by admin | Jul 1, 2007 | Black Leadership, Education, things that make you go hmm, Urban Politics |
Lani Guinier wrote an article in the Journal of American History on Brown vs. Board. Up until this point the best critique I’d read about the NAACP strategy had been Harold Cruse’s Plural But Equal. But what Guinier’s article brings to light is the way that race and...
by admin | Jul 1, 2007 | Pop Culture, Urban Politics
I thought about this story reading today’s New York Times, which railed against the death of streetball. There are all types of street games we played when we were young–tag, frozen tag, hide and go seek, kickball, dodgeball, four square, two square, monkey in the...
by admin | Jun 27, 2007 | Announcements, Politics, Public Health, Public Policy, Urban Politics |
We all know that black people die sooner, are more likely to be afflicted with a range of ills, and less likely to get care. Some of this is pure economics. But this dynamic goes up the socio-economic scale, indicating that this is not just “class” by another name.My...
by admin | Jun 25, 2007 | Afrofuturism, Black Leadership, Democracy, Urban Politics |
A number of people have answered my simple question. How far could you travel when you were a kid?I decided to actually answer this question myself by way of google maps. By walking/bike riding? The farthest I went unsupervised was about 7 miles on foot. And from the...
by admin | Jun 15, 2007 | Black Family, Urban Politics |
When I was young, I could walk or bike up to five or six miles away from home. I sometimes told my parents where I was going, but often did not. I didn’t call them when I made it to the spot. I didn’t call them when I was on my way back.A couple of times I remember...
by admin | Jun 14, 2007 | Crime and Punishment, Urban Politics
Ok. It’s been a bit. And I’ve been meaning to post this here. As some of you remember I went to NYC a few weeks ago for business. Only the second time I’ve been to NYC as an adult, and the first time I’ve really been able to get a feel for the city. On a sojourn from...
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