Archive for August, 2009

Where Obama Made A Mistake

Posted: August 25, 2009 by the uppity negro in Politics

I remember in the campaign days, and most certainly after the election that current President Barack Obama was fashioning himself after this country’s 16th president Abraham Lincoln. I remember in my own mind that I thought that that was highly weird, but I figured that since he ran the best campaign this country has ever [...]

Recently as we’ve decided to talk a bit more candidly and intelligently about race in our own community, I’ve heard a slightly different take on the whole “light skinned” vs. “dark skinned” debate, or in other words, the whole field Negro versus house Negro dichotomy.  I had approached this topic back in May 2008 referring [...]

On The Road, I Encountered a Storm

Posted: August 20, 2009 by the uppity negro in About The Uppity Negro

Okay, yesterday was the second worse trip driving back to Chicago.  Nothing can ever trump the “wintry mix” I encountered last winter when I came home for Christmas break.  Well, nothing unless an accident actually happened which thankfully didn’t.  So last night apparently I drove through some counties with active tornado warnings in northwest Indiana [...]

Long Time No See

Posted: August 19, 2009 by the uppity negro in About The Uppity Negro

I think this is the longest I’ve went without a post, without me saying I was going to dip out for a minute. Just for a status update, I’m actually in Atlanta now, about to head to Chicago after I fall back asleep for about an hour or so and get ready for that good [...]

“Any hair is good hair as long it covers my head.” Mama Uppity That’s a scene from the cult classic Spike Lee Joint “School Daze” as Lee grapples with the issues of young, at the time Afro-Americans who were in college.  The movie was set at the fictional Mission College in some remote Alabama or [...]

Well, I lied. I said I was going to wait until after August 16th to drop a post, but I lied.  Circumstances dictated otherwise. My heart was ceremoniously grieved and broken when a couple of weeks ago Fly With Bats had posted something a new single called “Whip It Like A Slave.”  And of course [...]

Stay Tuned….Please Stand By

Posted: August 3, 2009 by the uppity negro in About The Uppity Negro

Given some events going on at my internship and the fact that I WILL blog about them, even though they are anonymous except for the city, I am going to stay on vacation until August 18th when my first post will drop, and oh will they drop.  I’m going to be keeping up with the [...]