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The Joke IS Black People
Dedicated to Gopher! I support you ma. Nothing spikes my blood pressure quicker than non-Black people that change their demeanor around Black people. It occurs mostly between womyn; non-Blacks add “u’s” to “girl”, perform the two snaps and around gesture, push their lips out to say “boo boo!”—the list goes on. A little imitation of […]
The Dark Continent: Who Are You? "We Are The Poor"
This is for the mother in Langa that walked three blocks to boil water over an open fire, not in her house, but near her house to cook for her children. This is for the child on the south side of Chicago that takes a bus and two trains twice a day to get an […]
Hide Ya Tweets, Hide Ya Hashtags, They Startin' Revolutions Out Here
This past week the world saw that in the battle of the people vs. the machine, the people prevailed. Acclaimed poet, Gil Scot Heron said the “Revolution Will Not Be Televised”; to a certain extent he was right. The revolution was digitized. Even though the seemingly insurmountable Mubarak machine was armed with a war chest […]
Some of My Best Friends Give CPAC Speeches

The interesting thing about the GOP to me is they seem to have this attitude that if they don’t acknowledge it, then it’s simply not true. It’s a great strategy on the surface, but inevitably it always leaves them looking extremely insincere. At this years Conservative Political Action Conference or CPAC they had a “Black” man Allen West, Republican Congressman from Florida, as the keynote speaker. To them it meant that conservatives aren’t racist, no matter how low their attacks on President Obama go (Communist, Illegal Alien, Muslim, N-Word), because one of their best friends, Allen West, gave the keynote.
February 7, 2011 – February 13, 2011
As costs rise, colleges say aid to students is rising, too Staff Writer, Duluth News Tribune, February 13, 2011 All cultures should support Youth Radio D’Shannon Brown, Greenville News, February 12, 2011 From Florida, school reform that works Katherine Kersten, Star Tribune, February 12, 2011 Young black males are focus of discussion Jon Hand, Roc […]
Today in Post-Race History: Pepsi Challenge[d]
Now that the Super Bowl dust has settled, I am nursing my way out of an omg-no-football-for-seven-months depression with small bits of NBA basketball (Derek Rose has overtaken Chris Paul as my favorite player), until March Madness helps me get through the last leg of my winter hibernation. Overall, the big game was rather entertaining, […]
Grammy Predictions
So the Grammys are finally upon us. This Sunday night, pop music’s heavy-hitters will sit awkwardly in a theatre in L.A. and wait with bated breath as nameless, faceless “Grammy voters” decide which artists actually made good music over the past year or so. They will likely be completely wrong. The performances should be ok […]
An Early Valentine’s Day Post: I am My Father’s Daughter
Next week is Valentine’s Day. So, I thought I would write an early post about it from the perspective of someone (i.e. me) who deeply desires “soul abiding” relationships, but who struggles greatly in that regard. So, you know what is troubling for me is to look in the mirror and see myself becoming like […]
Berkeley High Conference Focuses on Issues Faced by Black Youth
Berkeley High Conference Focuses on Issues Faced by Black Youth Jeffrey Butterfield, The Daily Californian | February 9, 2011 Weekends are not typically the busiest of times at the Berkeley High School second-floor library, yet the room’s reading tables were filled last Saturday morning with over 70 students, parents and community members focused on one […]
January 31, 2011 – February 6, 2011
Rising rate of youth violence Tran Thi Minh, The Star, February 6, 2011 Urban Education Symposium focuses on young black males Jim Schoettler, The Florida Times-Union, February 6, 2011 School for Low-Income Kids: Opening a Door or ‘Educational Apartheid’? Annie Urban, Care2 News, February 5, 2011 More to education Christopher Lyerly, News Observer, February 5, 2011 No Equity In […]
Hip-Hop Artists Unite for Egypt
When Drum Gang Productions sent me this beat I was immediately blown away by it’s intensity. Of course, I felt it was perfect for me, and the type of music I make, but still I was unsure how I should approach it. I knew it was special and I didn’t want to waste it. Originally […]
I don't do organized religion. What does that mean?
So, yesterday I had a conversation with a good friend who is a self-appointed scholar activist about the political repression and protest in Egypt. During the course of the conversation I happened to mention in passing that President Obama prayed for the Egyptian protesters at the National Prayer Breakfast. At the mentioning of this, she […]