An Almost Apology….from the Uppity Negro
If you want to view this an apology, by all means do so, but even I’ll admit it’s going to be a half-hearted one. I talked over the whole Michael […]
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Is One Death Greater Than The Other?
So, we just got word that television personality Billy Mays was found dead at his home in Tampa, Florida. And of course the blogs and the text messages, and Facebook […]
Why I’m Against The 2016 Summer Olympics in Chicago?
I guess with the Today Show doing a piece on Chicago’s Olympic bid for the 2016 Summer Games earlier this week, it solidified that the rest of the country was […]
The Day When Two Famous White Women Died
Clearly I used that post title for shock value. I’m actually writing this on the day of the death of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett, but I refuse to […]
I Have No Words: Hurricane Chris Performs for Louisiana State Legislature
Now I lived in New Orleans for a hot second amounting to three years of my life, and it was just kind of common fun to poke fun at the […]
I Have No Words: Hurricane Chris Performs for the Louisiana State Legislature
Now I lived in New Orleans for a hot second amounting to three years of my life, and it was just kind of common fun to poke fun at the […]
Beware The Spirit Killers: Bridging the Gap Between The Elders and the Joshua Generation
Given my current line of work, I interact often with youth. Last week was definitely the case seeing as how I worked in the morning with a bunch of nine […]
So We Finally Got An Apology for Slavery–and then they took it back
I haven’t time right now to write a whole post about it and since I got an email about this Essence article from a fellow reader, I’ve decided to post […]
Further Uppity Updates: Hell Week
Okay, so this week has been my hell week on my internship. There’s a 9am-2pm session with a bunch of nine and ten year olds, and then we reconvene for […]
An Uppity Update
So just a poll how many of you all would follow me on Facebook? Tryna see if I want to make a full new Facebook account or just keep it […]
