Tookie Williams

Much as already been written about Stanley "Tookie" Williams. The black economist believes the only thing that has gone unwritten is that it is a shame that some black men only achieve consciousness when they have been locked down.

Racist, Racist Australia

The recent race riots in Australia come as no surprise to the black economist or anyone familar with colonial history. Aboriginies were the objects of genocide. The "stolen generation" is a horror show of a society gone mad.
More recently during the filming of, "The Matrix", Larry Fishburne compared modern day Sydney to 1950's America. Later in the interview he does say that ,"once they know you" things are fine.
More disturbing to the black economist is the way cell phones were used to organize beatings and meeting places for the attackers.
Looked at from the Macro level one can see that Australia is on the precipice of real change. A few months ago (while the potential bird flu pandemic was hot news) there were a number of press reports saying that "Australia could survive if it found itself cut off from world trade". Indeed, they seemed to be well prepared for a closing of borders.

Philanthropy and the Black Athlete

An article by the Washington Post reprinted by the Black Athlete Sports Network discusses charitable giving by black athletes. The main focus of ire are Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods. Apparently, Jordan and Woods have not been generous to the point of appeasing the authors. African-American museums, we are told, can barely stay open because of a lack of donations by wealthy African-Americans.
The article is typical propaganda. It goes into no detail about the museums in question. It assumes that they are worthy institutions without mentioning their history. The article does not even mention a single piece that is preserved within them.
The black economist beleives that is where the real story is. The athletes must have a reason for not supporting them and that reason is....what?

Black Women, Success and Marriage

As the black economist read about materially successful black women attempting to find spouses he couldn't help but think of the destruction of the Black Family and how this was known to be decades ago.
This example displays the power of public policy as a predictive tool. In this case it was predicted that by freezing the black male out of educational and professional opportunities he would be unable to fulfill core requirements of family participation resulting in the dissolution of the black nuclear family.
In saying that modern day racism has become more insidious and unseen many black commentators would do well to simply take stock of current public policy and its likely consequences.

Katrina, Racism and the Media

It would seem that the media has played the role of friend to black america. The mainstream press has dutifully reported the charges of racism by former New Orleans residents. Numerous stories have covered poverty and race in america.
The black economist suspects that the sensationalized coverage of New Orleans is meant to detract focus from the tens of thousands of whites affected adversely by the storm. By making Katrina and its aftermath a "black issue" the fact the government failed all of citizens is wrapped in an obfuscating logic cycle of rascism.

Other Blogs 2

European Ethnocentrism has more of an academic air to it. There are extensive qoutes from obscure (to me) journals and texts that go into great detail concerning anthropology, socialology, and genetics. The propaganda of white supremacy is all over the web.

Other blogs...A history of Violence...

It's important to be familar with what others are saying and writing. Christianparty.net has an article on homicide rates that focuses on black america. It reminds me of Charleton Heston's qoute in Bowling for Columbine. Heston says that america has such a high homicide rate because of it's black population.
Black men and women in America do suffer from high homicide rates. Actually, it's high assassination rates because they are mostly surprise attacks.