by admin | Aug 2, 2006 | Afrofuturism, Urban Politics |
The hardest thing for me to do on any given day is clear the cobwebs out of my head so I can start writing. This is what I’m trying to do now…get the juices flowing. As a result this is going to ramble a bit. Yesterday, long after the cobwebs had cleared I...
by admin | Aug 1, 2006 | Campaigns and Elections, Democracy |
Browsing, I ran into this. My incoming freshmen were born in 1988. They started sixth grade around the time Napster took hold. Not only do they not recall the 8-track, or the album (the only reason they know vinyl at all is because of the house/electro/hip-hop DJ),...
by admin | Jul 31, 2006 | Black Family, Neoliberalism, Racial Politics, The Mass Media |
In today’s New York Times, they acknowledge one of the hidden realities of the current economy–the growing number of men who have dropped out of the economy totally. But because the population is largely white, there isn’t even a hint of the venom...
by admin | Jul 30, 2006 | Pop Culture, The Mass Media |
I don’t know if the Michigan All Stars should’ve come in second, but this is low.
by admin | Jul 27, 2006 | Black Family, Neoliberalism, Public Health, Public Policy, Urban Politics |
I got word today that a brother I knew indirectly (he was a member of one of the black fraternities at Michigan, and I knew some of the people he pledged with) killed himself and his wife in a murder-suicide. He left behind three children (who were in the home locked...
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