Anyone that knows me knows that I’ll use any excuse to make it to Washington, D.C.–I found one. Actually, I had already blogged that I wasn’t going to D.C. which is why I made my trip to Birmingham, Ala. my birthday weekend which spurred the now widely circulated blog “Is It Okay For Young Black [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Asking The Hard Questions
Posted: October 20, 2009 by the uppity negro in Politics, Pop Culture, Random Thoughts from an Uppity Negro, The Color LineI had a commenter tell me that she had noticed marked disillusionment in the tenor of my posts and I didn’t really respond, but if you’re reading this, you’re more than correct. It’s hard being 25 years old and being an African American male who has a wider world view and broader understanding of, hmmm, [...]
The Crossroads of Assimilation and Elitism: The Implementing of the new Morehouse Dress Code
Posted: October 15, 2009 by the uppity negro in Politics, Pop Culture, The Color LineFirst stated, what school doesn’t have a dress code somewhere on the books. I know my high school had one, that no one really enforced. My college, Dillard University, had one that they tried to enforce. They were having an issue, more so with young ladies who would come to the cafeteria on the weekends, [...]
The End of The Age
Posted: October 14, 2009 by the uppity negro in Church and Society, Down in the Bookstore: Musings from the Classroom, Random Thoughts from an Uppity Negro, ReligionA couple of weeks ago, one of my professors had us read the “Mini-Apocalypse” in the biblical scriptures found in the Gospel of Matthew 24:3-8 As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will this happen, and what will be the sign of [...]
What A “Nobel” Birthday
Posted: October 9, 2009 by the uppity negro in About The Uppity Negro, Politics, Pop CultureYes, for interested parties, I turned 25 today. That means I’m in a new age demographic and that hopefully means car insurance premiums will decrease. That being said, I was more than shocked as I rolled over this morning for the FIRST time and checked my Twitter updates that President Barack Obama received the Nobel [...]
Dealing with Negro Nonsense and Barbershop Knowledge
Posted: October 7, 2009 by the uppity negro in Church and Society, Down in the Bookstore: Musings from the Classroom, Politics, Pop Culture, Random Thoughts from an Uppity Negro, ReligionI need to vent. Be aware, I’ve recently been watching Spike Lee Joints: “School Daze,” “Bamboozled,” and just this weekend “When The Levees Broke” which still had me fighting back tears. That being said, a few things I heard over the past week or so just made me angry and I just want to set [...]
A Discussion for the Water
Posted: October 6, 2009 by the uppity negro in Random Thoughts from an Uppity NegroI survived Katrina. Now I can say I survived the Great Atlanta Flood of 2009. Seriously, I did. It rained all of week before from about September 15 or 16th which was last Tuesday and Wednesday respectively. And it really never stopped raining. So, Atlanta metropolitan area got socked with downpour after downpour. So by [...]
