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A Sad Day For Uppity Negroes: The Day Obama threw Wright under the bus

April 29, 2008by the uppity negro 26 Comments

Per The Black Snob’s list perhaps the “under the bus” phrase is over-used, however, I believe the metaphor makes sense:  Today we saw the clash of two uppity Negroes, members […]

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Politics, The Color Line
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In Defense of the Black Church: America’s chickens are coming home to roost

April 28, 2008by the uppity negro 2 Comments

Wow! I really didn’t expect to wake up at 10:30am to my friend calling me telling me that Jeremiah Wright had yet again found himself in a live news media […]

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Church and Society, Politics, Religion, The Color Line
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I Can’t Fit Gap Underwear!!!

April 28, 2008by the uppity negro Leave a comment

At first I don’t know why this thought popped into my head, but as I sat down, with my church clothes on waiting for my calzone last night, I realized […]

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Pop Culture, Random Thoughts from an Uppity Negro
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Should Jeremiah Wright be quiet?

April 28, 2008by the uppity negro Leave a comment

Let me respond to that question early on in this post with a resounding HELL NAH! Honestly, I thought he should have been quiet as far as the Bill Moyers […]

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Church and Society, Politics, The Color Line
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Presidential debates on TV in peril

April 23, 2008by the uppity negro 4 Comments

Meh, it’s finals and I don’t feel like writing as much as I used to.  My right hand/wrist seems to be threatening Carpal’s tunnel syndrome and I DON’T need that […]

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My Vote’s for Obama (if I could vote)

April 22, 2008by the uppity negro Leave a comment

My Vote’s for Obama (if I could vote) …by Michael Moore   Friends, I don’t get to vote for President this primary season. I live in Michigan. The party leaders […]

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Politics, Pop Culture

Obama gets the ‘dirt off his shoulders’

April 21, 2008by the uppity negro 3 Comments

Obamawatch 2008! continues   Yes, for all of those uppity Negroes out there, Barack Obama did in fact ‘brush his shoulders off’ in an attempt to get rid of the […]

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Politics, Pop Culture, The Color Line
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What Is ‘Speaking Truth to Power?’: Social Justice Gains Popularity

April 19, 2008by the uppity negro 3 Comments

I grew up hearing the phrase “speak truth to power” and its derivatives namely from the pulpit and from my mother.  It was always used as a justification for preaching […]

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Church and Society, Pop Culture, Random Thoughts from an Uppity Negro, Religion, Theology of Preaching
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Don’t Make Your Tomb Your Tabernacle

April 16, 2008by the uppity negro 1 Comment

Just wanted to share with you all what one my school’s about to be alumni Kippie Brown preached tonight for our school’s last Ecumenical Late-Night service.  Coming from Mark 5 […]

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Random Thoughts from an Uppity Negro, Religion

I Have No Words….Detroit City Council by way of Kwame Kilpatrick

April 16, 2008by the uppity negro Leave a comment

I mean wow!  I’m ashamed to be black after watching my sistah girl act like she did.  Literally ashamed. And then she committed the cardinal sin, she thoroughly emasculated a […]

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I Have No Words, Politics, Pop Culture, The Color Line

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