Essays by John Burl Smith

Listed below are essays on issues in the dialogue on race from Mr. John Burl Smith's unique perspective.

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Volume 12……………………..2009

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Issue 1 Eleven Years and Looking Forward

Issue 2 Racism: Numbers Don’t Lie

Private Prisons: Neo-Slavery

The Hidden Secret of Private Prisons

Issue 3 An Overlooked War for Dignity

Issue 4 Healthcare

Issue 5 One Among Millions

Pictorial Highlights of One Among Millions Issue 6

For Those Who Have Forgotten or Never Knew Issue 6

A Secretary of Art Issue 6

Infrastructure of Discrimination Issue 7

Bailing Out the 3/5 Compromise Issue 8

The Census: How We Count and Why Issue 8

Haiti: Let Them Eat Cake Issue 9

Does America Have the Courage of Bolivia? Issue 9

Haiti: The Lost Promise of Freedom Issue 9

Issue 10 Blacks and Hollywood

Issue 10 Greatest Threats to World Stability: Food, Population and Poverty

Issue 10 A Glimpse of the Future

Vertical Integration Run Amok Issue 11

A Slow Hand of Help for Haiti Issue 11

Jewish Solidarity with Muslims against Zionism Issue 12

Issue 12 Jewish Domination of American Media

Racial Disparities and Health Outcomes Issue 13

Issue 13 African Americans, Slavery and Health Outcomes

Issue 14 Race and Waffles Warmed Over

The Sky Fell on Chicken Little and Change is Dead! Issue 14

Black on the Red Cover-Up Issue 15

Issue 16 3/5 Compromised Graduation Rates

More about Prisons and Black Men Issue 16

Issue 17 Thoughts and Questions for Madam President

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Volume 11……………………..2008

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Issue 1 Update on Grady

Issue 2 Going Down Jericho Road

South Carolina A Real Question Issue 3

Commemorating the Ending of Slavery Issue 4

A Giant that Walks Among Men Issue 8

The Rebirth of Soulville, USA Issue 8

Issue 9 An Invisible Giant

Issue 10 The Invaders – The Beginning

Archangel: Hope and Black People Issue 11

Education and the New Dark Age Issue 13

Issue 16 Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

Issue 16 Reflections from King Week in Memphis

Issue 17 The Dream Reborn Conference

Issue 17 FIRST Robotics: A Kids’ Games

Issue 17 What is the Green Economy All About?

Parity Lost Issue 18

Swastika, Nooses and the Star of David Issue 19

Redding’s Family Visits Stax Soulville USA Issue 19

Issue 22 A Deserving Family Honored

STAX: The Family Issue 22

A Chance to Heal Issue 23

Issue 24 Dream World or Green World

A Blue-Green Alliance is Born Issue 24

How We Got Here: A Human Story Issue 25

Issue 26 Along the Way America Lost Its Way

A Brief Window of Hope Issue 28

US and Bioenergy Company Torpedo Food Summit Issue 29

Welfare to Learned Helplessness Issue 30

UN Weighs in against Demolishing Public Housing Issue 30

The Wilmington, North Carolina Riot (1898) Issue 31

The Salute Seen Around the World Issue 32

While We Slept Issue 34

Deadly Water Issue 35

Issue 36 Flushing Students Down the Tube

Issue 37 Mr. and Mrs. F: Your Next Door Neighbors

Issue 37 How Did Mr. and Mrs. F Become Such Spendthrifts

Issue 38 Oil Domination: A New Kind of Global Terrorism!

Issue 38 Ike-ing Gas Prices

Issue 39 Bulls Stampeding Bears

Issue 39 Lehman Brothers: The Asian Contagion Us Style

Issue 40 Where We Diverge

Issue 40 The Unfolding of an Economic Crisis

Issue 40 President’s Plunge Protection Team

Issue 40 Anatomy of a Political Dirty Trickster

Issue 41 Why We Struggle

Free to Do What By Doug Holloway

Issue 42 Global Green USA

Issue 42 It’s Not Rocket Science; It’s Economics

Issue 43 Tax Appraisals, Over-Priced Land and Foreclosures

Issue 44 Senator Ted Stevens: Arrogance of Power

Issue 45 “Post-Racial” or the Old Denial Syndrome

Issue 45 Honoring the Legacy of Dr. Ernest C. Withers

Issue 46 The Price of Fame

Issue 47 Part of the Paradigm

The Written Legacy of Rev. Hosea L. Williams

Issue 48 Bailing Out the 3/5 Compromise

Issue 49 A Year Late and a Few Trillion Dollars Short

Lions for Lambs

Issue 50 Charity, the Poor and Human Rights

The Great Debaters

Issue 51 3/5 Compromised by TV Networks

Alicia Key and The Secret Life of Bees

Issue 52 From Homeless to Icon

Volume 10 ……………………..2007

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¨Who Does He Serve? Issue 1¨

