I’m making the general assumption that some of my older readers aren’t aware of this television show on MTV called “Sex With Mom and Dad.” I don’t know if any other bloggers have attacked the show from this angle, so if they have, I apologize for the upcoming redundancy….oh well. But, usually when I watch [...]
Archive for October, 2008
MTV Only sees Premarital ‘Sex’ as a Problem With Young Girls
Posted: October 30, 2008 by the uppity negro in Church and Society, Pop Culture, Random Thoughts from an Uppity Negro, Religion8
Let The Dead Bury The Dead
Posted: October 28, 2008 by the uppity negro in Pop Culture, Random Thoughts from an Uppity NegroThis whole weekend everyone on campus, along with my friends back in Chicago have been proclaiming the tragedy of Jennifer Hudson’s mother and brother. On yesterday the news of her nephew’s murder came to light in addition to the double murder on the campus of University of Central Arkansas. As for metro Atlanta, there was news [...]
It’s old news by now, but given the fact that I’ve been AWOL for now over a week, I feel the need to write about it. Yes, it’s the story of Ashley Todd. Below is a preliminary report on Ashley Todd that made national news. A McCain campaign volunteer who reported that a tall black [...]
My Final Political Post Prior To November 5th
Posted: October 20, 2008 by the uppity negro in Politics, Random Thoughts from an Uppity NegroReally, I’ve had it up to here. **points to my eyes** This political season has worn me OWT! Maybe it’s because I’m blogging and I’m looking at things different; or maybe it’s because this is the first time I’ve had 24 hour cable access–I don’t know. But what I do know is that barring anything [...]
Colin Powell Endorses Sen. Barack Obama–Whoda thunkit?
Posted: October 19, 2008 by the uppity negro in PoliticsThis is a short post. But seriously come on now, I mean, granted this presidential race is NOT over by a longshot, but the fact that retired General Colin Powell, a Republican, endorsed Sen. Barack Obama’s candidacy today proves to me that McCain is really off of his rocker. I mean, if Colin Powell could [...]
Sunday Morning Coffee Break: ‘Religulous’ Movie Review
Posted: October 19, 2008 by the uppity negro in Church and Society, Movie Reviews, ReligionI treated myself on Friday night to go see Bill Maher’s new movie “Religulous.” I joked, half serious that I was renouncing Christianity and assuming a belief system based on love. As far as I’m concerned Maher did a pretty accurate depiction of everyday, borderline evangelical Christianity in this country. The opening venue is a [...]
What’s Your ‘Hood Status? Pt. II
Posted: October 17, 2008 by the uppity negro in Pop Culture, Random Thoughts from an Uppity NegroEarlier this week before I got swamped down with being here in school, I posted a blog called What’s Your Hood Status? that tackled the issue of the fine line between being uppity and being elitist and how does one balance that without being elitist. I had a simple answer: Let me drive a Dodge Charger [...]
YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! I’ve been around for ONE whole year!!!! YUP, it was a year ago today that my friend at Soul Jonz sat down with me and suggested I started a blog. And my first blog was posted on October 15, 2007. Here are a few interesting statistics about my blog. As of this posting, 48, [...]
What’s Your ‘Hood Status?
Posted: October 14, 2008 by the uppity negro in Pop Culture, Random Thoughts from an Uppity NegroEspecially since this summer, anyone who has been around me knows what two kinds of cars I want. First of all I drive a 2001 Chrysler Concorde right now. When I got down to ATL my friends, well Supreme Uppity nick named it “The Cruise Ship” or “The Boat.” I remembered when we got like 10 [...]
Things (This) Uppity Negro Likes: Benjamin Bixby Clothing Line
Posted: October 13, 2008 by the uppity negro in Pop Culture, Random Thoughts from an Uppity Negro, Stuff (This) Uppity Negro LikesWe’ve all heard of the blog “Stuff White People Like” (wow, they’re using the same WordPress format as I do and they’ve paid to get that “.wordpress” dropped from theirs, don’t worry about it, I’m gonna do it one of these days) and the answer to it “Stuff Black People Love” and it’s close cousin [...]
