Archive for the ‘General’ Category
Why WE Love to Hate Kanye (Black Middle Class Blues)
September 15, 2009 · 26 Comments
On Sunday night, Kanye West once again burst into the limelight with his interruption of Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at […]
Where Political Hip-Hop Lives
August 25, 2009 · 0 Comments
Hip-Hop has been political, you just haven’t been paying it attention. My reflection on the Black August Hip-Hop Project.
What are you doing for Black August?
August 20, 2009 · 11 Comments
The month of August has been the seat of many important events in the history of African people, particularly people […]
Friday Funny: Structural Racism Analysis Fail
August 14, 2009 · 5 Comments
So one of the problems with being a sociologist of race and offering public commentary is it sometimes creates the […]
Black Birthers and the Problem of Bad Information
August 4, 2009 · 12 Comments
Do you know some Black birthers? I bet you do!
Why I didn’t jump up and talk about swimming pools or Skip Gates … and maybe why you may not as well.
Re-Post: Death of Autotune and “Acting White”
July 15, 2009 · 6 Comments
I love Hip-Hop, I love educational research. I love the piece my colleague Christopher Emdin, of Teacher’s College- Columbia University, […]
Cornel West and Carl Dix at CCNY Tonight
July 14, 2009 · 0 Comments
Cornel West and Carl Dix tangle at CCNY on Tuesday night.
Friday Funny: Because you still watch BET
July 3, 2009 · 3 Comments
Here is a hilarious edition of This Week in Blackness by Elon James White. This week’s BET awards were … […]
What Michael Jackson taught me about Social Justice
