by admin | Apr 7, 2008 | Announcements, Black Power, Crisis of the Negro Intellectual
I wish I’d thought of this: Stand Up! The New Politics of Racial Uplift A Public Philosophy SymposiumTemple UniversityFriday, May 2nd, 20089am to 5pmKiva Auditorium and Tuttleman Learning Center, Room 101For information about participants, schedule, and work by...
by admin | Nov 18, 2007 | Black Family, Black Power, Crisis of the Negro Intellectual, Democracy, Racial Politics |
The first actually isn’t against black people as much as it is part of a long standing attempt to revise the historical record with Reagan. Lou Cannon, David Brooks, and a couple of others have attempted this mission. This is part of a much longer legacy and can...
by admin | May 30, 2007 | Afrofuturism, Black Power, Crisis of the Negro Intellectual, Urban Politics |
Forty years ago this summer, Detroit burned, leaving 43 dead, 467 injured, and 2000 buildings burned to the ground. Although some argue that this ended up being the impetus for white flight, the fact of the matter is that even as whites had the opportunity to leave in...
by admin | Mar 2, 2007 | Crisis of the Negro Intellectual, NPR, The Mass Media |
Michele Martin has been working on a new NPR show and has been demoing parts of it on her blog. My man Jimi came up with a brilliant idea. Instead of having a roundtable discussion of experts as experts about the days events, why not have a roundtable discussion...
by admin | Feb 26, 2007 | Crisis of the Negro Intellectual, Neoliberalism, Political Ideology |
Somehow I missed Gary Dauphin’s take on John McWhorter. I’m interested in McWhorter about as far as I can throw him, but what I am becoming more interested in are the politics of The New Accomodationism. Accomodationism refers to the ideology taken up by...
by admin | Feb 12, 2007 | Black Leadership, Crisis of the Negro Intellectual |
I had the opportunity this weekend to meet a brother I’ve thought of as a friend for at least five years–Jelani Cobb. Jelani was in the area promoting his new book and I got a chance to kick it with him a bit. We got to talking about nationalism and...
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