Uptown Notes

If you aren’t accustomed to clicking links on the side of this page, I hope this will help. This is […]

I am linking to a post by Jafari Sinclaire Allen about Morehouse, sexuality, and community. Jafari was before my time […]

At about 1 in the morning I strolled along the main artery of Harlem, 125th street. As I walked from […]

My job as a professor really gives me a great opportunity to talk to folks about the sociology that we […]

Nas’ song has been burning through my head as of late. Could be the late nights, early morning, the travelling, […]

As I returned to my state of Michigan a few weeks ago, I was greeted with the image of a […]

“I’m not a racist.” Another variation on it is often, “I’m not a racist but…” or better yet, “Are you […]

I spent the day in suburban Detroit trying to convince White men to sit down and share their views and […]

The video below is done by Kiri Davis and its entitled “A girl like me.” It’s a short film from […]

So I was in Montreal this past week for the Association of Black Sociologists and the American Sociological Association meetings. […]