Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The count of black churches in the South that have been torched is not the six that have been burned since the massacre of nine blacks at Charleston's Emmanuel AME Church, but 37. The church burnings occurred in a period of not two weeks but over 18…

The Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable announced two special Impact Micro Cash Awards on Tuesday, June 30. The awards are to Wisdom from the Field, an organizing and mentoring program for young male scholars, and Media Done Responsibly, a media literacy training program for students of color.

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At last count there were twenty-two elementary schools in Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, Virginia, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, and, of all places in Long Beach and San Diego, California named after the top Confederate general Robert E. Lee. The even bigger irony and insult is that a significant number of minority…

Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable President Earl Ofari Hutchinson and other  civil rights leaders on Friday, June 26 will launch a public "Rename the Robert E. Lee School Campaign" on Saturday June 27 demanding Long Beach School officials  rename Robert E. Lee…

 



The Charleston memorial services for the nine blacks massacred at Emmanuel AME church will be more than memorial services. They may mark a turning point for America on race. The massive national and international attention combined with the raw tears and emotions at all the…

Action Establishes a Model for Social Commercial Responsibility by Retailers

Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable President Earl Ofari Hutchinson and other  civil rights leaders on Tuesday, June 23 applauded…

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

President Obama raised eyebrows and took some heat for using the word “nigger” publicly. But he’s far from the first U.S. President to utter the word to make their point. A point in their usage of the pejorative slur that is far…

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney says take it down. Present GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush says take it down. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley will say a qualified take it down. The “it” is the Confederate Flag. They now want the flag removed from…

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The moment Dylan Roof massacred nine black churchgoers at Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina the usual debate flared up. That is whether the feds had reason and authority to press a hate crime prosecution against him. Pundits and legal experts gave the…

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The suspected racially motivated massacre at Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina by alleged shooter Dylann Roof drew shocked gasps, rage, and a renewed focus on hate violence in the country. That’s fine. But it doesn’t focus on the continued greater…

Results, not Race are what Should Matter

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Just what exactly did Bill Clinton say and do that was so racially terrible in the run-up to the infamous pivotal 2008 Democratic presidential contest in South Carolina? It’s worth revisiting only because Bill’s action has dogged Hillary Clinton for virtually every…

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Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable President Earl Ofari Hutchinson on…