by admin | Feb 14, 2011 | Black Leadership, Crime and Punishment, Education, Neoliberalism, Racial Politics |
Photo by Steve SnodgrassMany of you have read about Kelley Williams-Bolar, who was found guilty of two felonies (“theft” and “tampering with records”) when someone revealed that she used her father’s address to enroll her daughters in a...
by admin | Feb 9, 2011 | Hip-hop, Neoliberalism
When we talk about black representation to a certain extent we’re talking about the people in this picture, Michael Nutter (Mayor of Philadelphia), James Clyburn (D-SC), John Lewis (D-Ga), and Artur Davis (member of congress–D-AL–when this picture...
by admin | Feb 8, 2011 | Campaigns and Elections, Neoliberalism, Politics |
When Reagan died in 2004 (on June 5, my birthday) I wrote a piece for the now defunct Africana.com. As conservatives commemorate his 100th birthday I think this piece still stands up: On Saturday, June 5, Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States, passed...
by admin | Feb 7, 2011 | Hip-hop, Neoliberalism, The Mass Media |
Photo by Bob JagendorfSeveral years ago, before the crash, Chrysler rolled out a commercial featuring Chrysler mainstay Lee Iacocca and a by-this-time sanitized rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSrGx2I2K18[/youtube] The commercial is...
by admin | Feb 4, 2011 | Black Family, Marc Steiner Show, Neoliberalism |
Photo by JKönigTwo days ago I talked about black families with Dr. Kris Marsh on the Mark Steiner Show. In briefly examining about how we got “here” I noted how important the prison industrial complex was, and while I really focused on the impact this had...
by admin | Feb 3, 2011 | Black Family, Marc Steiner Show, Neoliberalism, The Mass Media, things that make you go hmm |
Photo by SoulfullAccording to the data, black men and women are marrying at a decreasing rate, and although part of this is clearly a function of the growing incarceration of black men, that story is insufficient, as we see the same phenomenon among whites. In a...
by admin | Feb 1, 2011 | Hip-hop, Politics, Public Policy |
Photo by Ralf HeidWe routinely talk about the hip-hop generation and how this generation (and its successors) differ from those born before them. Some posit that hip-hop has the potential to generate a new movement (wonder how that plays in Egypt about now?). I did...
by admin | Jan 31, 2011 | Hip-hop, Neoliberalism
Photo by David MarklandAbout a month or so ago 50 Cent sent out a few tweets about a penny stock he owned shares of (30 million). After his tweets, its value rose 390% netting him a cool $8.7 million. Though the Huffington Post notes he may be in some legal trouble as...
by admin | Jan 28, 2011 | Announcements, Hip-hop |
This week I received the University of Minnesota Spring Catalog and saw my book featured within. So on a lark, yesterday I went to Amazon.com. And it’s there for pre-order. I’ve been copy-editing since Monday and am due to turn the final copy in Tuesday. I...
by admin | Jan 26, 2011 | Neoliberalism, Obama, Politics |
Photo by stevegarfieldA number of people have chimed in by now about Obama’s State of the Union address. Yesterday I noted that Obama was colonized by corporate language…rather than him using the language of investments for his own ends, I thought...
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