Touré's latest book is I Would Die 4 U: Why Prince Became an Icon.
Touré is the author of five books, including I Would Die 4 U: Why Prince Became an Icon and Who’s Afraid of Post-Blackness? What It Means to Be Black Now. He is the co-host of MSNBC’s show The Cycle. He is also the host of the Fuse show The Hiphop Shop and On the Record and is a professor at NYU’s Clive Davis School of Recorded Music.
Racism is never accidental, as the bizarre song by Brad Paisley and LL Cool J remind us.
Prince was telling us we were all the originators of our own destinies as long as we access our inner essence
A trial may bring some peace to a grieving family, but will it help us deal with the toxic social issues that led to the tragedy?
If Republicans are serious about trying get more black and brown people under their wing, here are a few things they could try
When Princeton professor Cornel West called Obama a “Republican in blackface,” he’s speaking from a place that’s too emotional and idealistic
But a close election could leave the U.S. more divided than ever
The question itself is offensive and racist. Here’s why
Removing race from the admissions equation forces schools to be blind to one of the key factors in people’s lives
Scott Brown’s simplistic conception of Warren’s Native American heritage does not fit in the age of Obama
But victory for Obama in 2012 would signify more racial progress than it did in 2008
