by admin | Jun 8, 2008 | Black Family, Education, Gender and Politics |
My mother called me last week with the story of the white Morehouse valedictorian. I didn’t think the story important enough to write about, because on its face the story reminded me of the not so famous White Tiger. We’ve got all types of stories about...
by admin | May 25, 2008 | Black Family, Black Leadership |
I’ve been thinking about King because I’m writing an academic paper about media representations of him…and have been thinking about Malcolm X because his birthday coincides with that of my middle son. Next week I will be as old as Martin Luther King...
by admin | May 1, 2008 | Black Family, Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Education, The Mass Media |
This video runs long, but is worth it if you’ve the time. Watch it and tell me that any of the candidates has EVER spoken to these issues. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akVL7QY0S8A[/youtube]More here.
by admin | Mar 27, 2008 | Black Leadership, Black Power, Crime and Punishment, Gender and Politics, Racial Politics, Urban Politics
What Tami Said.
by admin | Jan 15, 2008 | Black Power, Campaigns and Elections, Democracy, Gender and Politics, Obama, Racial Politics |
In a previous post i linked to steinem’s (idiotic) piece on gender and race. Here she engages in a discussion with Melissa Harris-Lacewell about the issues on Democracy Now. Although you can read the transcript, knowing Dr. Harris-Lacewell I’d strongly...
by admin | Jan 15, 2008 | Black Power, Campaigns and Elections, Democracy, Gender and Politics, NPR, Racial Politics, The Mass Media |
The recent flap over the apparent use of the southern strategy by the Clinton campaign led me to write a longer piece about the subject that appeared in Salon yesterday.Also, in the barbershop we talked about Gloria Steinem’s recent piece on the race/gender...
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