by admin | Oct 16, 2009 | Neoliberalism, Obama, Racial Politics, things that make you go hmm |
When Obama got elected a couple of researchers conducted an experiment to see if Obama’s election would have any tangible effect on the racial achievement gap. The logic was there…there’s this thing called “stereotype threat” that causes...
by admin | Jul 30, 2009 | NPR, Obama, Racial Politics, The Mass Media |
I was on Tell Me More last week talking Michael Vick and Cat Fancy, Obama’s Health Care plan, and of course the Gates stuff. Take a listen (and now read the transcript!) here. Some of the best stuff didn’t make it to the final cut–I think this is one...
by admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Black Power, Crime and Punishment, Crisis of the Negro Intellectual, Racial Politics, Urban Politics |
Yesterday I dealt with the flashpoint occasion of Dr. Henry Louis Gates’ arrest and spent most of it recounting a situation that happened to me at the beginning of the last school year. Like Gates I was caught in a narrative I couldn’t get out of. It...
by admin | Jul 21, 2009 | Racial Politics |
Connecting the dots: Henry Louis Gates arrested for breaking in his own home. Comic veteran Dwayne McDuffie pitching a DC comic featuring black characters. Ta-Nehisi riffing on the “I’m not a racist but…” canard. Now all stories are worth...
by admin | Jun 9, 2009 | Black Power, Neoliberalism, Obama, Public Health, Public Policy, Racial Politics, things that make you go hmm |
We all agree that our health care system is broken. We get too little care for what we pay, suffer more than we should even after we pay. When Grant Hill first signed with the Detroit Pistons several years ago now he was on "sky's the limit" trajectory....
by admin | May 28, 2009 | Crisis of the Negro Intellectual, Neoliberalism, NPR, Racial Politics, The Mass Media, Urban Politics |
…went much better than I expected. Listen here. Quick thoughts: An email comment from “Eric” noted that in the wake of Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination it’d be hard to ask taxpayers to continue to expend resources for the black...
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