Today is a mixture of partying and packing on my behalf. Today is my dad’s retirement party after 39 FULL years and then some of producing labor on behalf of this country after his last day of work yesterday where they threw him a party. I joked the people just wanted to throw a party […]
Read more "Happy Retirement"I did a Guest Post spot over at AverageBro.com for all interested parties. Journey on over there with the thought in your mind “When Does Gangsta Boo Have To Go?” Keep it uppity and keep it truthfully radical, JLL
Read more "Uppity Negro Does a Guest Post"I remember watching George Bush walk out of St. John’s Church on January 20, 2001 on the slightly rainy inauguration day that year, and I remember at 16 wondering what it would be like to see a black man as a president having to attend a white church service. I imagined that he’d be going […]
Read more "The Obamas’ Search For a Spiritual Home"Okay, I’m probably late with this clip, but here it goes Keep it uppity and keep it truthfully radical, JLL
Read more "Only at an HBCU…."Don’t forget to find The Uppity Negro on Twitter and follow some random posts of mine, lol. Oh by the way, The Uppity Negress will be here on this weekend, maybe I can get her to do a guest post, lol. In other news to follow: 1. I’ve inquired about post-graduate work and I plan […]
Read more "…and in other housekeeping news"Here’s an article sent by the publicist of author Marc Blatte. I hopefully plan on getting around to reviewing his novel Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed. For those interested in another review from fellow blogger and commenter Citizen Ojo on his blog,The Desultory Life and Times of a Public Citizen. Enjoy. God Love Ed McBain and Evan […]
Read more "UNN Book Reviews: I’m So Falling Behind"So, some time last week I was on Yahoo Instant Messenger and one of my friends sent me yet another YouTube Chris Brown and Rihanna clip. Check it out. This most certainly wasn’t the first and only popular YouTube clip of these two circulating the internet. Well, the second one was the first one I […]
Read more "Another Lesson I Learned from Chris Brown and Rihanna"Um, yeah, this whole micro-blogging thing is weird and new. Especially since Facebook’s last update copied the Twitter format almost exactly, it’s like “why not.” I had an account before, but I just didn’t feel like making a big deal about it until now. Hopefully I’m giving the correct link right here for my […]
Read more "The Uppity Negro Is on “Twitter”"Just letting the saints know I just bought and iPod Touch. I was informed through email yesterday that I was “a millennial” –just like that and I immediately felt convicted. I’m a musician and have been playing the piano my whole life. I don’t listen to music like that, and I most certainly don’t own […]
Read more "The Uppity Negro Has a Come-up"I just added three new blogs to the blog roll. Skeptical Brotha Shaun In The City Afro Nerd Go and check them out and show them some love. Keep it uppity and keep it truthfully radical, JLL
Read more "Check Out the New Additions"
Joshua Lawrence Lazard 