I was actually joking around on Twitter earlier about the four major mythical HBCUs (historically black colleges and universities) that have permeated a certain section of black consciousness. I was making the joke that I would want to send my child to either Hillman College, Mission College, Atlanta A&T University or Truth University. Those institutions […]
Read more "College Bound: The Mythical HBCUs of Movies and Television"Recently I did a post spurred on by a colleague of mine, sparked by a rather indepth Twitter convo. When he asked how did I feel about Cory Booker and Adrian Fenty (mayors of Newark, NJ and Washington, D.C. respectively) my immediate response was that “they’re ontologically white” and therefore not a part of the […]
Read more "Black Mayors in the U.S., Pt. 2 – The New School"The other day, me and one of my Twitter followers had a rather in-depth conversation surrounding black mayors past and present in the United States and how their cities have faired over the years. Initially it began as a conversation about me not being immediately thrilled with Democratic candidate nominee for U.S. Senate from Illinois Alexi Giannoulias […]
Read more "Black Mayors In The U.S., Part 1 – The Old School"I’ll admit it, I’m a chronic sufferer of being in the “friend zone.” Cue the “dark and stormy night” music with a crack of thunder and bolt of lightning (and just imagine those sounds effects every time I write “friend zone.” Look, there it is again.) Fellas, you’ve been there at LEAST once, for some […]
Read more "Why You Stay in The Friend Zone: A Message to my Fellow Black Men"I really sometimes stand in awe of the political memory of the collective American people. I still stand that in general we don’t remember from week to week barely what happens at the intersection of politics, economics, religion and the general social climate of the day. Those of us who do keep up and try […]
Read more "When Religious Freedom Affects “Real Americans”: The Mosque Near Ground Zero"In fall 2007 self-proclaimed black conservative Shelby Steele wrote a short book A Bound Man: Why We are Excited about Obama and Why He Can’t Win and of course Steele was left having defend mercilessly not just the thesis of his book, but also the title of his book shortly after 11 pm EST on […]
Read more "Why Obama Can Win in 2012"Like many black folks around this country, our hearts sank, yet again when we discovered that the shooter at the Manchester, Connecticut Budweiser Hartford Distribution plant was black. I, like others I’m sure, immediately said “Black folks don’t do those things” or something similar when we first heard about the news. You know, black folks […]
Read more "Lies My Community Told Me: “Black Folk Don’t Do Those Things!”"I’ve been rather remiss to join the immigration discussion simply because I have mixed feelings and I really don’t want to come off as bigoted and xenophobic. But, the latest round of debates has forced me to attempt to dissect the foolishness that is the conservative meme concerning how to deal with immigrants in this […]
Read more "At The Intersection of Immigration: Politics, Ethics and Religion and the 14th Amendment"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. I actually went so far as to record some songs on cassette tapes even before the idea of a CD-ROM being recordable had entered our […]
Read more "“Help! I’m Hearing Voices!”: The Schizophrenia of The Church"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 want to throw it.” So immediately, upon such a wonderful review, I googled this brother’s name while on my phone driving (yes, I know what […]
Read more "Book Review of “Losing My Cool: How A Father’s Love and 15,000 Books Beat Hip Hop Culture” by Thomas Chatterton Williams"
Joshua Lawrence Lazard 