¨After Say It Loud Issue 3¨

¨Deception…Issue 4¨

¨Death Throes of War… Issue 4¨

¨Generals or Civilians: Who’s in Charge? Issue 5 ¨

¨Building a Political Base Issue 6 ¨

Understanding the Question Issue 7

A Friend Issue 8

Just Shoot the Number Issue 9

Blood-for-Oil Issue 10

Illusion and Freedom Issue 13

Hole in the Donut Issue 14

2008: Year of the Train Issue 15

Sobering Truth in SOBA Issue 18

It’s All About the Debt Issue 19

The Real Story Behind the Assassination Issue 19

From the 13^th Amendment to Abu Ghraib Issue 20

Texas: A Hellhole of Abuse Issue 20

Copper John’s Healing Jewelry Issue 21

Bebop Past and Future Issue 21

A Disguised Language Issue 24

From Disguised Language to Hip Hop Issue 24

Self-Perpetuating Denial Issue 25

Women of Walton County Revisited Issue 25

Stealing Australia Issue 26

Thinly Veiled Racism Issue 26

Native Americans Déjà Vu Aborigines Issue 26

Ironic Issue 27

A Present Day Irony Issue 27

Ebony Star Shines Over Wimbledon Issue 28

Buried But Not Gone Issue 29

Michael Vick and the 3/5 Compromise Issue 30

Barry Bombs 756! Issue 32

War with Iran: Déjà vu Afghanistan and Iraq Issue 33

Deception…Issue 34

Race: A Power Relationship Issue 35

Power or Powerless Issue 35

Bush Refuses to Honor a Black War Hero! Issue 37

The Palestinian Story: A Case of Slow Genocide Issue 38

Words to the Jena Movement Issue 39

More Words for the Jena 6 Movement Issue 41

Damn the Democrats Issue 41

Dying is Never Enough Issue 42

Toxic Toys: A Family Dilemma Issue 43

Greed Pushes the Bottom Line Issue 43

What Do We Value: Tradition or Our Children Issue 43

More Words for the Jena 6 Movement Issue 45

The Black Man Film Festival Issue 45

Keeping the March for Justice Real Issue 47

An Emerging Idea: Jobs with Justice Issue 48

Keep Grady Public Issue 49

The Gift that Keeps on Stealing Issue 50

The Cost of Misdiagnosis May Be Alzheimer’s Issue 50

Toxic Toys: Grinch Steals More Than Christmas Issue 50

Peace Outside But War Underneath Issue 51

Volume 9 ……………………..2006

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Super Ballerina or Jackboot Mistress Issue (903)

The Island Issue (904)

The Face of the Future Issue (905)

Full of Democracy or Stuffed Bush Issue (906)

Sounding the Alarm Issue (908)

Reflections: The Chisholm Trail Issue (909)

Cave Man vs Humanity Issue (912)

Atlanta Vibe…Poetry Month 2006 Issue (915)

A Tale of Two B’s Issue (916)

Hood Notes…A Memphis Wonder Issue (918)

Blind-Faith Issue (918)

Atlanta Vibe…A Time 2 Love Issue (918)

Mother’s Apple Pie Issue (919)

Ghost of Nkrumah Issue (920)

Science Stranger Than Fiction Issue (927)

Living Above or Below the Half Mark Issue (928)

Arabia or Arrakis (Dune) Issue (931)

Atlanta Vibe…Frankie was A-Mazing Issue (931)

The Value of Life Issue (933)

Three Fifths Compromised Again Issue (934)

Retrospective on Heroism Issue (936)

Heritage of a Totally Lawless Nation Issue (941)

Hood Notes…Hunger in the Land of Plenty Issue (946)

Fighting in Nigeria Issue (946)

Weighing in On Iraq Issue (947)

Warred Upon While Black Issue (948)

Sandusky Lost Issue (950)

Blood for Oil: The Ghost of Christmas Past Issue (951)

Say It Loud! Issue (952)

Volume 8 ……………………..2005

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¨ Politics Y2K5…Awash in Red Ink Issue (801) ¨

