TIME Covers Obama

Powell and Obama have another thing in common: They are black people who — like Tiger Woods, Oprah Winfrey and Michael Jordan — seem to have an iconic power over the American imagination because they transcend racial stereotypes.
“It’s all about gratitude,” says essayist Shelby Steele, who frequently writes about the psychology of race. [...]

The More Things Change . . .

Remember a generation ago when a study was done asking little black girls to choose which doll was better: a black one or a white one? Well, now there is a documentary entitled “A Girl Like Me” asking the same question in the 21st century.
For my high-school literature class I was constructing an anthology [...]

The Christianization of Africans

I (J) turned on the radio this morning and listened to a church service going on at one of the local black churches. A woman was singing about Jesus and the “great city of Jerusalem.” She went on and on about how she “loves Jesus” and wants to “see Jerusalem” upon her death. What the [...]