And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain. \ 1 Kings 18:41, King James Version Recently, the United States had the first male player of a professional sports group publicly come out as gay. His name is Jason Collins–and he’s black! Given the […]
Read more "I THOUGHT I Heard the Sound of the Abundance of Rain: The Jason Collins Story"Okay, I’ve been behind recently as far as current events go and leaving some sage commentary. That being said, I know I’m a bit behind concerning what was deemed a gaffe by many people on both sides of the political spectrum, by President Obama concerning California Attorney General Kamala Harris. The line was simply “the […]
Read more "Obama’s Nod to Black Feminine Beauty"I ended up watching the History Channel’s miniseries “The Bible” more out of the duty of being a cultural critic than I did out of some deep desire to really see the series. Sunday night television is a coveted spot and has since moved out of the family friendly mode that ABC tried to recapture […]
Read more "The Miscoloring of “The Bible” and How the History Channel Got it Wrong"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 entirety, I have some challenges with what’s being displayed. First, I’d like to discuss the young ladies and their father beating them. Yes, beating them. […]
Read more "My Challenge to Black Parents and the Continued Pornography of Violence"I am taking a small hiatus on the analyses of the characters from the movie “Django Unchained” for the sake of continuing to discuss some other topics I feel are worthy of me delving into for the sake of discussion. I will return to finish those analyses because I do think they are helpful for […]
Read more "The “Harlem Shake” and the Continuous Co-Opting of Black Culture"Editor’s note: This is the second of six installments of the characters of the Quentin Tarantino movie “Django Unchained. Hopefully the subsequent four will arrive more quickly than the first two. JLL This character of Dr. King Schultz is one of utmost peculiarity. Naturally so, the peculiarity of King Schultz has as much to do […]
Read more "A Character Case Study on “Django Unchained”: Dr. King Schultz"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 not sure if it’s because of the pictures that I’m getting hits or whether it really is people stumbling upon them and reading them. I […]
Read more "A Character Case Study of “Django Unchained”"I remember over a year ago I somewhat promised myself that I wasn’t going to use my blogging voice to delve into the torrid cyber-battles between black women and black men. One relatively well-known black female blogger (who come to find out we have tons of friends in common and she’s dating a grade school […]
Read more "A Black Man’s Response to “Such A Big Ego: Why Some Black Men Have A Problem With ‘Scandal'”"I’m really not one for reality television series. I am quite convinced they are the birth of the child of unrepentant banality that has devolved from American culture and the Enemy itself. Reality TV reflects the lowest common denominator of what ever should be shown on television and there is no intrinsic value to be had […]
Read more "We’re Going to Hell with the ‘Best Funeral Ever’ Along with ‘The Sisterhood’"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 at the casting choice of Jamie Foxx, or even seeing Leonardo DiCaprio as a slave owner, but really it was the issue of slavery. We, […]
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Joshua Lawrence Lazard 