Okay, that’s a loaded title, I’ll admit that upfront. So if you’re inclined to take the following article with a grain of salt, I’m not going to be mad at you. That being said, I think it’s time to admit that as a black culture we can no longer afford to blindly act as though […]
Read more "The (Anti-)Intelligence of The Hip Hop Culture"SPOILER ALERT!!!! I wouldn’t consider myself a movie buff, but certainly I appreciate movies that are thoughtful that include a well written script, directed with some expertise and actors that don’t come off as placed there merely for their namesake or their well chiseled face and abs or voluptuous chest and sensual lips. I’m even […]
Read more "The ‘Inception’ of Reality into your Dream"I actually completed a full series for the first time in my blogging career. I was supposed to do it consecutively, but I just didn’t have it in me, but I completed it nonetheless. I took it upon myself to discuss each of the Boondocks cartoon characters and highlight various episodes that I felt best […]
Read more "A Character Case Study of The Boondocks: Conclusion"I saved this character for last for a certain reason, but for a very important one. That reason is that Uncle Ruckus is the most one-dimensional character that exists on The Boondocks. To true Boondocks enthusiasts the addition of Uncle Ruckus was certainly a shock. Uncle Ruckus was a character that was not in the […]
Read more "A Character Case Study of “The Boondocks”: Uncle Ruckus"Let the record show that this is my first EVAR sports blog piece. I’m actually creating a new category for it. Now on to business. I usually always scoffed at the comparisons that many cultural critics drew with regards to the NBA players being compared to slaves on the plantation and that the whole deal […]
Read more "It’s An Issue of Brand Loyalty (and some other stuff): Why Lebron James Went to Miami"The DuBois family of Tom, his wife Sara and their daughter Jazmine is an interracial family, with Tom being black, Sara being white and Jazmine being the interracially mixed child of this union. The family lives along with the Freeman clan in the suburb of Woodcrest and the family appears to be friends with the […]
Read more "A Character Case Study of “The Boondocks”: The DuBois Family"NSFW Notwithstanding the great urban prophetic voice of comedian Katt Williams, I think black folk “hate” on each other a bit too much for my comfort. There’s a thin line between legitimate criticism levied against an individual versus just hatin’ on another just because you can. As I see it, too many of us suffer […]
Read more "It’s Easy To Hate, So Don’t"No one really knows how old Robert “Granddad” Freeman is. What we know is that he is the grandfather of both Huey and Riley Freeman who has taken on the parental responsibility of raising his grandkids. The entire show, he never mentions Huey and Riley’s parents or begin to deal at all with them. Robert […]
Read more "A Character Case Study of The Boondocks: Robert “Granddad” Freeman"Lord, Christopher Maurice Brown, aka C-Breezy, aka Chris Brown on Sunday night’s annual BET Awards had somewhat of a meltdown. Well, he had a full meltdown actually. He gave one of the best dance performances of the night and clearly killed his tribute to Michael Jackson with his dance moves. Perhaps his moonwalk wasn’t the […]
Read more "Are We Ready To Move Forward? The Chris Brown Saga Continues"In typical 5-4 decision, the conservative majority of the Supreme Court of the United States in McDonald v. Chicago essentially forced the City of Chicago back to the drawing board with it’s handgun ban. The law in the city of Chicago bans handgun ownership prior to the early 1980s. It is illegal, well, it was […]
Read more "Supreme Court to Chicago Handgun Ban: Get Down or Lay Down"
Joshua Lawrence Lazard 