Archive for May, 2008
“Don’t let me die in vain”
May 29, 2008 · 3 Comments
Byron Hurt, director of Hip Hop:Beyond Beats and Rhymes, has just produced an AMAZING short film on reaction to the […]
Is College for You? Posted at theRoot.com
May 27, 2008 · 10 Comments
Here is an article that I penned for theRoot.com on the question, “Is college for everyone?” About a year and […]
It’s not a game: race, sports, and justice
May 26, 2008 · 4 Comments
A very peculiar thing happened last week, Willie Randolph went from bad manager, to bad guy in the eyes of […]
Awaiting the “Gender” speech… keep waiting.
May 23, 2008 · 0 Comments
Jewel Woods offers a really good commentary on the difficulty of a national gender dialogue. Many commentators within the black […]
For your visual stimulation
May 23, 2008 · 0 Comments
Carmen over at Racialicious compiled two great guerilla visual art campaigns by Michelle Schwartz and ResistRacism. The Canadian Club Whisky […]
A Movie Premiere in Harlem…
May 21, 2008 · 0 Comments
So yesterday was an important day in recent Harlem history… I think. The new Indiana Jones movie had a premiere […]
Happy Birthday Brother Malcolm
May 18, 2008 · 0 Comments
May 19th marks the birth of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz b.k.a. Malcolm X. Since I first read the Alex Haley autobiography […]
MFs wanna bring the 90s back…
May 18, 2008 · 8 Comments
it’s okay, that’s where they made me at This had me dying laughing!!!!
The Questions ya’ll.
May 14, 2008 · 0 Comments
1) Why do folks think holding the door for me at Popeye’s or handing me a paper towel in the […]
Okay, I’m getting really sick of reading political commentary by rappers talking about the world ending. Not that I don’t […]
