by admin | Jan 14, 2011 | Campaigns and Elections, Neoliberalism, Obama
Based on his rhetoric, one of Obama’s chief goals is to reduce the bipartisan bickering that many feel has reduced the nation’s ability to get work done. But what if bipartisanship was possible without reducing wealth inequality (which as of now is a shade...
by admin | Aug 10, 2010 | Black Power, Politics, Racial Politics, The Mass Media
To many people, black politics and the black church is synonymous. But the relationship between black churches and politics has changed over the years, in partial response to changes in local, and national political priorities, and also in response to changes in black...
by admin | Jul 21, 2010 | Afrofuturism, Marc Steiner Show, Neoliberalism, Politics, The Mass Media |
A few weeks ago I was able to attend and speak at the United States Social Forum held in my hometown of Detroit, Michigan. I had a couple of different interviews about it. One conducted by Marc Steiner–this one was special to me because he interviewed my father...
by admin | Jun 24, 2010 | Announcements, Gender and Politics, Neoliberalism, NPR, Obama, The Mass Media |
And I’ve been here soaking it all in. Several thousand men, women, and children in downtown Detroit, and we can scarcely get a mention from the mainstream press, while the Tea Party continues to soak up bandwidth. I’d say “amazing” but of...
by admin | May 28, 2010 | Black Leadership, Crime and Punishment, Urban Politics |
Al Sharpton delivered the eulogy for 7-year-old Aiyana Jones last Saturday. On the previous Sunday, May 16, 2010, Jones was killed by Detroit police officers during a raid of a home harboring a 34-year-old suspected of the murder of a 17-year-old high school student....
by admin | Mar 12, 2010 | Hip-hop
, originally uploaded by Asa Beal. One of my students is currently studying abroad, and has been taking pictures of graffiti that he’s seen while in Europe. I’m going to showcase some of his shots here.
by admin | Mar 10, 2010 | Marc Steiner Show, Racial Politics, The Mass Media |
The first day of the Fall 2009 semester I was victimized by racial harassment on campus–I was asked to leave an outdoor event under the threat of security after an encounter with a staff person. Sometime that semester the good folks at The Urbanite–one of...
by admin | Mar 9, 2010 | Black Leadership, Black Power, Neoliberalism, Obama, The Mass Media |
A couple of weeks ago Rev. Al Sharpton and other prominent African Americans (including NAACP head Benjamin Jealous and Council of Negro Women President Dorothy Heights) were invited to the White House to discuss President Obama’s job bill. Afterwards some of...
by admin | Mar 8, 2010 | Black Power, Gender and Politics, Public Policy |
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfYvL4wnWeY[/youtube] Above Dr. L’Hereux Lewis gives a keynote lecture at Morehouse College, his alma mater, about the issue of “black male privilege”, something that may seem contradictory to some of us given...
by admin | Feb 24, 2010 | Black Leadership, Black Power, Neoliberalism, things that make you go hmm |
Last Saturday the NAACP replaced longtime Chairman Julian Bond, naming health-care administrator Roslyn M. Brock as its chairman. Brock, 44, is, like President/CEO Benjamin Jealous the first such chairman to never have experienced legal segregation. I’m mildly...
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