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Does Lack of Investment Explain Failing Schools?

In a recent interview, black theoretical physicist Sylvester James Gates was asked why black students don’t do as well on standardized tests. Gates stated that test scores measure the intrinsic capacity for students to excel, but test scores also measure the investment a society has made in those students. Then…

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Does Lack of Investment Explain Failing Schools?
Does Lack of Investment Explain Failing Schools?
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Mar 23

Felony Murder and Frontal Lobe Studies

Democratic Delegates in Maryland proposed bill that will prohibit anyone under the age of 25 from being charged with felony murder? — The latest studies in neuroscience suggest that the frontal lobe of the human brain doesn’t fully develop until the age of 25. …

Criminal Justice

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Felony Murder and Frontal Lobe Studies
Felony Murder and Frontal Lobe Studies
Criminal Justice

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Mar 16

Woke, Equity, and Anti-Concepts

Recently, HBO talk show host Bill Maher was interviewed by CNN. Maher expressed that wokeness, regardless of how it’s defined, is a collection of ideas that depart from liberalism, and those that embrace woke ideology shut down debate. Maher also said ten years ago we were “striving to be a…

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Woke, Equity, and Anti-Concepts
Woke, Equity, and Anti-Concepts
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Mar 9

Has African American Studies Strayed Off Course?

Last year, Kanye West was embroiled in controversy over statements deemed antisemitic. Then he was written off as another anti-intellectual celebrity. Still and all, West made his most controversial remarks on the Lex Fridman podcast. …

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Has African American Studies Strayed Off Course?
Has African American Studies Strayed Off Course?
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Mar 4

AP African American Studies

Can Florida be wrong but not wrong? — In 2020, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that said federal contractors couldn’t use Critical Race Theory in racial sensitivity training. Most Americans have never heard of CRT. The few that did couldn’t explain it. …

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AP African American Studies
AP African American Studies
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Feb 25

Lowered Police Standards, Diversity, and Shortages

In 2015, Seattle University had a panel discussion about race and policing. The panel featured conservative commentator Ben Shapiro and left-wing cultural critic Charles Mudede. Shapiro stated that overzealous policing has a cost and a benefit. …

Current Events

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Lowered Police Standards, Diversity, and Shortages
Lowered Police Standards, Diversity, and Shortages
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Feb 16

“Black” Police Brutality

Nature or Nurture? — Nature vs. nurture has been debated for centuries. Police brutality can be seen through a similar lens, i.e., the nature of the job or police culture. The question is, which one has the biggest influence on police officers? In Memphis, Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old black man, was assaulted by five…

Police Brutality

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“Black” Police Brutality
“Black” Police Brutality
Police Brutality

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Feb 9

Diversity is Essential in Lowering Police Violence?

Mayor Eric Adams said black police officers charged with the murder of Tyre Nichols betrayed the goal of diversity. By now, the name Tyre Nichols is synonymous with police brutality. Nichols, a 29-year-old black man, was accused of reckless driving by Memphis police. Police body camera footage showed five black…

Police Brutality

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Diversity is Essential in Lowering Police Violence?
Diversity is Essential in Lowering Police Violence?
Police Brutality

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Feb 3

Cop City Martyr or Cautionary Tale?

In September of 2021, the Atlanta City Council leased forested land to the Atlanta Police Foundation to build a training facility. Atlanta’s mayor, Keisha Lance Bottom, said the facility will provide the necessary space to ensure that police officers and first responders receive 21st-century training. “Abolish the police” activists insisted…

Environmental Issues

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Cop City Martyr or Cautionary Tale?
Cop City Martyr or Cautionary Tale?
Environmental Issues

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Jan 26

Scrutinizing football’s Violence Often Adds Insult to Injury

Recently, Professor Tracie Canada wrote an article in Scientific American called: Damar Hamlin’s Collapse Highlights the Violence Black Men Experience in Football: The “terrifyingly ordinary” nature of football’s violence disproportionately affects black men. Super Bowl-winning coach Tony Dungy tweeted, “As a black man and former NFL player, I can say…

Football

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Scrutinizing football’s Violence Often Adds Insult to Injury
Scrutinizing football’s Violence Often Adds Insult to Injury
Football

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J. Pharoah Doss is a columnist for the New Pittsburgh Courier.

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