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By Gerald Early

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Who’s Afraid of Lawrence Tierney?

By Gerald Early

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Being a Black Registered Nurse in St. Louis

By Gerald Early

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The Loneliness of the Loyal Jewish Soldier

By Gerald Early

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The Transfiguration of Cori Bush

By Gerald Early

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Blues for a Blue World

By Christopher Schaberg

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The Defining Dozen Cases of Clarence Thomas

By Gerald Early

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Groovin’ on a Sunday Afternoon with the Rascals

By Gerald Early

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Jackie Robinson, Baseball Hero, Liberal or Conservative?

By Gerald Early

Robinson’s Republicanism, coupled with the fact that he was a high-performance athlete who believed in objective measures of merit and the validity of competition, explain why he hated the idea of lowering standards for Blacks. In this regard he is not different from Wynton Marsalis, Albert Murray, Ralph Ellison, and the late Stanley Crouch.

People & Places | Essays

The Claudine Gay Affair

By Gerald Early

The right has been on this push about Blacks lowering the standards of higher education since the early days of affirmative action in college admissions back in the early 1970s. Many Black commentators and activists have chosen to circle the wagons to defend Gay and cry racism. This is understandable. But there is a larger issue here about exactly how our race is supposed to function within the American university.

Essays

Santa Claus is Back in Town

By Gerald Early

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James Forman, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

Black Americans, Jews, and Israel: An Addendum

By Gerald Early

I think my sister was convinced that in order to be true to herself as a Black person she had to be anti-Israel. I understood that years ago and understand it now. Just as a point of racial pride, forget all the left-wing scaffolding. How could she be for a Jewish state when she thought about how Jews were instrumental in financially and ideologically supporting the Black Freedom movement in the United States?

Essays

W.E.B. Du Bois and Joel Spingarn

Notes on Black Americans, Jews, and Israel

By Gerald Early

People are always trying to find ways to get out from under their guilt. Is the Palestinian simply a tool for Europe, for guilty White westerners, to get out from under the guilt they feel about their persecution of the Jews? If that is true, it is too bad for Palestinians and worse for Jews. Neither is human in this scenario. Blacks, because of our experience, should bear that in mind even more so than other Americans might.

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