First, lemme give a shoutout to Field Negro for talking so much about Philadelphia, so that when I spent this past week up there, I kind of had a different feel for what the city had to offer and what was going on socially, culturally and politically with the city. For those who haven’t been keeping […]
Read more "What I Missed This Week…"I’m going to be in Philadelphia all of next week. I hope everyone continues to leave comments, even though they won’t be shown because I have to moderate them. I’ll be back with you all come sometime the week of July 12th. Keep it uppity and keep it truthfully radical, JLL
Read more "An Uppity Update"Sooooo….. As I was driving to Creation Fest last week, I saw something I don’t see everyday. Yeah, one of them. And it was white to boot. I have very mixed feelings about lawn jockeys. I did a quick Wikipedia review, and my confusions were echoed there as well. The article was saying that essentially […]
Read more "Something You Don’t See Everyday: A White Lawn Jockey"The Uppity Negro Network, going against traditional Christian love and sympathy is mildly rejoicing at the death of former North Carolina Sen. Jesse Helms. The following is from Not Southern Belle, but Southern Snob where she received the following top ten, only worthy to be reproduced yet again on UNN: 10. Strom Thurmond now has […]
Read more "I Have No Words….The Death of Jesse Helms"Well, wait, I was about to do a quick blog announcing the Hip Hop Vs. America that was showing again debating the sexes. It was hosted by Cousin Jeff last time, and they had the reincarnation of Frederick Douglass, Michael Eric Dyson on the show going against T.I. and Nelly and that episode garnered much respect […]
Read more "BET Steps it up; Mandela removed from US terrorist list"The following may be perceived as heretical and definitely liberal Christianity. Conservative sensibilities may be offended by the following. If you don’t know that you’re conservative, if you read the following and thoughts of me, the writer, going to hell, me being excommunicated from the church, ridden out on a rail or thinking anything that […]
Read more "The Insulation of The Church: Us vs. Them"…as we celebrate yet another year of pseudo-liberties, as our civil liberties are constantly under attack in this era of terror. Well, enough about white America, this really just a day off for the rest of us to barbecue. Mama Uppity was always leery of 4th of July picnics and Memorial Day celebrations as well. […]
Read more "On this Independence Day…"I’ve never really said it, but I was always a Will Smith fan–at least as far as acting is concerned. I never bought, nor intended to buy one of his albums, even though he did have that one song I remember, Switch, that I thought was good, he always struck me as an actor, not […]
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Joshua Lawrence Lazard 