black image Category Archives
via RaceWire: The look and language of UNICEF’s Africa’s campaign
Published on 5 Aug 2007 at 12:10 am.
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Filed under racism, black image, racial rhetoric, Africa, education.
Thought ya’ll might enjoy this one…
via RaceWire:
Tip to Color of Change for forwarding this one. Cross-posted from Black Women in Europe.
This is an actual ad-campaign by UNICEF Germany!This campaign is “blackfacing” white children with mud to pose as “uneducated africans.”
The headline translates “This Ad-campaign developed pro bono by the agency Jung von Matt/Alster shows four […]
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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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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 […]
Whoa.
Published on 5 Apr 2007 at 8:27 pm.
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Filed under black image, history.
Before a few minutes ago, I suppose I lazily held the belief that creative anachronism was, well, a fairly lily-white pastime (and coming from a guy who loves indie rock music, that’s saying a lot). Then I surfed over to the New York Times website and saw this front and center on the main page:
Colonial […]
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 […]
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The First Black Princess
Published on 11 Mar 2007 at 2:58 pm.
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Filed under mainstream culture, entertainment, film, black image.
15 years ago the Disney classic Aladdin made history by introducing the world to princess Jasmine, the first leading lady of color in a Disney film. Jasmine joined the ranks of Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and the fish-lady Ariel as the heroines of the Disney princess dynasty. Since 1992, Pocahontas and Mulan have joined […]
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Afro Samurai—for all the anime heads out there
Published on 17 Jan 2007 at 12:01 am.
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Filed under television, entertainment, black image.
Fans of quality animated entertainment should definitely tune in to Spike TV on Thursday nights at 11p to catch Afro Samurai, which may be the first mainstream anime series to feature a black character in the lead role. It’s got some top-level talent behind it: the vocal cast includes Hollywood heavyweights Samuel L. Jackson, […]
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Stomped Out
Published on 13 Jan 2007 at 11:05 pm.
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Filed under racism, film, black image.
This week in Barak Obama’s home territory of Illinois, the owner of a mid-west theatre chain, Kerasotes Theatres, took measures to ban a controversial new film on Black culture, for fears that it might ignite gang violence. I’m sure you’re all wondering which outrageous Black film merits such extreme action, perhaps a new Spike Lee […]
The Performance of Manhood Vol 2: Get Gangster
Published on 18 Dec 2006 at 12:33 pm.
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Filed under men's issues, television, sports, black image.
Two recent events epitomize the themes of a previous post entitled, The Performance of Manhood. In that post, I talked about a basketball game where I almost got in a fight with an opponent, whom I was dominating. After blocking his shot, he started pounding his chest, shouting profanity and proclaiming how easily he could […]
