I Still Got My Blue Ticket because [turn to your neighbor and say] “Favor ain’t Fair”: an Uppity Negro Inauguration story, Part Two

Okay, yeah, I’m late. It’s February and I’m just now writing this post. Oh well, the joys of having one’s own blog. In short, the Inauguration Planning Committee had an EPIC FAIL when it came to the idea of tickets. So this was the largest we’ve had on record, apparently the city was planning […]

Call Me a Xenophobe, but I just want a number eight and a hashbrown

Okay, quick problem. I really don’t know what to do about immigration in this country. It’s hard for me to say Latinos, Fillipinos, and others from various Asian and African countries are taking jobs once held by blacks, or in other words, “taking all the good jobs from good hard working Americans” because it proposes […]

Is It Really That Serious? Obama vs. “President” Obama

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 […]

While I Was In School…

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 […]

It Almost Didn’t Happen, But Thank God It Did: an Uppity Negro Inauguration Story Part One

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 […]

This Time Next Week…

….hopefully Lady Michelle Obama and her husband will have made history by being the first black woman to legally and morally sleep in the same bed as the President of the United States of America. That being said, I think Black America’s honeymoon will be over. Frankly, this blog is a response to the number […]

When America Capitalizes on America

Following this past presidential election season, I realised and further identified myself as a proponent of Democratic Socialism. Yes, much of what now President-elect Barack Obama advocated in his economic plan does amount to income redistribution. Such ideology goes against the laissez-faire governmental leanings of many conservatives and the popular notion of capitalism. I believe […]

UNN Celebrates the First Day of Kwanzaa

In the spirit of uppity Negroness I just want to state that a good uppity Negro celebrates Kwanzaa because it is a cultural holiday that celebrates our African Americanness. It is a uniquely African American holiday that was founded in 1966 by Malauna Karenga. Now, I thought it was interesting that a well-respected blogger who’s […]

More Food For Thought on this Christmas

I really don’t have any words of Uppity Negro Knowledge to drop on y’all. Most of y’all already know that this really isn’t Jesus’ actual birthday, but okay, this is the time we pick to celebrate it. So I don’t have to remind you. Hopefully everyone’s families are treating them well and no one cut’s […]

When Will Churches Get It?

I debated heavily as to whether or not to put this church on full blast for the following practice that I’m about to explain. But, I realised that there are other blogs designed for that exact purpose and I don’t want to get caught up in making this a blast site seeing as how it’s […]

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