No Warning Issue (801)

¨Hood Notes…Fibroids: Menace or Malign Issue (802) ¨

Fibroids: A Treatment Epidemic Issue (802)

The New Negro Movement Issue (803)

Atlanta Vibe…Retrograde Hip Hop Issue (803)

Opium War or a Sliced Up Melon Issue (804)

¨Hood Notes…Academic Freedom or Neocon Agenda Issue (805) ¨

The Eisenhower Prophecy or Mills' Elite Issue (805)

Déjà vu Inflation Redistribution Issue (806)

GAS-ing Up Stress Issue (807)

Black History Cipher: World of Tomorrow Issue (808)

Legacy of Slave Revolts Issue (809)

Louisiana Slave Revolt (1811) Issue 809

The Wind of War Issue (811)

Atlanta Vibe…A Poetry Month Preview Issue (812)

A Slave's Image Issue (813)

¨Hood Notes…Missing the Point Issue (814) ¨

Getting the Point Issue (814)

Ringing Like A Bell Issue (817)

Atlanta Vibe…Who Can Stop the Rain? Issue (818)

A Tale of Two Fugitives Issue (819)

Post Reality Syndrome Issue (820)

Managing Debt Issue (821)

Gunboat Diplomacy Issue (821)

¨Fanon and the Colonial Mind-Set Issue (822)¨

Hood Notes…Hotel Rwanda Issue (822)

¨News You Use…Campaign Against Mercury Issue (826) ¨

Atlanta Vibe…Our Man "We" Issue (826)

¨Minstrels, Blackface and Movies Issue (827) ¨

DISH-ing IT Up Hot!...On Tiy-E Issue (827)

¨The Road to Ruin Issue (833) ¨

Politics Y2K5…DeKalb: A Tax Grab Issue (833)

Three-Fifths Compromise Healthcare Issue (834)

¨Politics Y2K5…USA: A Racist Society Issue (836) ¨

Left Behind: A Study in Racism Issue (836) ¨

Desperate Hours at Charity Issue (837)

Mardi Gras’ Mask Issue (838)

Hood Notes…Blackwater KKK Without Sheets Issue (838)

¨Hood Notes…A Revolutionary Reality Issue (849)

Return to Reality Issue (849) ¨

¨Politics Y2K5…To BARDA for You Issue (850) ¨

The Cold Reality Issue (850)

It’s Just A Piece of Paper Issue (851)

Freeman and Black History Issue (852)

Volume 7 ……………………..2004

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¨Politics Y2K4…Neo-Colonialism/Slavery Issue 1¨

