads new MSU School of Global Journalism
By Richard B. Muhammad -Editor- If DeWayne Wickham did nothing else his journalistic legacy would be complete: He is a founder of the National Association of Black Journalists, a founder of the Black columnists' Trotter Group, and a man who worked across “platforms” in TV, radio and print before the term existed. His resume includes an impressive list of places where he...
Dangerous, Black and under 11-years-old
By FinalCall.com News Boys will be boys and girls will be girls–except when it comes to Black children in America and research once again verifies that sad fact. New scientific evidence verifies the well-known reality that age doesn't matter when it comes to the treatment of Black children by law enforcement and authorities. “Black boys as young as 10 may not be...
Targeting Islam when Muslims suffer most from violence
By FinalCall.com News The eyes of the world have been turned to France and America seems poised to reenergize paranoia about terrorist threats and a false image of a psychotic Islam. The killing of innocent people in France is something that is to be condemned by all who understand the sacredness of life and who follow the law of God, which prohibits...
Embrace opportunity, not opportunism in Chicago
By Final Call News Chicago is on fire with a level of awareness, outrage and activism not seen since the heady days when the late Mayor Harold Washington was trying to reform a system and government rife with racism, patronage and corruption. An uprising led by young people who have been in the streets protesting for over a year and a...
Hate crimes and an horrific video surfaces in Chicago
By Final Call News The images of a young man cowering in a corner while he is taunted, threatened and assaulted is beyond disturbing and has brought attention again to the city of Chicago where four young Blacks have been charged with kidnapping, assaulting and race-based crimes against a special needs young White male. The race of the victim and the...
Race-splaining, ‘problematic friends’ and Shaun King
By Richard B. Muhammad -Editor- As a writer, Shaun King is a racial explainer paid to decipher issues of bias, injustice and America's inescapable crisis tied to racism. While Mr. King is noted for his race-'splaining, reporting on racial wrongs and activism, he recently joined the “let's explain and condemn Farrakhan' chorus” caterwauling since February. At its root are Zionists slandering...
An Open Letter to Neil Steinberg “Our Love For The Minister Shall Not Be Mocked!”
By Demetric Muhammad Once again Neil Steinberg appears in the Chicago Sun-Times to push his false narrative of anti-Black vitriol. He is angry with Black America because we love Minister Farrakhan. I am not surprised. The members of the oppressor's class within a society never approve of the liberator of those whom they oppress. In other words, why...