Category: Project 21 New Visions

Cut the Controversy Over "Barbershop," by Agnes Cross-White and Sherman R. White, Jr.

Cut the Controversy Over “Barbershop,” by Agnes Cross-White and Sherman R. White, Jr.

New Visions Commentary /
When it seems black cinema is preoccupied with excusing the worst elements of the African-American experience, "Barbershop," has taken the novel approach of celebrating its best elements. It features a lively and very likeable cast exchanging intelligent dialogue in an ...
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Belafonte Remarks Expose the True Race Traitors, by Jerry Brooks

Belafonte Remarks Expose the True Race Traitors, by Jerry Brooks

New Visions Commentary /
Entertainer Harry Belafonte recently made some vicious, vile and disparaging remarks about Secretary of State Colin Powell during a San Diego radio interview. Belafonte made a belittling and mindless comparison between Powell and a slave who lived in the plantation ...
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Democratic Party Chairman at Odds With Party's Rank and File, by Horace Cooper

Democratic Party Chairman at Odds With Party’s Rank and File, by Horace Cooper

New Visions Commentary /
Terry McAuliffe, the Democratic National Committee Chairman, puts the "P" in partisan. As attack dogs go, he's the pit bull that Democrats believe they need to lead their party. When he rails against President George W. Bush, corporate corruption and ...
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White Liberals: Not Feeling So Guilty Anymore, by Jerry Brooks

White Liberals: Not Feeling So Guilty Anymore, by Jerry Brooks

New Visions Commentary /
Being both black and conservative, I know I'm a minority within a minority. Since liberals claim to embrace diversity, one would expect them to be ready and willing to hear my point of view. My treatment at a recent liberal ...
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Low Vaccination Rates for Deadly Diseases Put Black School Children at Serious Risk, by Beverly M. Gaines, M.D.

Low Vaccination Rates for Deadly Diseases Put Black School Children at Serious Risk, by Beverly M. Gaines, M.D.

New Visions Commentary /
In the national effort to eliminate infectious diseases, African-American children are being left behind. The statistics are grim: vaccination rates in the African-American community are among the lowest for any demographic group in the country. Simply put, our kids are ...
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Trip to the Police Station Yields Concerns About Safety, by Council Nedd

Trip to the Police Station Yields Concerns About Safety, by Council Nedd

New Visions Commentary /
Being born in Washington, D.C. and having spent most of my life in the Washington area, I know one gets numb to - and even expects - a certain level of sloth and ineptitude when dealing with city officials. The ...
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A Black Literary Canon for the Long Run, by B.B. Robinson

A Black Literary Canon for the Long Run, by B.B. Robinson

New Visions Commentary /
The famous economist John Maynard Keynes once remarked, "in the long run, we are all dead." True, but it is also true that - barring the failure of the Earth's systems - generations of our progeny continue on after we ...
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School Choice Ruling Sends Struggling Black Kids to the Head of the Class, by Mary Katherine Ascik

School Choice Ruling Sends Struggling Black Kids to the Head of the Class, by Mary Katherine Ascik

New Visions Commentary /
Black Americans won a significant victory when the Supreme Court recently ruled that a Cleveland school vouchers program created to help children escape from substandard schools was constitutional. The Ohio state legislature established the Ohio Pilot Scholarship Program in 1995 ...
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The Problem of Liberal Government and Black Illegitimacy, by Mike Green

The Problem of Liberal Government and Black Illegitimacy, by Mike Green

New Visions Commentary /
A recent segment of the Fox News Channel's "The O'Reilly Factor" discussed the large number of black kids born out of wedlock and raised without fathers. It's about time responsible journalists addressed the issues affecting America in an aggressive and ...
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Ebonics Slang No Substitute for Standard English, by Michael King

Ebonics Slang No Substitute for Standard English, by Michael King

New Visions Commentary /
According to some black academics and race warlords, "Ebonics" is derived from one of three potential sources: 1) an African language passed on among blacks, 2) a vocabulary derived from encounters between African slaves and Irish immigrants or 3) a ...
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