racism Category Archives
“God Damn Haiti” From John Quincy Adams to Pat Robertson
Published on 15 Jan 2010 at 3:25 am.
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Filed under racism, poverty, diaspora, Haiti.
This is why I love teaching. Today, in both my Blacks and Popular Culture class at UNC and in my Music and Political Movements class at NCCU, I discussed the Haiti crisis with my students. Quoting from yesterday’s blog post, in which I published Pat Robertson’s remarks on Haiti being damned, I suggested to my […]
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Our Prayers Go Out To The People Of Haiti / Pat Robertson Spews Unbridled Racism In The Wake of a Tragedy
Published on 14 Jan 2010 at 2:21 am.
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Filed under racism, poverty, diaspora.
First and foremost our prayers go out to the people of Haiti. I have compiled a list of disaster relief organizations to which you can donate funds, but if you choose do so, do it with caution. One of the lessons we learned from Katrina was that donating money with good intentions, to incompetent and […]
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Arrested for Suspected Breaking and Entering… Into His Own Home!?
Published on 20 Jul 2009 at 10:40 pm.
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Filed under racism, ridiculousness, Prison Industrial Complex.
Social critic and comedian Dave Chapelle hilariously described the tense relationship between Black men and police in his landmark stand-up performance, Killing ‘em Softly.
I’m not saying I don’t like police. I’m not saying that. I’m saying, I’m just scared of them. Nothing wrong with that. Sometimes, we want to call them too. Somebody broke into […]
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whopper virgins & the fast food nation: colonialism, marketing, food, sex, and hunger politics.
Published on 23 Dec 2008 at 2:31 pm.
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Filed under racism, news/politics, television, poverty, health.
it has been a long time, but i am back
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Cross posted from kameelahwrites.
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i am sure everyone has seen the whopper virgins commercials with the ‘natives’/’whopper virgins’ in traditional garb tasting burger king whoppers after they have been rescued from their tribal settings to consume fatty American food in a more ‘modern’ setting. […]
Fear of a Black President
Published on 11 Nov 2008 at 2:27 pm.
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Filed under racism, news/politics, racial rhetoric.
Hard as it may be to believe, not everyone is completely overjoyed at America’s recent choice of president. In fact, some folks seem downright shook, so to speak. Check out some of the recent headlines and quotes from the lunatic fringe:
Georgia congressman warns of Obama dictatorship
“I think there are going to be outbreaks from blacks,” […]
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Is Hip Hop Mentally Challenged Music?
Published on 19 Sep 2008 at 12:18 am.
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Filed under racism, entertainment, music, history, education.
The Reign of Retarded Rap by Min. Paul Scott
Over the last two years, Black America has been discussed by the mainstream media perhaps more times than in recent history. Between Don Imus, the Jena 6 and the presidential election, for a moment, it began to seem that black folks were, at least, beginning to put […]
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Duke Student Lashes Out NC Central University
Published on 25 May 2008 at 11:55 am.
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Filed under racism, education.
“It seems anyone can get a college degree these days-especially if they go to North Carolina Central University.” Journalist Kristin Butler writes, “standards of integrity there have long been dismal: This is, after all, the school that gave violent felon Solomon Burnette a diploma in 2007.”
This is excerpted from an article entitled, SUMMA CUM LOONY […]
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Blackademics/Language Arts: Sean Bell Tribute
Published on 25 Apr 2008 at 7:03 pm.
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Filed under racism, violence, police brutality, healing.
I created this Sean Bell tribute in response to the outrageous “not guilty” verdict passed today. I recorded the original song, “Don’t Push” back in 2006, when the incident first occurred. Rest in Peace, brother.
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Not Guilty: Sean Bell’s NYPD Murderers Walk
Published on 25 Apr 2008 at 2:25 pm.
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Filed under racism, violence, police brutality.
Today the NYPD officers who slaughtered an unarmed father of two named Sean Bell received a verdict of Not Guilty. A New York State Supreme Court judge cleared officers Mike Oliver, Marc Cooper and Gescard Isnora of manslaughter and reckless endangerment this morning.
On November 25, 2006, Sean Bell was murdered on the day before […]
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Mumia Abu Jamal: Either Life Sentence or a New Hearing
Published on 28 Mar 2008 at 6:41 pm.
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Filed under racism, Prison Industrial Complex.
Mumia Abu Jamal, a former memeber of the Black Panther Party was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1981 murder of police officer Daniel Faulkner by a (nearly) all white jury. This controversial trail has been the center of international debates on the death penalty, the prison industrial complex, and racism in the American […]
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