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Book Review: The End of White Christian America

The End of White Christian America, by Robert P. Jones. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2016. 309 pages According to Robert P. Jones, founder and CEO of the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), White Christian America–“the most prominent cultural force…

Derryck GreenSeptember 23, 2016

Culture Race

Black Lives Matter Isn’t a Civil Rights Movement

Last week, during a Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas in response to the police shootings of Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota, no one expected the demonstration would end with someone shooting five police officers dead…

Derryck GreenAugust 19, 2016

Culture Race

Jesse Williams, the #BETawards and Self-Congratulatory, Blame-Whitey Victimology

What would an awards show be without a black award recipient taking the time to energize the viewing audience by basking in the collective black identity of being the perennial victim of anti-black racism? Possibly an awards show actually worth…

Derryck GreenJune 30, 2016

Culture Politics Race

Another Episode of Black Moral Chaos

What’s been allowed to happen in Baltimore is a moral and cultural abomination. Once again, so-called activists, a large number of them black, have been allowed to attack and assault police officers in addition to destroying public and private…

Derryck GreenApril 28, 2015

Culture Race

“Missing” Black Men Aren’t Lost- We Know Where They Are

A recent article in the New York Times attempted to bring attention to- and speculate as to why- the so-called disappearance of young black men. Here are a few excerpts from the piece- “ are missing, largely because of early…

Derryck GreenApril 22, 2015

Culture Entertainment Politics

John Legend’s Statistically-Misleading Oscar Speech

Last night during fairly boring Academy Awards ceremony, singer John Legend and hip-hop rapper Common performed their Oscar-nominated and Oscar-winning song “Glory,” from the movie “Selma.” Aside from a few lyrical references, the song is pretty good. The performance itself…

Derryck GreenFebruary 23, 2015

Culture

Benjamin Button Haircut For Kids That Misbehave

Kids will misbehave- it’s as sure a thing as death and taxes. And when kids misbehave, they need to immediately and effectively be punished for their behavior. When I grew up, parents spanking- or whooping (or whipping)- their children was…

Derryck GreenFebruary 5, 2015

Culture

Hollywood Idiots Slander ‘American Sniper’

Michael Moore is being Michael Moore again. Moore- the stubbornly sloppy socialist who appropriates a hypocritical, “down-with-the-regular-folk” schtick to mask the fact that his slickly-edited, hit-piece documentaries have made him a one-percenter, sounded off on the Chris Kyle biopic, “American Sniper.” From…

Derryck GreenJanuary 23, 2015

Culture

What Rev. King Might Say If He Were Alive Today

Way too many black folk not taking advantage of the opportunities born from the sacrifices of Rev. King- up to and including his death. Too many black folk still want to blame whitey for what holds us back rather than realizing…

Derryck GreenJanuary 19, 2015

Culture

No Charges For NYPD-Involved Choking of Eric Garner

The NYPD officer who was caught on video applying what many saw as an "illegal" or an "excessive" chokehold that caused the death of Eric Garner, will not be charged with his death. A Staten Island grand jury dismissed all…

Derryck GreenDecember 3, 2014

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