Did You Know that Somebody OWNS THE MOON?

by | Dec 18, 2006 | Afrofuturism | 1 comment

Ok.  I was checking out an interview with Minister Faust.  Faust, wrote one of the most original pieces of science fiction that I’d read in the past few years in The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad, and given that he’s got a new book coming...

NYPD Surge Drill (You Tube)

by | Dec 14, 2006 | Neoliberalism | 2 comments

(Updated 12.15.06) Check out this video: (I removed the Youtube video because Firefox 2.0 users and Safari users had trouble.) This one may be more representative. Check it out as well. The relationship between police and citizens in urban spaces with large non-white...

Afronerd on the NYC Brutality case

by | Dec 3, 2006 | Political Ideology | 6 comments

Over at Afronerd they’re discussing the Queen brutality case. Their ideological line is very far from mine, but I am not interested in that as much as I am interested in what flows from that. How does a moderate conservative ideological perspective alter their...

Police Brutality and Al Sharpton

by | Nov 30, 2006 | Black Leadership | 3 comments

In his recent post Why Do Families Call on Sharpton Steve Gillard attempts to answer what is probably a pressing question amongs white New Yorkers at the very least. Why is it whenever there is some sort of “racial flare up” Sharpton gets the call? I...

Failing Our Young

by | Nov 28, 2006 | NPR, The Mass Media | 4 comments

In the wake of Cosby-like arguments damning black people for their condition, I thought it would be helpful to actually talk about the case of a single person who’d done all the right things, but still couldn’t get ahead. Listen to her story here.

Bo Schembechler in memorandum

by | Nov 18, 2006 | Sports

Bo Schembechler, the greatest sports figure in University of Michigan history passed away two days ago, before Michigan (#2) plays Ohio State (#1) in the 104th version of the greatest rivalry in college sports. It’s funny. Black students in general have the same...