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World’s Top Black Mind on Racism in America

I had a virtual conversation via instant messenger with my old professor Dr. Spence the other day about a lot of random topics. We discussed the potential economic factors of black blogging, current technology, and recent professional accomplishments. He made a statement to me, however, about saving the chronicling the comments that had been sent [...]

7Nov2007 | Fredric | 5 comments | Continued
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Hip Hop Trends Bleed into the Book Market

This past summer I visited the Borders on Michigan Avenue to buy Edward P. Jones’s latest short story collection. While I quickly scanned the J’s I found myself hoping that the people walking by paid close attention to the sign hanging over the shelves so they’d know I was in the African-American Literature section and [...]

24Oct2007 | Andrea | 4 comments | Continued
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Take ‘Plus One’ Up a notch

Why don’t you take Minus One, Plus One to another level and consider supporting black artists who perform music not specifically marketed to urban audiences.
Diversify your concept of blackness, folks.
In the meantime, check out Rissi Palmer. A black woman born in Pittsburgh and raised in St. Louis.
A recent MSNBC article said,
Rissi Palmer still laughs about [...]

18Oct2007 | Eugene | 2 comments | Continued
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keep your head on a swivel

if you’ve ever played football, coached football, or deem yourself an avid fan, you know the saying:
when running down the field, keep your head on a swivel!
what does that mean exactly? well, if life is the playing field, keeping your wits about you and opening up your eyes to see everything coming at you is [...]

18Oct2007 | Fredric | 6 comments | Continued
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12 years later

Today is the 12th anniversary of the Million Man March, a “day of atonement” for black men across the nation that took place on the Washington Mall. Since then, Oct. 16 has been known as the Holy Day of Atonement. Minister Louis Farrakhan will speak about it today at the Atlanta Civic Center. Read about [...]

16Oct2007 | Eugene | 2 comments | Continued
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Paper Bag Test 2007

It’s not really surprising to me that a Detroit party promoter thought he could get away with having a party just for light-skinned women. Read about it here. Depending on your environment, such coontastic ideas are the norm; go unchallenged and are often encouraged.
But I wonder if he would have gotten the same negative backlash [...]

15Oct2007 | Eugene | 4 comments | Continued
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Bell Returns

So am I the only one who doesn’t have a problem with this?
The Associated Press reported that a judge sent Mychal Bell back to jail because the infamous fight violated terms of his probation for a previous conviction.
He did agree not to get in any more trouble, no?
Read more about it here and discuss.
Eugene is [...]

12Oct2007 | Eugene | 7 comments | Continued
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The Diversity of Blackness

Washington Post Columnist Eugene Robinson wrote:
What do Fox News polemicist Bill O’Reilly, nappy-headed radio jock Don Imus, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, the leading Republican presidential candidates, the National Urban League, the NAACP and much of the national media have in common?
They don’t see, or don’t want to admit, that “black America” is an [...]

9Oct2007 | Eugene | 2 comments | Continued
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Guess whose back in the …. house?!

The National Association of Black Journalists is encouraging Citadel Broadcasting chief executive Farid Suleman and Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes to stop negotiating the return of former radio personality Don Imus to radio and television.
Imus is supposedly in informal talks with Ailes and is finalizing his contract with Citadel Broadcasting.
As you all know, Imus was [...]

9Oct2007 | Eugene | 6 comments | Continued
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