by admin | Sep 7, 2006 | NPR, Pop Culture, The Mass Media |
Just what we need. Bob Johnson wants to create a production house specializing in black family comedies. I can just imagine what the movies will look like. Check out my NPR commentary.
by admin | Sep 7, 2006 | Announcements |
Back in the saddle after a two year break, I’m teaching again. Comparative Racial Politics and Black Politics. Descriptions below the fold: Black Politics: This course is an historical survey of the bases and substance of politics among black Americans and...
by admin | Sep 4, 2006 | things that make you go hmm |
Prometheus6 linked to an article from Science that supposedly shows that a 15 minute self-esteem session improves the education of black children in the short and long term. In my first draft I was going to argue against it, not the finding, but a particular part of...
by admin | Aug 30, 2006 | Black Power, Neoliberalism, NPR, The Mass Media, Urban Politics |
Just saw that my recent commentary on Katrina is out. Give a listen and let me know what you think. In fact, check out my first commentary on Katrina as well…written at last year’s meeting of the American Political Science Association.
by admin | Aug 30, 2006 | Announcements |
I’m leaving later this evening to go to the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association. I’m presenting a paper entitled “The Not So Minimal Consequences of Watching Rap Videos.” I’ve been keeping it under wraps because I...
by admin | Aug 27, 2006 | Afrofuturism, Black Leadership, Black Power, Neoliberalism |
What if you brought together over 100 of the world’s most innovative thinkers at one roundtable…and then asked them (simultaneously) to answer 100 questions culled from thousands submitted from all over the world? What if the responses were videotaped and...
by admin | Aug 23, 2006 | NPR, Pop Culture, Racial Politics, The Mass Media |
Oliver Stone’s recent movie on the World Trade Center has come under criticism because of casting issues. You can hear my spin on it. A number of us have fallen victim to the fakelore of white supremacy. This is one case where it is pretty clear to me that black...
by admin | Aug 21, 2006 | Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Neoliberalism, Urban Politics |
Story here. The details haven’t come out yet. I’m suspecting it’s going to be tied to seniority. But let’s say for the sake of discussion that each worker is going to get offered something like 60 grand to walk. My dad just retired from Ford....
by admin | Aug 21, 2006 | Black Family, Gender and Politics |
Some years ago I read a piece in Rolling Stone on Thailand, on its burgeoning (sex) tourist industry. There was one quote that stood out to me: “Thailand is the last place on Earth where you can be a White Man.” If that’s true, then Brazil is the...
by admin | Aug 20, 2006 | Black Leadership, Black Power, Hip-hop, Pop Culture, things that make you go hmm
It looks like homeboy Ken Blackwell is going to go down in defeat. The type of defeat you can’t politically bounce back from. I thought this would be a good time to bring an old draft out. One of the biggest critiques levied against Cousin Jeff was that he...
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