by admin | Mar 30, 2011 | Culture, Neoliberalism, Pop Culture |
Photo by What WhatMy next book begins with the JayZ quote “I’m not a businessman, I’m a business man.” Although I don’t use the quote in Stare in the Darkness (OUT SOON!) I thought it captured the neoliberal ethos perfectly. JayZ knows something folks like Ed Dunn...
by admin | Jul 1, 2009 | Culture, Pop Culture |
I hit the road for Detroit at 7pm on Thursday. Not knowing whether I could make the trip solo (i.e. without another adult driving) I sent a shout out to both Twitter and Facebook, looking for virtual road dogs. I read someone twitter “MJ RIP.” I knew he wasn’t talking...
by admin | Sep 24, 2008 | Campaigns and Elections, Democracy, Gender and Politics, Pop Culture, The Mass Media |
I was in Boston (and not blogging much) at our annual political science convention when they announced Palin as the pick. I was standing next to Wilbur Rich and my man Harwood. I laughed aloud. A brilliant pick. Young, charismatic, and committed to the particular...
by admin | Sep 23, 2008 | Culture, Pop Culture, The Mass Media
The Emmy’s were on a couple of nights ago. I made a decision to boycott (yeah, like I watch it anyway) once I found out that in its last year the Wire only received one nomination. One of Ta-Nehisi’s readers thinks that the reason is because white viewers couldn’t...
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 Jones...
by admin | Jul 4, 2008 | Announcements, Black Family, Pop Culture, The Mass Media |
Niara and Grandma Tootsie, originally uploaded by Unbowed. My paternal grandmother passed away last fall. Her birthday would have been today. Here she is with my daughter whose birthday is on Sunday. I thought about her when I heard about Rene Marie....
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