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Obadiah Mailafia Published 31 May 2021By the “Nigerian Dilemma”, I am referring to the ethno-sectarian divide that defines the perennial conflict, violence and nebulous between North and South – between Muslims and Christians in our country. It has virtually become Nigeria’s national curse; colouring every aspect of its political and human development. I echo the famous work on race in America by the Swedish economist and Nobel laureate, Gunnar...
A co-founding member of the band Mumps (with the late Lance Loud of PBS' An American Family fame), Hoffman has been associated with a spectacular line-up of influential musical acts including Klaus Nomi, Lydia Lunch, Kid Congo Powers, Ann Magnuson, El Vez, Prince Poppycock and countless others. The previously mentioned Mumps are getting the special reissue treatment with Rock & Roll This, Rock & Roll That: Best Case Scenario, You've Got Mumps (Omnivore), a single disc 23-track compilation including nine bonus tracks, two of which are previously unissued. Kristian was kind enough to answer a...
Eldridge Cleaver himself describes the progression of this crisis in white masculinity in the chapter of Soul on Ice titled, "The White Race and Its Heroes." According to Cleaver, by the time the 1960s rolled around, whites were becoming disillusioned with their heroes (90). The successes of national liberation movements in the Third World resulted not only in the formation of new subjectivities among people of color, it forced white men to reevaluate themselves and their identities (Cleaver 91). Young white men in particular were becoming more aware that men who had been held up to them as ...
from the magazine The Case for Black Patriotism An African-American professor looks at the United States and sees the greatest force for human liberty on the planet. The Social Order Editor’s note: The following is an edited version of a lecture delivered in a webinar at Arizona State University’s School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership on February 1. There is a fashionable standoffishness characteristic of much elite thinking about blacks’ relationship to America—as exemplified, for instance, by the New York Times’s 1619 Project. Does this posture serv...
Manhattan Beach City Council rejects apology regarding Bruce’s Beach SHARE by Mark McDermott Nearly three hours of public testimony had already occurred at Tuesday night’s Manhattan Beach City Council meeting before councilmembers took up the question of whether or not to issue an apology to the Bruce family and other Black families displaced by the City from their beachfront homes a century ago. Several more hours of testimony had been taken at the March 23 council meeting. For months, the issue had embroiled the community and captured national attention. In-depth stories on Bruce...