In the spirit of uppity Negroness I just want to state that a good uppity Negro celebrates Kwanzaa because it is a cultural holiday that celebrates our African Americanness. It is a uniquely African American holiday that was founded in 1966 by Malauna Karenga. Now, I thought it was interesting that a well-respected blogger who’s [...]
Archive for December, 2008
UNN Celebrates the First Day of Kwanzaa
Posted: December 26, 2008 by the uppity negro in Pop Culture, Religion, Stuff (This) Uppity Negro Likes4
More Food For Thought on this Christmas
Posted: December 25, 2008 by the uppity negro in Pop Culture, Random Thoughts from an Uppity Negro, UncategorizedI really don’t have any words of Uppity Negro Knowledge to drop on y’all. Most of y’all already know that this really isn’t Jesus’ actual birthday, but okay, this is the time we pick to celebrate it. So I don’t have to remind you. Hopefully everyone’s families are treating them well and no one cut’s [...]
When Will Churches Get It?
Posted: December 23, 2008 by the uppity negro in Church and Society, Pop CultureI debated heavily as to whether or not to put this church on full blast for the following practice that I’m about to explain. But, I realised that there are other blogs designed for that exact purpose and I don’t want to get caught up in making this a blast site seeing as how it’s [...]
When Are White People Going to Get Over It?
Posted: December 19, 2008 by the uppity negro in The Color LineThat’s the title of the following article, not mine. I received an email and I read the forwarded article by a professor at Macon State College of Georgia by the name of Dr. Andrew Manis. Now I’ve never heard of the guy, I’e been unable to verify this article, but even if this was not [...]
The New Face of Hip Hop
Posted: December 17, 2008 by the uppity negro in Down in the Bookstore: Musings from the Classroom, Politics, Pop Culture, The Color LineSometime last week, while I was mid crisi mode about exams and what not, Chicago born rapper Common dropped a quote to linking President-elect Barack Obama to the hip hop community. Obama “is going to change hip-hop for the better,” predicted the rapper, whose eighth album, “Universal Mind Control” (G.O.O.D. Music/Geffen), hits shelves Tuesday. “I [...]
Travesty of Justice; Blagojevich Impeachment Hearings
Posted: December 16, 2008 by the uppity negro in I Ain't Hatin', PoliticsIt is my understanding that a “complaint” was (PDF) filed with the district attorney’s office here in Illinois. It was because of this “complaint” that he was arrested last week about this time. At first, while I was in the midst of finals I didn’t give it much thought except that Gov. Rod Blagojevich was [...]
An Uppity Update
Posted: December 9, 2008 by the uppity negro in Random Thoughts from an Uppity NegroMy mind is already back in Chicago, ready for a good down home Chicago winter. Where you’re guaranteed one good snow storm and the people bust out the lawn chairs and broom sticks and God knows what else to save a parking spot after toiling a few hours in the cold to dig their car [...]
Merger of HBCUs; When Separate is Equal
Posted: December 6, 2008 by the uppity negro in Politics, Pop Culture, The Color LineI’m quite sure as the product of what will bethree historically black colleges and univerisities (HBCUs) that you all know where I stand on this matter. But the state of Georgia is in a bind like most other states as far as budgets are concerned. Many of these states, counties and cities are about one [...]
Where Are All Of These Buses Going To Go?
Posted: December 6, 2008 by the uppity negro in Fried Chicken and Watermelon, PoliticsJust thought I’d post this viral email that my mother just sent me twice. It raises some concerns that I had as well, but it was written in typical “angry black person” prose fraught with some untruths and hyperbole. Question–how do people arrive at such ludicrous conclusions? Have they heard too much George Wilbourn on [...]
Alright. Big Man over at Raving Black Lunatic awarded me one of these “tag your it” blogging awards. I think I took it too lightly, so I’m making amends this time, but putting him first this time. But before I get to my top five, this Superior Scribbler Award was given to me Citizen Ojo [...]
