by admin | Aug 19, 2006 | Black Power, Campaigns and Elections, Hip-hop, Pop Culture, things that make you go hmm |
So through the hhpc’s yahoo email list I found out that “Cousin Jeff” of BET fame is working on the campaign of Ken Blackwell. Folks were putting him on blast because they think he’s sold out, but more importantly because he makes the hip-hop...
by admin | Aug 11, 2006 | Black Power, Neoliberalism, Obama, Pop Culture, The Mass Media |
Obama graces the cover of Men’s Vogue magazine. Who covers it? Why the Washington Post of course! Deja vu all over again.
by admin | Aug 9, 2006 | Black Power, Campaigns and Elections, Neoliberalism, Pop Culture, The Mass Media, Urban Politics |
In my most recent NPR Commentary I rail against the habit of putting articles about black male politicians in the style section. One of the reasons we don’t really know what people like Barak Obama stand for is because pundits are so concerned with their...
by admin | Jul 17, 2006 | Black People Mythology, Crime and Punishment |
Over at blackprof, Prof. Shavar Jeffries makes the provacative argument that perhaps black-on-black crime should be prosecuted as hate crime. To the extent that black criminals hate their racial identity, they may actually be committing crimes against other black...
by admin | Jul 10, 2006 | Black Power, Campaigns and Elections |
Michael Steele is getting all of the press, but in Michigan (where I’m spending summer vacation with the family), the name to remember is Keith Butler. Running for Senate on the GOP ticket, Butler’s already got some history in local government–he was...
by admin | Jul 3, 2006 | Black Power, Campaigns and Elections, Neoliberalism, Pop Culture, The Mass Media, Urban Politics |
Cory Booker made headlines four years ago when he tried to take on the Sharpe James regime in Newark and lost. Disgusted with the poverty, the crime, the corruption that categorized Newark, Booker took the drastic step of moving into the projects while on the City...
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