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Emahunn Campbell

Graduate student in Literature and Textual Studies at The University of Memphis. I focus on Marxist literary theory as it relates to African American Literature, primarily during the Black Arts Movement.

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“Just Talking Loud and Saying Nothing”: Nothing learned in the Gates incident

Nothing new has come from this incident, nothing profound has been stated, and no one has been critical enough not only the Cambridge Police Department, but Dr. Henry Louis Gates, whose petit bourgeois status has brought his incident, not the issue of racial profiling and unwarranted and unlawful repression of people of color by the police, to the surface of American discourse

Continuity We Can Believe In: Obama and Gaza

Continuity We Can Believe In: Obama and Gaza

President Obama knows all-too-well about the terrorism visited on the Palestinian people in Gaza. But he has refused to say anything of substance or break with the policy of the previous administration. This is once again “continuity we can believe in”.

Israeli terrorism against the Palestinians is nothing new

Israeli atrocities against Palestinians have been consistent going back decades, and it is up to decent people to help stop the current massacres.