Archive for February, 2008
Best Of The Web This Week
The Root: Blackness Primer Revisited - Writer John McWhorter argues that it’s not stereotyping to say that religious leanings, a love of fried chicken and a penchant for dancing are black cultural traits. Well, I guess there are black people out there - me included - who do these things… But how far do you go with this type of [...]
What’s Right With Black People?
I have asked black friends the question ‘what’s right with black people?’… and for some reason it seems to draw a blank. Someone even said - albeit jokingly - “there ain’t nothing right with us!”. We have become so focussed on our pathology that we don’t know what works anymore. Just this week, USA today published [...]
You’re Not Really Black!
Whilst browing the selections of blogs that I usually read to keep up to date on what’s going on in the cyberworld, I came across a post by a black blogger about why he wasn’t sure whether or not he should vote for Obama.
I was with him until I got to this:
“I’d argue that Bill Clinton is [...]
I’m Famous!
Well, that’s an exaggeration.. But whilst doing a Google search on myself (as I sometimes do when I’m bored!), I discovered that something I have written is this week’s Quote Of The Week on the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education! It’s from a piece of mine entitled ‘Separate Reality’ that was recently published in UK newspaper The Guardian.
As someone [...]
Someone Really Loves Barack!
Best Of The Web This Week
Here are some sites which have caught my attention this week:
Electronic Village: Fox News Compares Barack Obama to Hitler
The folks at Electronic Village, and a number of readers, are unsurprisingly outraged by a piece on FOX News in which Obama is compared to Hitler. To me, the piece is so dumb that it isn’t really worth getting upset over…
Racialicious: [...]
Transcending Race? Don’t Talk Nonsense!
I watched an interesting discussion on TV yesterday in which the question ‘has Obama transcended race?’ was asked (yet again).
Honestly, I find notions such as ‘transcending race’ and ‘post-racial politics’ not only nonsensical but rather troubling. Although people use the terms as though they are a cause for celebration, when you read between the lines you find [...]
Boycott Black History Month?
Minister Paul Scott from the Messianic Afrikan Nation (don’t ask me who they are) went on FOX News calling for black people (African Americans specifically) to boycott Black History Month. Why? Because he believes it has been hijacked by white organizations who want to give us their own version of black history.
Hmmm….When we didn’t have black history month, we were [...]
Yes We Can!
In an era when most music is disposable and carries meaningless messages, it’s great to see Black Eyed Peas’ Will.i.am and friends making the most of the power of music in this way. I didn’t realise how powerful Obama’s speech was until I saw this video.
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Obama & The Hidden Black Man
Unlike others caught in the grip of Obamania, I don’t believe that Obama is the Messiah. And, apart from the rather vague promises of hope and change, I’m still not sure what his policies are. One thing is for sure, however: he certainly symbolizes a great deal for a great many, myself included.
Just last week, I sat [...]