Don’t forget to find The Uppity Negro on Twitter and follow some random posts of mine, lol. Oh by the way, The Uppity Negress will be here on this weekend, maybe I can get her to do a guest post, lol. In other news to follow: 1. I’ve inquired about post-graduate work and I plan [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Celebrating the Life of a Premier Uppity Negro John Hope Franklin
Posted: March 26, 2009 by the uppity negro in Random Thoughts from an Uppity Negro, Stuff (This) Uppity Negro LikesIt’s an honor and privilege to say that I share the same alma mater as the Dr. John Hope Franklin who passed on this past Wednesday at the age of 94. It’s even more of a privilege to say that I got to see him in person during my one year tenure at Fisk University. [...]
UNN Book Reviews: I’m So Falling Behind
Posted: March 26, 2009 by the uppity negro in UNN Book Reviews, UncategorizedHere’s an article sent by the publicist of author Marc Blatte. I hopefully plan on getting around to reviewing his novel Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed. For those interested in another review from fellow blogger and commenter Citizen Ojo on his blog,The Desultory Life and Times of a Public Citizen. Enjoy. God Love Ed McBain and Evan [...]
Another Lesson I Learned from Chris Brown and Rihanna
Posted: March 25, 2009 by the uppity negro in Pop Culture, UncategorizedSo, some time last week I was on Yahoo Instant Messenger and one of my friends sent me yet another YouTube Chris Brown and Rihanna clip. Check it out. This most certainly wasn’t the first and only popular YouTube clip of these two circulating the internet. Well, the second one was the first one I [...]
I Ain’t Hatin’…Bad Paintings of Barack Obama
Posted: March 24, 2009 by the uppity negro in I Have No WordsSeriously, caption this photo guys! And Caption This! These pictures are courtesy of Badpaintingsofbarackobama.com and I just DIED laughing at that first one. Just leave your thoughts below! Keep it uppity and keep it truthfully radical, JLL
Which Set of Rules Are We Playing By?
Posted: March 23, 2009 by the uppity negro in Politics, Pop CultureSo this past week allowed for ignorant tycoon Bernard Madoff to finally see the inside of a jail cell rather than his $7,000,000.00 Manhattan penthouse; Pope Benedict XVI, the most conservative we’ve seen in a long time, informed us that condoms increase HIV/AIDS infection, and this was on the heels of the HIV/AIDS numbers for [...]
Finding Your Wheelhouse
Posted: March 20, 2009 by the uppity negro in Random Thoughts from an Uppity NegroThis was a subject I had been thinking about doing for a while, but blogging is really a task, and I’d much rather sit around and watch the television in my absolute free time–which really for the most part is non-existent, I just make what I have free. So, I’ve been rather remiss getting around [...]
Um, yeah, this whole micro-blogging thing is weird and new. Especially since Facebook’s last update copied the Twitter format almost exactly, it’s like “why not.” I had an account before, but I just didn’t feel like making a big deal about it until now. Hopefully I’m giving the correct link right here for my [...]
East Texas Needs to Get It Together: Racial Profiling Still Exists
Posted: March 13, 2009 by the uppity negro in The Color LineNow this is the third run-in with east Texas that I’ve noticed. The first was Jasper, Texas. We all remember Jasper, Texas, the hometown of James Byrd, a black man who was dragged to death by John William King, and two other white men back in 1998. And having friends from Texas, they had informed [...]
The Uppity Negro Has a Come-up
Posted: March 11, 2009 by the uppity negro in Random Thoughts from an Uppity Negro, UncategorizedJust letting the saints know I just bought and iPod Touch. I was informed through email yesterday that I was “a millennial” –just like that and I immediately felt convicted. I’m a musician and have been playing the piano my whole life. I don’t listen to music like that, and I most certainly don’t own [...]
