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Mychal Bell Goes Home
Published on 28 Sep 2007 at 3:33 pm.
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Filed under racism, black culture, black image, collective action.
Mychal Bell, a central figure in the saga that is the ‘Jena 6,’ posted a $45,000 bail today and has returned home to await trial in juvenile court on charges of assault in December.
His release comes after the widely-regarded protests that took place in the Louisiana town two weeks ago, calling for justice in a […]
G-Unit vs. Good Music. And the winner is…
Published on 19 Sep 2007 at 12:43 pm.
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Filed under news/politics, black culture, mainstream culture, music.
Multi-platinum recording artist 50 Cent (G-Unit/Aftermath) threw down the gauntlet several months ago, challenging Kanye West (Good Music/Def Jam) to a battle in record sales, stating: “If Kanye West sells more records than 50 Cent on September 11, I’ll no longer write music. I’ll write music and work with my other artists, but I won’t […]
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Graffiti Tracker: Technology vs. The Streets
Published on 1 Sep 2007 at 12:59 pm.
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Filed under black culture, art, technology.
Graffiti Tracker is a new technology used by public officials and law enforcement to track, apprehend and punish vandals in your community. This web-based program utilizes digital photographs, GPS navigation, and a team of experts to keep criminals off the streets. Just check out these testimonials from satisfied customers on graffititracker.net:
“In addition to […]
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Blackademics Annual Review
Published on 15 Aug 2007 at 12:50 am.
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Filed under positivity, academia, women's issues/feminism, black culture, sexuality, interviews, film, history, racial rhetoric, technology.
One year ago today, we published the first Blackademics Interview with John Hope Franklin. Since then, on the 15th of every month we’ve published interviews with some of the world’s most distinguised scholars, artists and activists. On our one year anniversary, I thought it would be nice put together a little tribute to celebrate one […]
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Always With The Black Males…
Published on 18 May 2007 at 1:45 am.
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Filed under men's issues, black culture, black image.
The mainstream press has run so many news stories about the pathological sociology and psychology of African- American males recently that it’s about time to start talking about Failing Black Men Syndrome, analogous to the well-known Missing White Woman Syndrome. The latest entry spotlights a new report by the Task Force on the Education of […]
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Hip-hop’s favorite expletives
Published on 28 Apr 2007 at 1:29 am.
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Filed under women's issues/feminism, black culture, entertainment, music.
I see that Paul Butler over at Blackprof has gotten a decent amount of mileage out of his recent post on Russell Simmons’ call for the entertainment industry to voluntarily ban the n-word, “bitch,” and “ho” from their media products. Butler roundly rejects the idea, taking the standard “if you don’t like it, don’t buy […]
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The Right to Be Wrong
Published on 18 Apr 2007 at 10:21 am.
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Filed under black culture, entertainment, black image, collective action.
Between Don Imus and Duke Lacrosse, the nation at large has once again taken up the issue of the Crisis of Black America. Much discussion has been made regarding the plight of African-Americans, and what (or who) is responsible for it. The most recent target? Hip-hop.
Many prominent and influential African-Americans are leading the charge against […]
Kenya Loves Kenny
Published on 8 Apr 2007 at 3:46 am.
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Filed under black culture, entertainment, music.
Noted without comment: a fascinating NPR piece on the popularity of American country music in Kenya, of all places. Definitely worth checking out.
Keepin’ It Fake
Published on 3 Apr 2007 at 10:52 pm.
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Filed under black culture, black image.
What does the term “ghetto,” used as an adjective, mean to you? In her recently-released book Ghettonation, journalist Cora Daniels defines it as a catch-all for all behaviors irresponsible, crass, impulsive, and self-destructive. In his Washington Post review thereof, Spelman professor William Jelani Cobb agrees with Daniels’ overarching point that certain elements of black culture […]
Superheroes: Urban Style
Published on 23 Mar 2007 at 9:18 am.
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Filed under positivity, black culture, entertainment, black image, art.
Okay, here’s my chance to speak on something I’m really passionate about: comic books. Yall can call me a lame if you want to but comic books have always appealed to me as a Black man. In the Marvel universe for example, mutants (X-Men) had to deal with racial discrimination, forced segregation, hatred and lynch […]
