Uptown Notes

For a few years now, Michael Steele has been trying to meet me on Beat Street by being more “Hip-Hop” […]

Detroit is a microcosm of Black America. I believe if you cannot love Detroit, you cannot fully love Black people. The Detroit Metropolitan area represents the best and the worst that Black folks in this country have to offer. Detroit is under intense scrutiny as of late and the flashing lights of attention may have served to take the life of seven year old Aiyana Jones as a TV crew filmed a home-raid by the Detroit SWAT. With all the fascination with Detroit around the nation we get the problems of the city beamed into our homes via satellite, but it makes me wonder, is there more there than what we normally see?

Not too long ago, I had a chance to discuss the question of a Black Agenda and President Obama with […]

Recently, I penned a piece discussing the need for Black folks to join in with the fight against Arizona’s racist immigration […]

On next Monday the 17th at 7:30 pm there will be a panel on Black Male Privilege at the Brecht […]

Yesterday the NYTimes ran an interesting Op-Ed piece on Charter Schools by Charles Murray entitled, “Why Charter Schools Fail the Test.” I read through it quickly and thought it to be arguing two main things: standardized tests were weak measures and that school choice was a democratic right. Sounds agreeable, right? But why was this written by Charles Murray author of the thinly veiled racist polemic The Bell Curve?

Originally published at The Atlanta Post The internet is a funny thing and Twitter is a funny place. I find […]

There is a quiet storm brewing in American schools. While the nation is keeping close watch on health care reform […]

This morning I woke to #RIPBIGPUN as a trending topic on twitter and was conflicted about bigging up Pun. Pun […]

1) So you watched Pants on the Ground and laughed. Did you notice that General Larry Platt had on a […]