by admin | Mar 24, 2008 | Black Leadership, Black Power, Politics, The Mass Media, Urban Politics |
Black power is dead.
by admin | Mar 21, 2008 | Black Power, Campaigns and Elections, Culture, Democracy, NPR, Obama, Pop Culture, The Mass Media, Urban Politics |
After a bit of a hiatus I was back on the barbershop doing the thing. Among the topics of discussion were Obama’s speech, Kilpatrick’s chances in Detroit, and the LeBron James Vogue cover with Gisele.
by admin | Mar 6, 2008 | Crime and Punishment, Racial Politics, Urban Politics |
From David Simon (creator of The Wire): “A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right,” wrote Thomas Paine when he called for civil disobedience against monarchy — the flawed national policy of his day. In a...
by admin | Dec 13, 2007 | Black Leadership, Education, Urban Politics |
The last post was uncited because I received its contents from an email I received. But I now know who the author is, and what he’s doing. Phillip Jackson is the Executive Director of The Black Star Project. Although as I noted in a response to him I think his...
by admin | Dec 10, 2007 | Crime and Punishment, Gender and Politics, Racial Politics, Urban Politics |
Reading the story Killing for Respect which is the first about black people that I’ve ever seen Digged. Note that the lack of family is mentioned in several different ways, poverty is only mentioned once.
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