by admin | Jul 30, 2009 | NPR, Obama, Racial Politics, The Mass Media |
I was on Tell Me More last week talking Michael Vick and Cat Fancy, Obama’s Health Care plan, and of course the Gates stuff. Take a listen (and now read the transcript!) here. Some of the best stuff didn’t make it to the final cut–I think this is one...
by admin | Jul 24, 2009 | Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Crime and Punishment, Education |
…isn’t that a black Harvard professor was arrested by police. The real story–one that you won’t see on Anderson Cooper 360–is that Harvard is going broke. (Thanks Farai for dropping it on me.) Quick college finance 101–colleges and...
by admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Black Power, Crime and Punishment, Crisis of the Negro Intellectual, Racial Politics, Urban Politics |
Yesterday I dealt with the flashpoint occasion of Dr. Henry Louis Gates’ arrest and spent most of it recounting a situation that happened to me at the beginning of the last school year. Like Gates I was caught in a narrative I couldn’t get out of. It...
by admin | Jul 22, 2009 | Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Crime and Punishment, Crisis of the Negro Intellectual, Education |
In 1991 Lawrence Kasdan directed the film Grand Canyon, starring Steve Martin, Danny Glover, Alfre Woodard, Mary McDonnell, and Mary Louise-Parker. Set in Los Angeles, the film traces the way a series of disconnected events ultimately connect and to a certain extent...
by admin | Jul 21, 2009 | Racial Politics |
Connecting the dots: Henry Louis Gates arrested for breaking in his own home. Comic veteran Dwayne McDuffie pitching a DC comic featuring black characters. Ta-Nehisi riffing on the “I’m not a racist but…” canard. Now all stories are worth...
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