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The Heart of Whiteness: Rachel Dolezal, the White Woman Who Identifies as Black
I’m sitting across from Rachel Dolezal, and she looks… white. Not a little white, not racially ambiguous. Dolezal looks really,…
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African Americans don't sleep as well as whites, an inequality stretching back to slavery
When we study racial inequality, we tend to consider factors that affect people while they are awake. Differential access to…
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It’s Hard to Be What You Can’t See
“When we think about what it is to be ‘connected,’ we think about memory. We think about history. We think…
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RAW Book Review: The Egyptian Book of the Dead
The Real African|| By Dumani Mandela The Egyptian book of the dead is one of the most influential books in…
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RAW Book Review: China’s disruptors
The Real African|| By Dumani Mandela The book China’s Disruptors is a groundbreaking book on new insights on the entrepreneurial…
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Journalists, or Frontline Foot Soldiers for White Monopoly Capital?
I have spent most of my political life working in the ANC’s Department of Information and Publicity as Spokesperson for…
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The Purpose Of Education
By Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Morehouse College Student Paper, The Maroon Tiger, in 1947 As I engage in the…
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Africa’s slow recovery from the Washington Consensus
The Real African|| By Dumani Mandela In the book, The Historical Roots of the ANC (Understanding the ANC Today) Adekeye…
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Black music History: from plantations to the White house
At every stage of their integration on American soil, black people have created the kind of music that reflected their…
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I Grew Up In A Racist Militia: 5 Things I Learned
It’s fun to mock hate groups like the Westboro Baptist Church and those Oregon militiaman who occupied a wildlife refuge.…
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Neocolonialists' African land grab
In the past two years, various non-African countries—China, India, South Korea, Britain and the Arab Gulf states lead the pack—have…
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The CIA's Secret Sites in Somalia
As part of its expanding counterterrorism program in Somalia, the CIA also uses a secret prison buried in the basement…
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Congo: The Invisible War
It’s the deadliest conflict since World War II. More than 5 million people have died in the past decade, yet…
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