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 […]
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“Don’t Talk About My Mama!” and Other Problems With Black Intellectual Rhetoric
We’ve all had that moment when we realize that a conversation somehow strayed down a rabbit-hole and turned into a debate, and that debate got intense and turned into an […]
“Help! I’m Hearing Voices!”: The Schizophrenia of The Church
I remember as a kid, interested in music, gospel music at that, that it was normal that I would turn on the radio on Sunday and listen to the music. […]
Book Review of “Losing My Cool: How A Father’s Love and 15,000 Books Beat Hip Hop Culture” by Thomas Chatterton Williams
Earlier this week, my friend sent me a text and said “I found my new favorite writer. His name is Thomas Chatterton Williams. His book is so well written I […]
A Character Case Study of “The Boondocks”
So, two seconds before I went to write the title of this blog post, it hit me to do a case study, from an Uppity Negro perspective of the hit […]
Being Black and Dealing With Postcolonialism in a Postmodern World
Editors note: This is probably going to be one of my longer posts, maybe not, depends on how quickly I work it out. But if I go over my standard […]
The Lack Thereof… Intellectual Black Religious Communities
I think I’m going to start a new series, not that I’ve been super successful with my others, but alas, here goes. I know it’s pretty doom and gloom to […]
Reclaiming The Black Blogosphere: We Must Do Better
My friend over at The Critical Cleric had long since said that the black political blogosphere did nothing for him. He went on to elaborate that many writers, he felt, […]
