An Original Uppity Negro: Rev. Vernon Johns
Taylor Branch lifted the Rev. Vernon Johns out of historical obscurity when he published his famous tome on the modern Civil Rights era Parting the Waters: America in the King Years […]
Category Archives: Random Thoughts from an Uppity Negro
My Challenge to Black Parents and the Continued Pornography of Violence
Over the past two days, two videos featuring black parents videotaping their forms of discipline have made their way onto my Facebook timeline. Please watch both of them in their […]
A Character Case Study of “Django Unchained”
One of the most hits from posts I’ve written have come from a series of character case studies I did on “The Boondocks,” the Cartoon Network show. Now I’m […]
Django’s Unchained Melody
I remember seeing the trailer for Quentin’s Tarantino “Django’s Unchained” a few months back and I groaned with the rest of the black members of the audience. Honestly, it wasn’t […]
The Bias of Mainstream Media
Anyone who reads this blog with any level of consistency knows where I stand on the hot-button topics of race, religion, politics and anything else that can be devoured in the […]
The Black Church, Homegoing Services and Whitney Houston
On February 18, 2012, the family of Whitney Houston paid their final respects in an invite only, yet televised homegoing service at her home church, New Hope Baptist Church in […]
Should We Change the Black National Anthem? My Response to Toure
This morning I log onto Facebook and I see a link to an article entitled “It’s Time for a New Black National Anthem” entitled by black cultural critic and favorite […]
Coonery or Comedy: What’s the Difference? A Case Study of Tyler Perry
Every once in a while I pose a question on Twitter and actually get some responses. Today was one of those days. I visited fellow blogger Average Bro’s website and […]
The Romanticized Victimhood of Black Women and “The Help”
I was able to see “The Help” back in July for a pre-screen and even after sitting on the front row and watching the grossly distorted images courtesy of looking […]
The Death of Life
This following sermonette was brought about by a story I stumbled across on the web about a mother in Chicago receiving the high school diploma of her slain son. Her […]
