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Why I’m Still Not Voting Republican

September 1, 2012by the uppity negro 10 Comments

This election cycle has been quite the snoozefest. I’ve mad this observation more than once on Twitter and also in a few posts that I’ve done over at FWD Nation […]

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Cultural Critique, Politics, The Color Line
Roland Martin

Uppity Updates: Week of February 5, 2012

February 13, 2012by the uppity negro 4 Comments

Every once in a while, the news cycle of the life and times of the goings-on of America produces a completely blog worthy week–and usually that’s the week or so […]

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Cultural Critique, Politics, Pop Culture, Religion, The Color Line, Uncategorized
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The Good Reverend Doctor Herman “Feelgood” Cain: To Minister or Not to Minister?

December 8, 2011by the uppity negro 2 Comments

I was perusing HuffPo late last week and came upon a question posed by commentator Martin Bashir posing what I thought was a thought-provoking and appropriate question: Should Herman Cain […]

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Church and Society, Cultural Critique, Politics, Pop Culture, Religion, The Color Line
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Herman Cain, the Magical Negro…and Other Topics on Ontological Blackness

November 2, 2011by the uppity negro 14 Comments

Let me just be up front and honest: I don’t like Herman Cain. Granted I dislike his opponent Texas Governor Rick Perry even less, and Rep. Michelle Bachmann has devolved […]

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Cultural Critique, Politics, Pop Culture, Religion, The Color Line
Obama Holds News Conference In The Brady Press Briefing Room

Premature Autopsies: The Obama Administration

December 8, 2010by the uppity negro 4 Comments

Yesterday, December 7th, President Barack Obama let it be known in his press conference that he was in favor of extending the Economic and Jobs Growth Tax Reconciliation Acts of […]

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Cultural Critique, Politics, Pop Culture, The Color Line
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When Fantasy World Hits Home: A Social Gospel of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (and another novel I read as well)

November 23, 2010by the uppity negro 8 Comments

I went to go see “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt. 1” today at the local IMAX theatre.  I figured that if I was going to spend $11 on […]

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