Prometheus 6

Losing What We Never Had: White Privilege and the Deferred Dreams of Black America, Part 1
by BAR contributing editor Dr. Edward Rhymes

"An oppressed people without total recall of their history of exploitation cannot craft a new history of liberation." - Manning Marable

As the current field of Democratic and Republican presidential candidates jockey for position, I believe that it is important for Black folk to examine and critically-deconstruct where we have been and where we find ourselves today. It seems that every four years we see our struggle and needs ignored, minimized or denied - additionally, 2000 and 2004 should have shown us that even our votes are under attack.