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Is the Reverend Wright? or is the Reverend Wrong?
Published on 1 May 2008 at 2:28 am.
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Filed under news/politics, television, spirituality.
Reverend Jeremiah Wright addressed an enthusiastic group scholars, spiritual leaders, and press at the National Press Club this Monday. I watched the whole thing and found myself engaged by the charismatic delivery and penetrating content of his speech. My first thought was about how much this speech was going to clarify and reconcile some of […]
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Hundreds Protest BET and MTV
Published on 5 Nov 2007 at 7:00 pm.
3 Comments.
Filed under television, black image, collective action.
Pinch me! Is this a dream?!
Wearing white T-shirts with red stop signs and chanting “BET does not reflect me, MTV does not reflect me,” protesters have been gathering every Saturday outside the homes of Viacom executives in Washington and New York City. The orderly, mostly black crowds are protesting music videos that they say degrade […]
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Jena 6.. @ The BET Hip-Hop Awards!?
Published on 23 Oct 2007 at 3:10 pm.
19 Comments.
Filed under ridiculousness, mainstream culture, television, entertainment.
I know I’m late, the BET Hip-Hop Awards were over a week ago, but I was out of town and I just caught the re-broadcast this week. I was surprised to see two of the Jena 6 brothers (Bryant Purvis and Carwin Jones) decked out, on the red carpet like some overnight celebrities! Was anyone […]
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Read a MotherF@#&’n Book
Published on 5 Sep 2007 at 11:15 pm.
58 Comments.
Filed under ridiculousness, television, entertainment, black image.
I recently recorded an interview with Malcolm Jamal Warner, in which he was singing the praises of his new favorite Hip-Hop track, Read a Book by Bomani Armah. I had heard the song a few months ago and watched the video on Youtube, but I was not aware of the controversy that it caused until […]
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Black History, Education and Oprah
Published on 28 Feb 2007 at 6:55 pm.
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Filed under academia, television, history, collective action.
As we say farewell to another Black History Month I wanted to address some of the struggles I’ve been facing as an educator in the community. I help teach a class for children, ages 10-16 at the local library here in Syracuse (training future Blackademcis). In class we talk about racism, black history the struggles […]
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25 reasons being black ain’t easy
Published on 23 Feb 2007 at 1:43 am.
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Filed under black culture, television.
This Tuesday, BET aired a program called, “Top 25 Events that (Mis)Shaped Black America“. It was a nice blend of comedy and serious social commentary, hosted by one of our up-coming Blackademics interviewees Paul Mooney. An encore broadcast will air on BET this Friday, Feb. 23rd at 10pm. For those of you who have […]
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2 Black Coaches in the Superbowl!!!
Published on 23 Jan 2007 at 1:49 am.
5 Comments.
Filed under positivity, television, sports.
Yesterday, two Black coaches made professional football history. Lovie Smith, of the Chicago Bears, led his team to a 39-14 point victory over the New Orleans Saints. Hours later, Tony Dungy led his Indianapolis Colts to the AFC title in a 38-34 victory over the New England Patriots. Finally, after 4 decades, one of the […]
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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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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 […]
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Equal®?
Published on 3 Dec 2006 at 4:12 pm.
15 Comments.
Filed under television, radical politics, commercialism.
This post and the artwork that accompanies it come courtesy of Pierce and I’s sister, Maya, an MFA student at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA.
Taking a break from my Civil Rights class taught by Professor Gerald Gill at Tufts University, I stepped into the graduate lounge and a packet […]
