by admin | Aug 17, 2008 | Afrofuturism, Pop Culture, The Mass Media |
Hey, I’ve a question. Over the last 40 years, how many times have African Americans played or become the President in popular media (movies, television shows, comedy skits, comic books, literature)? Dennis Haybert (24) Tiny Lister (The Fifth Element) James Earl...
by admin | Aug 12, 2008 | Education, NPR, The Mass Media |
But it’s not this Spence but that one. The number of black homeschoolers has been shooting through the roof, in part because of the increase in black Christian families interested in embedding Christian principles in education, but also because of a sense that...
by admin | Aug 8, 2008 | Black Leadership, Black Power, Gender and Politics, Obama, Politics, The Mass Media |
Here’s an essay on black politics that contains almost every worn out cliché on the subject. I’m glad that the folks at Rust Belt Intellectual wrote a response. Feministing pointed out the absence of women, which is actually astounding given that the...
by admin | Aug 5, 2008 | Campaigns and Elections, Obama, Racial Politics, The Mass Media |
This was the subject of at least three blog posts worth reading. The New York Times post falls furthest from the mark, but I include it for the sake of comparison. I don’t think the question is the right one. Nor is “is Clinton racist?” The question...
by admin | Aug 4, 2008 | Campaigns and Elections, Neoliberalism, Obama, The Mass Media |
Well…not exactly. But close enough. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4LxlmYfrLI[/youtube] Just like the “hecklers” had to raise hell to get the mic in the Obama townhall meeting, the only way that progressives and working class interests have...
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