On Saturday, June 14th, the day before Father’s Day 2008 I received word from Papa Uppity himself that he had what the doctors had termed a heart attack. Whoa. Yeah, that was a blow. I’m an only child and as I’ve gotten older and started to deal with my friends’ parents mortality, but even more […]
Read more "To my only Dad"Today, I had a little change in my pocket so I finally drove up and down the main drag here in Gaithersburg looking for a barber. I saw something that had “platinum” and “barber” in the same name and I figured that it was a black one. So, I got my haircut, experienced my first […]
Read more "A ‘Premature Autopsy’"Honestly, I don’t know what to be more torn up about– The death of the great NBC legend from Meet the Press, Tim Russert or the fact that somehow R. Kelly was accquited. Truth be told, I’mmore torn up about two other things, one of which was the fact that I saw Facebook status messages […]
Read more "A Sorrowful Day"Well, where I’m staying at this summer, somehow has fried my wireless connection with their particular router–go figure, so I’m relegated to staying late at my job and using the company’s computer. Hmmmm…wonder what they would say if they decided to do a History check and see name’s like “uppity negro” “averagebro” “black snob” and […]
Read more "An Uppity Update"Well, this is most definitely a story I am troubled to pass on to my readers. I don’t think MSM has gotten hold of it, and clearly the Obama-Clinton surprise meeting here in Washington trumped this story. And seeing as how the Fr. Pfleger removal (or suspension) story didn’t break big news nationally, […]
Read more "Say It Aint So Rev…."And the crowd yelled virulently “SPEECH! SPEECH! SPEECH!” and he walked up to the podium slowly, taking deliberate steps careful not to trip over the raised platform. He smiles as the spotlights shine brightly onto his black and white tuxedo. There was no need to adjust the microphone because his voice was already clear and […]
Read more "100th Post!"THIS is a blog I’d rather not feel moved to write. I’ve already set a task before me of a list of blogs that I was supposed to be writing exploring some of the issues surrounding the recent Democratic campaign events. Pushing those issues further make making them less and less relevant. BUT, the fact that […]
Read more "Saving Face over Faith; Pfleger removed from his pastorate"As most every knows by know who is a regular reader of this blog that I’m staying with a host family for the summer while I do my internship. Well, tonight, Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 was the night that one of their daughters had her graduation party. June 3rd, 2008 was also the night that that […]
Read more "The Night I Missed History"I don’t know if it’s just me, or are other black church folk, especially preachers and musicians just on the edge of their seat when they hear Obama give a speech. Especially when we see him use such masterful use of parallel structure and especially when we hear his close: America, this is our moment. […]
Read more "The Black Preacher in me…"I’m frustrated. Really frustrated. Seven people were murdered out here in Washington over the weekend and there’s absolutely nothing that will probably be done about it. Furthermore, the majority of the people were probably black. I’m also frustrated that Sean Bell, another black man was killed, and nothing truly effective was nor probably will be done to […]
Read more "It’s Safe To Murder Negroes"
Joshua Lawrence Lazard 