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Will Black Youth, the "Most Connected" Generation Ever, Vote in 2010?
Will Black Youth, the “Most Connected” Generation Ever, Vote in 2010? Biko Baker, Huffington Post | October 29, 2010 For young voters, November 2, 2010, like every election, is about our future. Even the 2008 presidential election. Yes, Barack Obama was a compelling candidate, but people turned out in record numbers because they believed that […]
The Arts, Expression, and New (Found) Media
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7SKhZS6LsQ This was an artistic week for me. Last Friday I performed poetry, sang, and played guitar at our yearly coming out monologues event. On Thursday I performed a neo-futurist piece about HIV/Aids and the downfalls of the black community to accept the disease as being “associated” with black people. On Monday I performed a […]
Don't Whip Your Vote Back And Forth: The Case For Alexi Giannoulias
I did not intend to write a political blog this week. After watching Kanye West’s Runaway short film I was fully intent on blogging about the creative genius of the Louie Vuitton Don. I watched the 34-minute film three times, and meticulously took notes on the subliminal messages evoked by the ballerinas in the all […]
Obama Tells LGBT Youth "It Gets Better"
October 22, 2010 (Colorlines) President Barack Obama has a message for LGBT kids: He doesn’t know “what it’s like to be picked on for being gay,” but he does know “what it’s like to grow up feeling that sometimes you don’t belong.” Obama and Secretary of State HIllary Clinton are the latest politicians to join the […]
Teen birth rate low, but racial disparities persist
Teen birth rate low, but racial disparities persist Elizabeth Dunbar, Minnesota Public Radio | October 21, 2010 St. Paul, Minn. — New numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show Minnesota has the eighth-lowest teen birth rate in the nation, but the rates are much higher among teens of color. Nationally, the CDC […]
Jay-Z on "Big Pimpin": "What kind of animal would say this sort of thing?"
Now these are certainly not the most misogynistic lyrics Hip Hop has to offer (ever heard the N.W.A. song “One Less Bitch”?), but damn, that shit is amazingly harsh. And what’s even more amazing is that “Big Pimpin” is unquestionably Jay-Z’s biggest hit, and arguably the best single he’s ever released.
“I must have done Something Right”: My mother and Tyler Perry’s Father
This week on the Oprah show Tyler Perry shared with Oprah how as a child he was beaten senselessly by his father and that even now his father denies any wrongdoing. His father states, “If I had beaten your ass one more time, you probably would have been Barack Obama.”Of course, Oprah was stunned and […]
Black Male Icons Join Docu. Film To Motivate Black Youth
Black Male Icons Join Docu. Film To Motivate Black Youth News One | October 21, 2010 To generate a national conversation on the plight of Black men and boys, the Twenty-First Century Foundation (21CF) has partnered with actor–director Mario Van Peebles and producer Karen Williams to create BRING YOUR A GAME — a groundbreaking documentary […]
From:1910 Osborne Place, To: the media bogeymen
On October 3-4, 2010, 10 members of the Latin King Goonies found one of their recruits, a 17 year- old wannabe, leaving the home of “La Reina [the queen].” They decided to torture him to find out if he was a “fag.” After finding out that their potential recruit had in fact had sexual relations with “La […]
Black voters still energized
Black voters still energized Krissah Thompson and Nia-Malika Henderson, Washington Post | October 15, 2010 Historically, black turnout for midterm elections has lagged behind the national average, but two new reports offer a bullish outlook for this year. A major survey conducted by The Washington Post, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard University found […]
October 11, 2010 – October 17, 2010
Chicago Black Youth Political Rally Saturday October 16th Chicago Now, Harold Davis, October 16, 2010 Black voters still energized Krissah Thompson and Nia-Malika Henderson, Washington Post, October 15, 2010 Forum targets plight of black youth Joe Lawlor, Daily Press, October 15, 2010 Rising dropout rate prompts Black History Bee fundraiser Robin Nichols, Record News, October […]
WHIP Season–A Rant (or Something)
Autumn is my favorite season, but it has its low points. Last Monday’s federal holiday, Columbus Day, is the nation-wide bat signal for America to commence with its annual “We Hate Indigenous People” season. In other words, Columbus Day marks the moment when that United States raises its middle finger to indigenous people, and doesn’t […]