Atlanta Vibe…While Black Issue 1

¨New Age Consumers Issue 2¨

Hood Notes…Classic While Black Issue 2

¨Honor: The Poor People's Campaign Issue 3¨

A Better World… Issue Issue 3

¨Turnout 75 %...On Reluctant Democrats Issue 4¨

¨2004 Word of the Year: Obfuscate Issue 5¨

Hood Notes…Classic While Black: NY Update Issue 5

¨Turnout 75 %...Electability Issue 6¨

In the Headlights Issue 6

¨Spam or Free Speech Issue 7¨

¨Dress for Success Issue 8¨

¨Turnout 75%...Amending the US Constitution Issue 9¨

¨Technological Unemployment Manifested Issue 10¨

The SS Retirement Myth Issue 11

Job Training Issue 13

MARTA Tax Sucks.Com…Update on GRTA Takeover Issue 14

Mob Action Issue 14

Plausible Deniability Issue 15

Hip-Hop Transformation Issue 16

Speaking Against Occupation Issue 17

Hood Note…Lynching or Suicide? Issue 18

Torture and Death Issue 18

Appreciating Hip Hop Issue 19

T.H.I.N.C on Brown Issue 20

Muzzling Issue 21

Lighting Candles Issue 22

Beating Bush Issue 23

Boomers, Gen-Xers and Hip-Hoppers Issue 24

Legacy Issue 25

Politics Y2K4…Killing Fields Issue 26

The Oily Truth about Sudan Issue 26

Marching isn't Worth a Penny Issue 27

Preemptive War Issue 28

The UN and Preemptive War Issue 29

Absence of Dialogue Issue 30

What is Known? Issue 31

Ghost of Campaigns Past Issue 33

The Legacy of Legacy Issue 34

Antwone Fisher Issue 35

Election Illusions Issue 36

Politics Y2K4…Internet v. Corporate Media Issue 37

Dèjá Vu Empowerment Zones Issue 37

Year of Increase Issue 38

Politics Y2K4…The Great Train Robbery Issue 40

Public Hearings Issue 40

It Is About Us Issue 41

Politics Y2K4…Dred is Not Dead Issue 42

A Dark Reality Issue 42

What Did We Learn? Issue 44

The Cooking Oil Dilemma Issue 45

Women's Health Initiative Issue 46

Greenhouse Gases the Corps Issue 47

The Birth of Racism Issue 48

News You Use…Time for You 2 Wake Up Issue 49

News You Use…Our New World Order: The Terminal Issue 52

Volume 6 ……………………..2003

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¨ A Year's Look at Serena Issue 1¨

Hip-Hopping Europe Issue 1

¨ T.H.I.N.C. Education Issue 2 ¨

¨ Welfare: A Race Code Issue 3 ¨

Logic and Problem Solving Issue 3

¨ Serena on Top Down Under Issue 4 ¨

T.H.I.N.C.: On Time Issue 4

¨ SPAM-ing the First Amendment Issue 5 ¨

Peeping Poin Issue 5

¨ Defining "X" Issue 7 ¨

Hip-Hopping a Six Spot Issue 7

¨ A Regional Transportation Tax Issue 8 ¨

¨ Reflection Issue 9 ¨

¨ The People's Artist Issue 10 ¨

Preemption Issue 10

¨ Dictating Democracy Issue 11 ¨

Chrushing Democracy Issue 11

¨ Pondering Prospects Issue 12 ¨

Going Against the Seasons Issue 12

¨ A Great Day Issue 13 ¨

Refusing to Learn Issue 13

¨ Cosmic Hope Issue 14 ¨

¨ A Dying Breed Issue 15 ¨

Dé jà vu: Last of A Breed Issue 15

¨ Anthology on Gangsterism Issue 16 ¨

High Tech Gunboat Diplomacy Issue 16

¨ Artistic Racism in Georgia Issue 17 ¨

¨ They Stood Up for Dignity Issue 18 ¨

¨ To the Kidds Issue 19 ¨

A Function of Law Issue 19

¨ Malcolm's Prophecy Issue 20 ¨

¨ Symbolism Issue 21 ¨

Kudos to Annika Issue 21

¨ To Tré: An Opened Mind Issue 22 ¨

¨ Liars! Liars! Issue 23 ¨

¨ Black Eye at Roland-Garros Issue 24 ¨

¨ Craps: A Point of Paradox Issue 25 ¨

¨ Battles Issue 26 ¨

Marley's Legacy Issue 27

¨Reliving History Issue 27¨

¨Turnout 75%...The Void Issue 28¨

¨Reality Check Issue 29¨

Freedoms Redacted Issue 30

¨Terrorism at Lockheed Issue 30¨

¨Of Attrition and Quagmires Issue 31

¨Politics Y2K3…The Point of Legacy Issue 32¨

Myths, Metaphors and Reality…Issue 32

¨The Tempest…Issue 33¨

¨Atlanta Vibe…Jarreau under the Stars Issue 34¨

Hood Notes…A Shameful Betrayal Issue 34

African Eyes Issue 34

¨Margaret Danner: The Gift Issue 35¨

Atlanta Vibe…A Spiritual Breakout Issue 35

¨Atlanta Vibe…Surviving… Issue 36¨

¨Politics Y2K3…America Coming Together Issue 37¨

¨Led By Children Issue 38¨

¨Politics Y2K3…Factoring Issue 39¨

¨Roots Blues Issue 40¨

Hood Notes…What Could Not Be Said Issue 40

¨The Road to Damascus Issue 41¨

¨Means Never Justify Evil Ends Issue 42¨

¨The Two Towers Issue 43¨

¨Bad Hair Issue 44¨

¨Politics Y2K3…Democracy Issue 45¨

¨Accepting Reality Issue 46¨

Politics Y2K3…Unintended Consequences Issue 46

¨Hood Notes…Response to Email on MARTA Issue 47¨

Politics Y2K3…Run Out the South Issue 47

¨Resistance and Proportionality Issue 48¨

¨Assumption of Equality Issue 49¨

Politics Y2K3…$2 Steak Special Issue 49

¨Boycotting Cincinnati Issue 50¨

¨Learned Helplessness Issue 51¨

News You Use…American Terrorism: Extra-Legal Executions Issue 51

¨Turn Out 75%...A Jobless Recovery Issue 52¨

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