Black Misleadership Class

by Louis Jefferson
Anthem 4 Rappers Wrapped in The Flag
04 Sep 2019
Oh Jay Can U C By the dawn of Imperialist greed They will eat u 2 After they fatten u up to deceive U took the bait So they call u great
Anonymous
The Black Misleadership Class Shuffles Along and Rides Again
04 Sep 2019
The president of predominantly Black Hampton University debased himself by speaking at Liberty University, founded by the Christian racist Jerry Falwell.
Wilmer J. Leon III
“Jay-Z” Did Not Sell Out, He Bought In
21 Aug 2019
Like the scorpion in the folk parable, it’s in Jay-Z’s nature to make a killing – at Kaepernick and the community’s expense.
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Trump and Baltimore
31 Jul 2019
Anyone feeling the need to defend Baltimore from Trump’s opinions ought to talk about what really ails that city.
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
Trump and Black Misleadership Class: Collaborators in the Defense of White Power
31 Jul 2019
Black people are not obligated to defend opportunists and servants of white capital in Baltimore just because they were called out by Trump.
Pascal Robert
“The Black Godfather”: Clarence Avant and the Ruling Class Use of Black Pop Culture
12 Jun 2019
Clarence Avant mastered pimping out Black identity to normalize the functioning of a nation premised on the oppression of his fellow Black citizens.
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Terri Sewell, the Worst of the Black Caucus, Subverts $15 Wage Bill
18 Apr 2019
Selma, Alabama, has produced the most reactionary Black Congressperson in modern times, part of the Democratic Party’s increasing servitude to corporate interests.
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
A Reckoning for Al Sharpton and the Black Misleadership Class
11 Apr 2019
With support for “socialism” rising, the political fate of Al Sharpton and the rest of the Democratic party’s Black corporate minions is in doubt -- and they know it.
Zachariah Wilkerson
Frank Talk on Little Rock's Frank Scott
29 Nov 2018
“What better way to enslave a man then to give him the vote and tell him he is free.” – Albert Camus
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Theory 101: Common, Gaddafi, and the Global Significance of the Black Misleadership Class
30 Oct 2018
The legitimacy of the US Black misleadership class resides in its ability to distort and claim leadership over the legitimate struggles of Black Americans to further their own careers within the ru