Infidelity and relationships in Black

by | May 19, 2007 | Black Family | 2 comments

I remember when we were younger and in college. If you wanted to have an event that was guaranteed a crowd but without a DJ? You had a “male-female relationship” forum. We’ve got something very similar going on now in black blogs. Over at Jack and...

Spence on the NPR Barbershop

by | May 16, 2007 | NPR, The Mass Media | 6 comments

Thanks to my man Jimi, I got put down with Michele Martin’s new show. I’ve done the political roundtable thing before, to what I thought were horrible results. I can play the political analyst, but what I really do when I’m on the mic…is talk...

Why I don't eat dinner with my family

by | May 16, 2007 | Black Family | 3 comments

My kids asked me the other day to eat dinner with them. I begged off. “No thanks.” I said. It isn’t like I don’t love my kids. I do. But what I’m looking for come dinner time, is decompression. And it’s difficult to get...

Death of a Biker pt. 1

by | May 13, 2007 | Hip-hop | 9 comments

IMG_5420.JPG Originally uploaded by Unbowed. For respite, clarity, and vision, I take pictures. Last week I was out, planning to take a trip to the cemetery to get some shots in during the golden period–that moment during the day where the sun produces beautiful...

Black suburban isolation

by | May 9, 2007 | Neoliberalism | 8 comments

I’m working on a project involving black attitudes about people with HIV/AIDS, and was doing some more citation digging. Came across this nugget that I don’t think I’ve seen before–or at least not recently, it is taken from my personal files: A...