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5 Star What??
A couple weeks ago, i had a friend visit and on the way home from a club, the song “Five Star Chic” came on the radio. As soon as we heard the first verse, we looked at one another, simultaneously amused and disgusted. She commented that a woman like the type described in the song […]
The Ballroom Scene: An Underground Art Hitting MainStream
Over the next several weeks I will be writing a series on The Ballroom Scene. Wikipedia cheapens the culture by diluting the definition, calling it a “subculture of the LGBT community involving staged competitive, drag fashion performances.” The ballroom scene is not only a new black art, but it comes with a lot more baggage […]
Week of September 28, 2009 to October 4, 2009
Campus Magnet standout Nmesoma Okafor wrongly arrested for murder in case of mistaken identity Mark Lelinwalla, Mitch Abramson and Larry McShane, Daily News, October 3, 2009 Iowa City Council puts juvenile curfew on hold Gregg Hennigan, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), September 30, 2009 Honor student beaten to death: Can Chicago curb youth violence? Amanda […]
Are You Free?
Many people have told me that I have an old soul. This may be true. I tend to retire early for bed, listen to NPR, and have a strong affinity for Motown music. Yesterday, I was listening to Donnie Hathaway’s song “Someday We’ll All Be Free”. The poignant ballad made really think about the concept […]
District 9 (SPOILER ALERT)
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHihFA8q8xI&feature=player_embedded In August of this year the critically acclaimed sci-fi thriller District 9 debuted, boasting an exotic location, foreign languages, and blacks and whites united against a common threat—Prawns. The Prawns are aliens whose intergalactic automobile (most likely a Ford) has broken down on the wrong side of town—just above Johannesburg. Depicted as scary and […]
Yeah Monica,"Just One of those Days . . ."
There are so many interesting things to write about this week. I could write about Oprah trying to rap with the overly sponsored poster child of a good rapper, Jay Z. Or, I could write about the 25th Anniversary of the Cosby Show and how I can’t stand the grown-up version of Rudy Huxtable, Keshia […]
Week of September 14, 2009 to September 20, 2009
Feeling Foreign in Their Own Country Samantha Honken, The Daily Iowan, September 14, 2009
Week of August 31, 2009 to September 6, 2009
Hampton’s Forgotten Legacy Mary Mitchell, Chicago Sun-Times, September 6, 2009 A Simple Map to School Success Roger Chesley, The Virginian-Pilot, September 5, 2009 Deep Dark Secrets Revealed – Based on a True Story of a Young African-American Man Who Struggled With His Identity, Masculinity, Spirituality, and Sexuality Globe Newswire, September 4, 2009
Week of August 17, 2009 to August 23, 2009
Long-Term Exercise, Healthy Eating Habits in Young Adults: U-M Study States News Service, August 21, 2009 Achievement Gap Casts a Shadow on Test Scores Bruce Lieberman and Maureen Magee, San Diego Union-Tribune, August 19, 2009 Immigrant Blacks More Likely to Attend Elite Colleges Amy Lunday, The John Hopkins University Gazette, August 17, 2009
Week of August 10, 2009 to August 16, 2009
Soul Food and Social Networking J.M. Brown, Contra Costa Times, August 13, 2009 Young Blacks of the Bay Hopes ‘mixUP’ Meetings Will Boost Local Businesses J.M. Brown, Contra Costa Times, August 13, 2009 Groups Offering Support to Jacksonville’s Gay Blacks Deirdre Connor, Florida Times-Union, August 12, 2009 Student’s Confederate Flag Suit Thrown Out Duncan Mansfield, […]
Week of August 3, 2009 to August 9, 2009
Democracy Behind Bars Anthony Thompson, The New York Times, August 6, 2009 Gains on Tests Don’t Silence School Critics Elissa Gootman and Robert Gebeloff, The New York Times, August 4, 2009 Most Black Youths are Sitting out Baseball Gregory Lewis, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, August 4, 2009
Week of July 20, 2009 to July 26, 2009
Affirmative Action is Just a Distraction Shelby Steele, The Washington Post, July 26, 2009 Conference to Address Black Women and HIV/AIDS Erin Allday, San Francisco Chronicle, July 25, 2009 HIV/AIDS Still a Scourge for African-Americans Angela Hill, The Oakland Tribune, July 25, 2009 Maryland First in Black Lifers Brendan Kearney, The Daily Record, July 23, […]