First of all, if this is the best writing sample that has been produced by The Maroon Tiger, then I feel as though I’ve missed my calling as a journalist because I think I write better than that. The article in question can be found by clicking on this link and refers to the UNN […]
Read more "Response to “When Does Gay Tolerance Go Too Far?”"Okay, I stole that from this girl that goes to school here with me; it had been her Facebook status message momentarily, but when I read this article here, I realised that the metaphorical Judas’ really do exist. Here’s a short snippet from the AP/Yahoo News Service A group of black ministers who supported U.S. […]
Read more "When Judas Is Closer Than Jesus"Well, AMEN! Per the title of this post, that been an angle I’ve been pushing subtilely on this blog for some time now. Of course the usuals, like Elizabeth Hasselbeck just now on The View get it wrong. What’s at the center of the controversy is the following quote made by Attorney General Eric Holder during a […]
Read more "Obama Administration’s Silver Lining; Atty. Gen. Eric Holder calls America “a nation of cowards” when it comes to race"I stumbled upon this article that was published in the The Maroon Tiger, Morehouse College’s campus newspaper. The following is the article as published in that newspaper in it’s entirety. I’ll be publishing a response to the article within the coming days, but for now, please discuss the following article amongst yourselves. It’s no […]
Read more "When Does Gay Tolerance Go Too Far?"Over the last week or so, I kind of got off board with Michael Baisden. I usually find myself driving around metro Atlanta sometime between 12:30 and sometime shortly after 3pm. As a result, that means I get to hear the bastion of mediocrity that is Warren Ballentine. He has his mother come […]
Read more "Is It Really That Serious? Obama vs. “President” Obama"My sincere apologies. It must be the start of school if I’m not blogging consistently. The 100,000 post really doesn’t count as a serious blog, but school has started and I have a full load: Music in the Black Church (in lieu of Intro to Greek 2 taught by an incompetent professor resulting in me […]
Read more "While I Was In School…"How does one really write about the inauguration and really capture the moment? Seriously, what does even a reporter begin to sit down at their laptop and submit the leading story on CNN.com or the Washington Post about the inauguration and really capture the moment, not some file story where they “insert date” and “insert […]
Read more "It Almost Didn’t Happen, But Thank God It Did: an Uppity Negro Inauguration Story Part One"Alright readers. For anyone who knows me, I’m back in the District and it’s like my second home to me, especially after doing the internship this year. Thanks to the host fam for letting me stay here, rent free again, and taking me downtown and everything. That being said, I’m doing my best to be […]
Read more "The 2009 Presidential Inauguration of the First Uppity Negro, Barack Hussein Obama"Updates to come… But let the record show that Rick Warren did a complete and total and utter disservice to the legacy that was the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. He should have let it slide with the inaugural invocation tomorrow morning, but this fool got up in front of a black congregation and quoted […]
Read more "Rick Warren and the mess that was the Keynote Address at Ebenezer Baptist Church"The bellwether for the dismal position that the U.S. Department of Justice had found themselves in presented itself in the attempted suicide of Mychal Bell at the end of last year. If that name rings a bell, it should because his name was pre-eminent in the Jena 6. Mychal Bell says he felt pressure to […]
Read more "Eric Holder’s Uphill Battle"
Joshua Lawrence Lazard 