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Donald Earl Collins

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As seen in: Al Jazeera English, Medium, HuffPost, MSN Malaysia, The Guardian, The Washington Post, NBC News, The Atlantic, Substack, Salon, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and
Covers:  US identity, African American identity, the West and modern racism, American racism, misogyny, inequality, American/Western narcissism, sports, music, movies, books
Contributor @AJEnglish; Author: Spinning Sage's Gold www.amazon.com/dp/09; once a hist prof (looking for work/speaking opps) donaldearlcollins@gmail.com

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I have written for more than twenty years as a freelance writer and as an academic historian on topics such as multiculturalism, education reform and US/African American identity. My articles have appeared in Al Jazeera English, The Atlantic, HuffPost, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The Washington Post, Teachers College Record, Seven Scribes, Academe Magazine, Radical Society, and The Guardian. I am also the author of Fear of a “Black” America: Multiculturalism and t…

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Contingent faculty are treated as mere cannon fodder

Contingent faculty are treated as mere cannon fodder

The Bourne films had it right. 'Look at us. Look at what they make you give,' says Donald Earl Collins

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Nothing sacred: From Jefferson to Jan. 6, America's toxic mythologies are destroying us

Nothing sacred: From Jefferson to Jan. 6, America's toxic mythologies are destroying us

One of the great myths of the United States is that rebellion and insurrection are among the necessary compon…

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Plantation slavery, the first American dream

Plantation slavery, the first American dream

Between movies like Gone With the Wind and Sweet Home Alabama, and antebellum-themed weddings, vacations, and…

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Critical race theory and the scam of the ban

Critical race theory and the scam of the ban

Critical race theory is too advanced to be taught in schools. So why are state authorities trying to ban it i…

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The real 'second-class citizens' of academia

The real 'second-class citizens' of academia

Whatever injustices he may have endured in his career, Cornel West is still part of the privileged class in a…

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The fake and the real in American cancel culture

The fake and the real in American cancel culture

The Tucker Carlsons and the Glenn Greenwalds who say cancel culture exists are also the same people who belie…

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Racism is not 'hate'

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By Donald Earl Collins
| Al Jazeera English Verified
When media and political elites frame racist violence as a matter of individual hatred or mental illness, they obscure its systemic nature and global reach. Seeing racism only as hatred is not only deadly. It serves as an excuse that only benefits those in power and allows systemic racism to flourish indefinitely.
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Trump’s occupation of DC is a rehearsal for autocracy - Donald Earl Collins

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By Donald Earl Collins
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Washington, DC, youth activist Afeni Evans has become the most recent symbol of US President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of the city’s police. On August 15, Metro Transit Police officers pepper-sprayed and forced the 28-year-old Evans to the ground at the Navy Yard subway stop for allegedly committing fare evasion. Evans and other Harriet’s Wildest Dreams volunteers were at the station on “cop watch” to ensure the federal takeover would not lead to harassment of Black youth.
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Trump's occupation of DC is a rehearsal for autocracy

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By Donald Earl Collins
| Al Jazeera English Verified
Professorial Lecturer at American University in Washington, DC Washington, DC, youth activist Afeni Evans has become the most recent symbol of US President Donald Trump's federal takeover of the city's police. On August 15, Metro Transit Police officers pepper-sprayed and forced the 28-year-old Evans to the ground at the Navy Yard subway stop for allegedly committing fare evasion.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yep. A wrote a history essay on a manual in 8th grade in 1983, and learned keyboarding on an IBM Selectric in 1984.

How is social media changing news?

It aggregates and disaggregates news at the speed of light. It means being even more discerning between fact and fiction than ever before.

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

Hmm. Pretty much everything from Adobe Photoshop to MS Excel and interview recording, iMovie, Soundscape, etc.
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