Anthony Samad: By intellectualizing racism, Gingrich is leaving his signature card with Americans that still have a race problem with Obama. We can’t let it work.
About Anthony Asadullah Samad
Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad is an author, scholar and the co-founder, Managing Director and host of the Urban Issues Forum. Dr. Samad's most recent book is entitled "Saving The Race: Empowerment Through Wisdom". His national column can be read in newspapers and cyber-sites nationwide. His weekly writings can be read at www.blackcommentator.com. For more information about Dr. Samad, go to www.AnthonySamad.com.
State of the Union: The Only Time Congress Deals In Virtual Reality
January 26, 2012 By
Anthony Samad: President Barack Obama laid out the reality of our nation, his accomplishments despite obstruction, in front of Congress and the nation. He did it in real time, in virtual reality, in jaw-dropping fashion.
Can America Withstand Its Own Political Rhetoric?
January 21, 2012 By
Anthony Samad: The Republicans need a vehicle with a big enough horn to get the public’s attention. They need to raise the ideological rhetoric just to have a chance. Regardless of what it does to the nation. The rhetoric bomb is coming under hood and sheets. The question is, will the nation stand for it.
Reconstructing King: Justice Is Not Everything to Everybody
January 15, 2012 By
Anthony Samad: We posture King and prostitute his memory wearing t-shirts in parades and attending chicken dinners. We run from the very things he stood for. We run from economic subjugation.
Holiday Commercial Madness: How Do We Continually Rationalize Christ-mas?
December 22, 2011 By
Anthony Samad: It’s all a little much for a day that’s a bunch of mess about nothing. Except separating us from our money. Christmas is about separating us from our money…with a smile.
Am I the Only One Thinking the Lakers Are Trippin’?
December 18, 2011 By
Anthony Samad: With the Lakers, the old girl found out she was about to be dumped for the new girl BEFORE the brotha could break the news. That’s a problem…a fit waiting to be thrown, let’s say.
The New Culture of Making Nothing Out of Something
December 8, 2011 By
Anthony Samad: The Los Angeles taxpayer would be astonished with the number of unexcused absences council members have, but these two small-minded council persons — Parks and Perry — wanted to send a message and get some press out of it—and they did.
It’s Still “Magic” 20 Years Later
November 12, 2011 By
Anthony Samad: Few have followed his lead on inner city investment, but many have followed his lead in living two decades with HIV.
King Memorial: Now More than a Scar on the Nation’s Conscience
October 20, 2011 By
Anthony Samad: King meant different things to different people, but one thing is for sure…America, black and white, had not gotten over King’s death – not if you have any sort of a conscience.
In Search of “The Great White Hope” (Again)
October 13, 2011 By
Anthony Samad: If the President is the solution to the nation’s problems, then the Tea Party doesn’t want those problems solved. They’ll collapse the country and start over rather than let Obama rebuild it.
Time to Ban the Death Penalty
October 1, 2011 By
Anthony Samad: Illinois got it right, recognizing that if even one innocent man was put to death, that was one too many. Georgia got it wrong.
The Politics of Shared Sacrifice
September 25, 2011 By
Will Obama’s Job Speech End Political Gamesmanship?
September 16, 2011 By
Anthony Samad: I’ll be curious to find out how many people were hired from the CBC job fairs around the country. Or was it another “smoke and mirrors” engagement to make politicians look good?
What Brings Democrats and Republicans Together: A White President?
August 7, 2011 By
Anthony Samad: The rise of the Tea Party wouldn’t have taken place had we had a white president. Blink if you want to…but the fact this has not happened to any other President has raised my “Race-dar,” beyond anything ideological battles could muster. Race(ism) has not disappeared in this country. It’s just been codified.
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Smiley, West’s Anti-Poverty Theme Isn’t Hiding Anti-Obama Sentiment
Anthony Asadullah Samad: Poverty’s important, but it must be addressed in the context of lifting the nation. The Poverty Tour, masked as a stealth anti-Obama campaign, is no way to get it addressed. For all of our sakes, let the megalomania stop and the healing begin, my friend.