I got this from an email forward, which was a result of the Put On Blast emails.  This was somewhat of a response to my host mother and her point of view that says “hip hop came from the prison culture.”  The following is from JLove Calderon entitled “White Like Me: 10 Codes of Ethics […]

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On May 29th, I believe I wrote one of my first blogs while in cultural exile immersion out here in Murrah-land.  I entitled it The Dominant Subordinate Culture and I, in many words, explained that blacks in this country are really the dominant culture.  Whatever is on top encompasses what is beneath it as far […]

Read more "Philly Debrief III: Culturally Aware Vs. Culturally Sensitivity"

Well, isn’t this interesting. Got wind of this story through emails from friends.  One of the responses from the people in the email circle is “Don’t let your flesh justify what your spirit already knows is wrong.”  Well….I guess, I’ll leave that one alone.  Just read the USA Today story. A gay man is suing two heavyweight […]

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I’m not a big follower of Hip-Hop. Never have been. Same with sports, it’s something that I’m definitely a spectator to; I vicariously pick up information about these particular facets of life.  Even though I read Vibe magazine every month, and flip to ESPN once in a blue moon.  I’ll watch playoff games, or I’ll […]

Read more "‘The Game’ Goes to Another Level"

I’ve recently added new blogs to my blogroll and I just want to draw your attention to them.  They are Aunt Jemima’s Revenge, Jack and Jill Politics and Black Women, Blow The Trumpet. This is not to diminish the other’s on my blogroll, but I’ve added these three kind of back-to-back, and just wanted to […]

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First, lemme give a shoutout to Field Negro for talking so much about Philadelphia, so that when I spent this past week up there, I kind of had a different feel for what the city had to offer and what was going on socially, culturally and politically with the city. For those who haven’t been keeping […]

Read more "What I Missed This Week…"

I’m going to be in Philadelphia all of next week.  I hope everyone continues to leave comments, even though they won’t be shown because I have to moderate them.  I’ll be back with you all come sometime the week of July 12th. Keep it uppity and keep it truthfully radical, JLL

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Well, I’m definitely going to be gone for a few days this week, and the week of July 6th, but I will share about the place my work is leaving for tomorrow.  It’s this place called Creation.  Out in the middle of nowhere. On a farm. Yeah….this should be fun. I looked at the schedule […]

Read more "What’s REALLY good?"

Hmmmm…. I may start to periodically find some Youtube church clips that I’ve found particularly funny or particularly interesting.  For those of you who don’t know already, I’m pretty into church and into the musical and preaching aspects specifically of the Black Church.  It’s a rich history and runs the full gamut of that which […]

Read more "Does This Happen At Your Church?"

  And the crowd yelled virulently “SPEECH! SPEECH! SPEECH!” and he walked up to the podium slowly, taking deliberate steps careful not to trip over the raised platform.  He smiles as the spotlights shine brightly onto his black and white tuxedo.  There was no need to adjust the microphone because his voice was already clear and […]

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