by admin | Sep 13, 2007 | Black Power, Crime and Punishment, Public Policy, Urban Politics |
I got this from Earl, who asked for comments. In a nutshell? There are only a couple of populations you can ask this of without getting laughed out of office. Black people, and Native Americans. This is not a coincidence. Some might think this a rational policy, and...
by admin | Sep 9, 2007 | Black Family |
Stop using your underwear as nunchucks.
by admin | Sep 7, 2007 | Culture |
I cribbed this from Warren Ellis. * Createspace.com: Amazon’s Print On Demand operation. Very interesting. For no money at all, you can create a book (or CD or DVD or whatever), get an Amazon Buy It Now badge for your website, and let them take care of...
by admin | Sep 6, 2007 | Education, The Mass Media, Urban Politics |
Back on the block. I’m teaching Urban Politics this semester. First time in a few years. The first day is usually a give the syllabus send them home type of day, but I wanted to deal with the big questions. So I started with two youtube videos (last time I...
by admin | Sep 5, 2007 | Urban Politics |
Katrina 2 Originally uploaded by Unbowed. A reminder.
by admin | Aug 28, 2007 | Black Power, Politics, Urban Politics |
There are a few issues in the news that I’ve wanted to touch on but haven’t had the time. Still don’t have the time. So I’ll present a scenario and a question. You’ve got a neighborhood of black people in a predominantly black city. Two...
by admin | Aug 22, 2007 | Culture, Sports |
The central meme that will define Vick’s circumstance is a simple one. He didn’t leave the hood in the hood. People make the same argument about Pacman, and used to make the same argument about AI. But here’s the thing. While there is a set of...
by admin | Aug 15, 2007 | Politics |
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by admin | Aug 15, 2007 | History, The Mass Media |
In 1933, when America was mired deeply in the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt came into office and launched federal policies to revive the economy. Many now remember well his New Deal policies. But, there were some at the time — particularly well-heeled...
by admin | Aug 14, 2007 | Black Leadership, Education |
For a great many of us involved in black student politics on college campuses from Michigan to Howard, we came to our love of wisdom by dealing with the Ancients rather than the early Greeks. And our knowledge of ma’at and related concepts came not reading...
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