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When Anti-Homophobic Rhetoric Turns Reactionary:Another Look at The Boondocks & Tyler Perry
Published on 4 Jul 2010 at 3:05 pm.
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Filed under men's issues, black culture, mainstream culture, sexuality, television, entertainment, black image, art, popular culture, LGBT.
Aaron McGruder’s notorious animated series, “The Boondocks”, has been engaged in radical critiques of black culture, black political formations and black identity politics since its 1996 inception in The Diamondback, the student newspaper at the University of Maryland. “The Boondocks” has grown from a student newspaper comic strip to a nationally syndicated television series that […]
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Rise of the Urban Chameleon
Published on 22 Aug 2009 at 10:40 pm.
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Filed under black culture, television, popular culture.
What is an Urban Chameleon? Someone who, “might enjoy a two pump soy chai latte to digest the bangin’ curry goat with rice and peas they just ate,” according to the new blog Home of the Urban Chameleon. I personally prefer sweet tea with my curry goat. I wonder if that makes me a Southern […]
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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. […]
Killing the Messenger: Chris Rock’s Political Content Silenced
Published on 3 Oct 2008 at 1:24 pm.
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Filed under television, entertainment.
On September 27th, Chris Rock’s new comedy special entitled Kill the Messenger aired exclusively on HBO. This was his 6th HBO special, but the first one where I’ve felt like the outspoken Rock was holding his tongue. I suppose I was misled by the interview he held with Larry King a few days prior to […]
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Minorities and risky folks caused the markets to fail?
Published on 1 Oct 2008 at 10:19 am.
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Filed under news/politics, television, ignorance, economy.
I’ve spent a lot of time watching the subprime meltdown unfold. The media-made moniker for the nation’s financial crisis is somewhat misleading, as it implies that subprime mortgages are entirely to blame for this mess. Earlier this month, Neil Cavuto (FOX News) alluded to it on the air, saying the government should have known that “loaning to minorities […]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 […]
