The movie “Catch Me If You Can” was a 2003 Dreamworks release from Steven Spielberg and the whole crew of them. It starred Leonardo DiCaprio as the real life Frank W. Abagnale, Jr. who, based on the movie, had some serious childhood issues with his father namely and before he was 19, yes you read […]
Read more "Catch Me If You Can, the black version"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"Last year, around finals, I was in the barbershop for about two hours. Partially because my barber always runs about 15-30 minutes behind schedule (not a big deal, I’m used to it) and my friend was in the chair behind me. So they all know that we go to “that preacher school” up the street, […]
Read more "Creating Community"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 […]
Read more "Call Me a Xenophobe, but I just want a number eight and a hashbrown"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…"Yeah y’all, I’m at 99,761 visitors to the Uppity Negro Network site as of me dropping this particular posts. Thanks for the love over the last 15 months guys. Keep it uppity and keep it truthfully radical, JLL
Read more "100,000 Visitors!"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"Since I’m on this whole Chicago politicking bend, might as well tell the whole story. Most people who know about Chicago politics, or who have lived here for some period (or seen the “How Weather Changed History” episode where they covered it) know about how Chicago elected their first female as mayor by the name […]
Read more "Is it Prejudiced, Preferential Treatment or Racism: Snow Removal in Chicago (or lack thereof)"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 […]
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Joshua Lawrence Lazard 