Pretty self-explanatory; these are the issues that deal with modern and popular culture that have nothing to really do with religion or the church
Sometime last week, while I was mid crisi mode about exams and what not, Chicago born rapper Common dropped a quote to linking President-elect Barack Obama to the hip hop community. Obama “is going to change hip-hop for the better,” predicted the rapper, whose eighth album, “Universal Mind Control” (G.O.O.D. Music/Geffen), hits shelves Tuesday. “I […]
Read more "The New Face of Hip Hop"I’m quite sure as the product of what will bethree historically black colleges and univerisities (HBCUs) that you all know where I stand on this matter. But the state of Georgia is in a bind like most other states as far as budgets are concerned. Many of these states, counties and cities are about one […]
Read more "Merger of HBCUs; When Separate is Equal"Seriously, I’m in love with this woman. (But she’s not taking Uppity Negress’ spot) I remember back in the early part of the primaries when Barack’s blackness was questioned, Lady Michelle Obama was the trump card. Beyond the shadow of a doubt, Michelle is black. She’s so black she’s bringing her mother to live in the White House […]
Read more "ALL HAIL THE QUEEN! UNN on Lady Michelle Obama"I’m making the general assumption that some of my older readers aren’t aware of this television show on MTV called “Sex With Mom and Dad.” I don’t know if any other bloggers have attacked the show from this angle, so if they have, I apologize for the upcoming redundancy….oh well. But, usually when I watch […]
Read more "MTV Only sees Premarital ‘Sex’ as a Problem With Young Girls"This whole weekend everyone on campus, along with my friends back in Chicago have been proclaiming the tragedy of Jennifer Hudson’s mother and brother. On yesterday the news of her nephew’s murder came to light in addition to the double murder on the campus of University of Central Arkansas. As for metro Atlanta, there was news […]
Read more "Let The Dead Bury The Dead"Earlier this week before I got swamped down with being here in school, I posted a blog called What’s Your Hood Status? that tackled the issue of the fine line between being uppity and being elitist and how does one balance that without being elitist. I had a simple answer: Let me drive a Dodge Charger […]
Read more "What’s Your ‘Hood Status? Pt. II"Especially since this summer, anyone who has been around me knows what two kinds of cars I want. First of all I drive a 2001 Chrysler Concorde right now. When I got down to ATL my friends, well Supreme Uppity nick named it “The Cruise Ship” or “The Boat.” I remembered when we got like 10 […]
Read more "What’s Your ‘Hood Status?"We’ve all heard of the blog “Stuff White People Like” (wow, they’re using the same WordPress format as I do and they’ve paid to get that “.wordpress” dropped from theirs, don’t worry about it, I’m gonna do it one of these days) and the answer to it “Stuff Black People Love” and it’s close cousin […]
Read more "Things (This) Uppity Negro Likes: Benjamin Bixby Clothing Line"Does anyone remember that story you read in grammar school called “The Wave” when it came to that point in World History (right after they just skipped over ALLLLL of African history) when they’d talk about Nazi’s and WWII and the Holocaust. Yeah, I just came out an African American Church History class as I […]
Read more "Obama Youth: To Step or Not to Step"**SPOILER ALERT** Well, I liked the movie until we left and went out to eat. I guess that’s what happens when you go to the movie with a licensed and practicing psychologist. Aside from the baptismal scene of Tyler Perry’s latest break into Hollywood, I had really thought the movie was a good, borderline great […]
Read more "UNN Movie Review: This Movie ‘Preys’ Upon Old American Themes"
Joshua Lawrence Lazard 