by kspence | Oct 4, 2012 | Black Popular Culture, Hip-hop, Obama
This picture has been making the rounds since Beyonce and JayZ held a $40,000 campaign event for President Obama. It's an absolutely beautiful picture, one shared and commented on by thousands. The most powerful man on the planet, and the most powerful MC on the...
by kspence | Oct 3, 2012 | Black Leadership, Black People Mythology, Black Politics, Black Popular Culture, Knocking the Hustle |
On August 22, 2011, the Martin Luther King Memorial opened to the public. The first African American to be honored with a memorial on the Mall, and only the fourth non-President, King’s memorial took decades of planning and fundraising. It stands, or perhaps better...
by kspence | Oct 2, 2012 | Afrofuturism, Black Popular Culture, Neoliberalism
Last week I showed a documentary about the spread of electronic music. And have shown a couple of videos that were a part of the Imaging Detroit project. This week I meld the two. And I do it on this specific day because of one of the individuals interviewed in this...
by kspence | Oct 1, 2012 | Crime and Punishment, Neoliberalism, Urban Politics
Last week the New York Times ran an article on the front page about Defy Ventures–a venture capital project aimed at individuals formerly incarcerated: Defy Ventures provides carefully selected, ambitious men who have criminal histories with life-changing...
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