Stories by Earl Ofari Hutchinson
Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst. His forthcoming book is The Ethnic Presidency: How Race Decides the Race to the White House (Middle Passage Press, February 2008).
Though these in-our-backyard terrorists usually act alone, there are countless, nameless, and faceless others in local communities who nurse private or political hatreds, and are fully able and willing to launch their own mass killing sprees.
Posted on Oct 21, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Harry Belafonte's attack on Colin Powell is misdirected anger and not echoed by the black community at large.
Posted on Oct 14, 2002, Source: AlterNet
But more police, prosecutors, three strikes, and mandatory sentencing laws, the death penalty, and the nearly one million blacks behind bars, have been done little to curb the black-on-black carnage.
Posted on Oct 8, 2002, Source: AlterNet
The biggest gripe many blacks have about some black leaders is that they assume the sole right to speak exclusively on behalf of all blacks.
Posted on Sep 30, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Beating the war drum is Bush's not so subtle way of winning points at the polls while deflecting attention from important domestic issues.
Posted on Sep 26, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Since the mid-1990s the Congressional Black Caucus has diminished in stature, owing its demise to the nature of American politics.
Posted on Sep 20, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Incidents of hate crime -- especially against Muslims -- have increased in the past year, yet police departments increasingly don't report them.
Posted on Sep 16, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Secretary of State Colin Powell is too well respected and admired by diplomats worldwide for Bush to dump the general.
Posted on Sep 10, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Amid soaring political conservatism, many blacks are supporting egregious restrictions on constitutionally guaranteed liberties.
Posted on Sep 5, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Police in Delaware have created a real life "Minority Report" flagging young black men for crimes they may never commit.
Posted on Aug 29, 2002, Source: AlterNet
The political disconnect of black politicians such as Cynthia McKinney from black voters has caused their free fall from important state and national offices.
Posted on Aug 26, 2002, Source: AlterNet
The Washington, D.C. reparations march caught much media attention but did little to convince America that reparations are a good idea.
Posted on Aug 19, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Since his murder 34 years ago, legions of groups and individuals have snatched at King’s picture, name and words to push their cause, agenda, issue, and even commercial products.
Posted on Aug 13, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Black on black crime is a twisted, warped response to racism and deprivation, blocked opportunities, powerlessness and alienation.
Posted on Aug 9, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Tiger Woods has been hammered for not doing more as a role model to blacks. Is the criticism warranted?
Posted on Aug 1, 2002, Source: AlterNet
The National Urban League's report on the state of black America is so positive that it may overlook the many obstacles blacks still face in America.
Posted on Jul 29, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Though the police beating of Donovan Jackson brings back memories of Rodney King, it doesn't signal a return to the old days of lawless cops. It just means swifter justice.
Posted on Jul 15, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Is Michael Jackson's diatribe against "devilish" Sony executives just the bitterness of an artist whose time has come and gone or is it true racial consciousness?
Posted on Jul 9, 2002, Source: Pacific News Service
Retiring Republican congressman J.C. Watts was an effective symbol for conservatives but an unequal partner in the power of the Republican party.
Posted on Jul 8, 2002, Source: AlterNet
The conflict among blacks on public education is another example of how mainstream black leaders often march to a different tune than poor and working-class blacks.
Posted on Jul 1, 2002, Source: AlterNet
A new breed of young, white, no-nonsense D.A.s in the South are determined to nail the perpetrators of old racial climb. But can they make a dent in the South's hideous legacy?
Posted on Jun 24, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Tougher hate crimes laws are needed because terror against race and gender are no less egregious than Al Qaeda-spawned terror attacks.
Posted on Jun 21, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Hispanic and black muslims are being unfairly singled out in the name of increased security.
Posted on Jun 17, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Ill-gained notoriety will always jingle some cash registers for an artist no matter what he says, or worse, does.
Posted on Jun 11, 2002, Source: AlterNet
New guidelines give the FBI carte blanche authority to surveil, and plant agents in churches, mosques and of course, political groups
Posted on Jun 6, 2002, Source: AlterNet
The latest report from the U.S. Dept. of Education reveals that nearly one out of three students kicked out of the nation's public schools are African American -- even though they make up less than 20 percent of the student body.
Posted on Jun 6, 2002, Source: Pacific News Service
Though Bush and others are receiving ironclad information of possible terror attacks, it's still irresponsible to issue alerts based on the haziest of information.
Posted on May 28, 2002, Source: AlterNet
The ignoring or downplaying of hate crimes by many police agencies insures that federal officials can't accurately gauge the magnitude of hate violence.
Posted on May 20, 2002, Source: AlterNet
The much disputed opening of the controversial photo exhibit of lynchings, "Without Sanctuary," dredged up horrid memories of the period when lynch law ruled the South.
Posted on May 14, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Even with a landmark study by the California Department of Insurance of slave era insurance policies, the argument for slave reparations won't be an easier sell to whites.
Posted on May 8, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Nearly a half century after the Supreme Court knocked out school segregation, the practice continues in schools across the nation.
Posted on Apr 29, 2002, Source: AlterNet
The federal policy of putting thousands of black men behind bars for mostly non-violent drug offenses has wreaked massive social and political havoc on families and communities.
Posted on Apr 18, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Black leaders and parents still operate under the notion that black youths just don't commit suicide. But new data show that isn't true, and the sooner black communities overcome their denial, the better.
Posted on Apr 11, 2002, Source: AlterNet
The Supreme Court has agreed to review "three strikes" laws. It is unlikely to dump them, but if it does, it would bring some sanity back into the sentencing laws.
Posted on Apr 4, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Some New Jersey state troopers were gleeful at the results of a study that purports to show that blacks are twice as likely as whites to speed down their state's highways.
Posted on Mar 27, 2002, Source: AlterNet
The NAACP's appalling inattention to the big-ticket issues that sledgehammer the black poor is no surprise. Instead the group focuses on the old flag.
Posted on Mar 13, 2002, Source: AlterNet
We must be vigilant that the murder conviction of Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin -- better known as H. Rap Brown -- not be used to condemn all black radicals of the 1960s.
Posted on Mar 11, 2002, Source: AlterNet
If past Justice Department actions in thorny police abuse cases are any indication, Abner Louima's case against three New York city cops may be dead in the water.
Posted on Mar 6, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Despite Hollywood sensationalism and media-driven myths about rampaging youth, most experts insist that children are not natural-born killers.
Posted on Feb 25, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Though the Catholic church has taken steps in the last 25 years to apologize for its role in past oppression. Silence continues on Pope Pius XII's ties to Nazi Germany.
Posted on Feb 20, 2002, Source: AlterNet
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