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Today in Post-Race History: I, Too, Have a Dream
It’s the MLK holiday, which probably means that you’re not reading this. Or if you are lucky, perhaps your boss gave you the day off, which means you’ve just stumbled out of bed still hungover from that extra night of clubbing, regretting updating your status message while drunk, and contemplating whether or not to participate […]
Making a List, Checking it Twice
Bah Humbug. I almost totally forgot that Christmas is this Friday, have no idea when Hanukkah started, and couldn’t name the principles of Kwanzaa if Maulana Karenga threatened to falsely imprison me. Still, I’ve found enough holiday spirit to give gifts to folks both naughty and nice. I think they’ll be somewhat useful to the […]
The Lies That History Tells Part 4: Some Don’t Have Books To Lie
Lies changed my outlook on important figures in history and seemed to always paint America as the hero/peace maker, when many times the leaders of this country were the main perpetrators and oppressors. Some students in some neighborhoods don’t have history books to lie to them, or any books for that matter. I want to […]
Politicians Say The Darndest Things
Politicians say the “darndest” things. No, seriously they do. Last week it was White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs patronizing American Urban Radio Network’s April Ryan by condescendingly comparing her tough interrogation to his son’s temper tantrums. Don’t believe me, ask Summer. Yesterday it was Harry Reid, tomorrow it will be someone else. Can I […]
Scary Black Men
Am I really that scary? I’m only 5’9’’ 180 pounds. This is what I asked myself when a girl ran away from me as I walked down Ellis Avenue two weeks ago. Initially I was flabbergasted by her reaction. Did I look like a criminal? I had on an under armour shirt and some old […]
Week of October 5, 2009 to October 11, 2009
Inner-city L.A. hungers for good grocery stores Daniel B. Wood, The Christian Science Monitor, October 10, 2009 Merit of Stop-Frisk Law at Issue Colleen Long, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, October 9, 2009 Schools Cited on Discipline of Minority Special-Ed Students Holly Prestidge, Richmond Times-Dispatch, October 9, 2009 Two ways Chicago can curb its youth violence epidemic Amanda […]
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 […]
Week of June 8, 2009 to June 14, 2009
Crofton Killing Prompts Race Discussion Shantee Woodards, The Capital, June 14, 2009 “A Pebble Tossed in the Pond, and the Rings are Still Going Out.” In 1986, Amid Rising Violence, Denver Police Complied a List of 69 Names. They Were Mostly African-American Teens, Lived Near East 28th Avenue and Williams Street and Were Believed to […]
You Gon' Be All Right: On Maia Campbell and (More on) Tyler Perry
Note: I know this post is mad long. I’ll be more succinct in the future. I know you have better things to do. Last week, I didn’t take the opportunity to blog about Maia Campbell, something that I had fully intended to do. Instead, my only significant output was a blog about Tyler Perry taking […]
The Cry Heard Around the World…He was the Best Father
It was the cry heard around the world when 11 year-old Paris Jackson said, “Ever since I was born, Daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine . . . I just want to say I love him so much.” From coast to coast, eyes wept for her sorrow and tears trickled down […]