by admin | Nov 24, 2008 | Afrofuturism, Marc Steiner Show, The Future of the City, Urban Politics |
In discussing whether the auto industry deserves a bailout, we talked about the role of the auto industry in creating the middle class. The work protections that we have, the work week that we have, the benefits we have, all come from the “massification”...
by admin | Nov 21, 2008 | Afrofuturism, Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Marc Steiner Show, Neoliberalism, Urban Politics |
I’m a Ford kid. I graduated from the high school I did because of Ford money. Graduated from undergrad out of Michigan because of Ford money. Went to grad school, got married to the woman i did, and had the children i did, indirectly because of Ford money. But...
by admin | Oct 31, 2008 | Afrofuturism, Education, Obama, Politics, The Mass Media |
I’m doing some work for blackprof this month. And going straight to video, in order to begin a new type of conversation as I note below: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo_vK5vfvXc[/youtube]
by admin | Oct 17, 2008 | Afrofuturism, Campaigns and Elections, Urban Politics |
A while back I noted the powerful black party discipline that attended Obama. Rather than take the opportunity to talk about ideas, about what we would actually want from an Obama presidency, we talked more about getting him over that electoral hump. To the point of...
by admin | Sep 25, 2008 | Campaigns and Elections, Gender and Politics, Hip-hop, Obama, The Mass Media, things that make you go hmm |
Byron Hurt has a new project examining black masculinity and the jump off point is a question about the connection between Barack Obama and Curtis Jackson (50 Cent). Trailer no. 2: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEOT4wAetzY[/youtube] I am going to come back...
by admin | Aug 17, 2008 | Afrofuturism, Pop Culture, The Mass Media |
Hey, I’ve a question. Over the last 40 years, how many times have African Americans played or become the President in popular media (movies, television shows, comedy skits, comic books, literature)? Dennis Haybert (24) Tiny Lister (The Fifth Element) James Earl...
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