This morning I log onto Facebook and I see a link to an article entitled “It’s Time for a New Black National Anthem” entitled by black cultural critic and favorite provocateur Touré. He’s making the claim from his opening paragraph that there might be a need for a new Black National Anthem given that the […]
Read more "Should We Change the Black National Anthem? My Response to Toure"Every once in a while I pose a question on Twitter and actually get some responses. Today was one of those days. I visited fellow blogger Average Bro’s website and I saw his story on the recent news that Tyler Perry raked in the most money in Hollywood for a year between 2010 and 2011, […]
Read more "Coonery or Comedy: What’s the Difference? A Case Study of Tyler Perry"I was able to see “The Help” back in July for a pre-screen and even after sitting on the front row and watching the grossly distorted images courtesy of looking up vertical to a 30 foot screen, I walked away surprised at what I saw. I was happy to watch a movie that told the […]
Read more "The Romanticized Victimhood of Black Women and “The Help”"This following sermonette was brought about by a story I stumbled across on the web about a mother in Chicago receiving the high school diploma of her slain son. Her son was killed on the sidewalk after walking up to a group of three young men. No arrests have been made. I read the story […]
Read more "The Death of Life"It would have been nice if Dr. Cornel West never made the personal comments on Obama, but it was an interview by Chris Hedges of Truthdig.com entitled “The Obama Deception: Why Cornel West Went Ballistic” and questions were asked to which West answered. It does seem petty on West’s part, but honestly, we all have an outsiders view […]
Read more "The Rage of Black Academia: Melissa Harris-Perry and Cornel West, A Collegiate Conundrum"This was a post I had been planning to write for some time after some of the major natural disasters we had seen in the news. It probably began around the Haitian earthquake, but I’m sure my mind was more focused on the horrendous theology of Pat Robertson and his comments surrounding a deal with […]
Read more "The Unnatural Politics and Religion of Natural Disasters"Mourners file into New Mount St. Nevermind Missionary Baptist Church to funeralize Black Intelligentsia. The public had endured a long painful and debilitating disease close to twenty years. Maybe more. The mourners pack into the church on a hot, sultry day and even with the air conditioning on full blast, it does nothing for the […]
Read more "A Requiem for Black Intelligentsia"One of my friends on Facebook posted as his status on March 15, only a few days after the earthquake and tsunami in northern Japan Does Japan really need our help? I think they are fully capable of helping themselves. America’s priorities are so messed up! Aside from my response, which I’ll get to later, one […]
Read more "What Do We Owe The Japanese? The Aftermath of the Tsunami"At the risk of sounding yet another clarion call for action that goes unheard, I still feel compelled to discuss the massive and total failure of many of our systems that are in place within the boundaries of the black community. The failure to do what needs to be done is comparable to the levee […]
Read more "State of Emergency: We Who Believe In Freedom Cannot Rest"As a rule here at the Uppity Negro Network, I generally stick to the tried and true topics of controversy: race, religion and politics. Those are always sure to bring in readers and are good topics to try and parse for the sake of bettering humanity. But, as has been the case over the years, […]
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Joshua Lawrence Lazard 