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General Culture
This Is My Children’s America
American Blackness has long sung doleful tunes. Today marks a new chapter in history, for our families and our country.
Technologies of Validation
I turn the television on because I relish the white noise. Twitter provides companionship and even consequence without the commitment.
Can’t Get Smart on Junk
Junk food web produces junk food brains. The savior of education needs an overhaul and our commitment to writing better.
Open Letter to the Economy
Our family made less money two years ago, but we were better off financially. That reality worries many American families.
Using a Brain That They Keep In a Jar By the Door
I can always count on the General Public (TM) to piss me off.
I was listening to the radio the other day, and something the deejay said made me so angry I almost had to pull over to the side of the road to call in. (I know what you’re thinking–does she have anything better to [...]
Viva la Vida
Be my mirror, my sword, my shield. Woah…….
Blackness in American Political Narrative
I was on the radio this morning talking about Barack Obama and whether or not he would really be “the first black president” (which honor apparently goes to Warren G[angsta]. Harding, secret Negro president) because, according to some people, his being half white makes him not black.
It doesn’t. It doesn’t in any way negate his [...]
Troubles with Affirmative Action
Although I have a better understanding of affirmative action as a tool to advance the black community as a whole, I still see fundamental problems with the way affirmative action is implemented.
Recent Posts
A Timely Raven: the conclusion
November 11, 2008The final episode of A Timely Raven is finally complete, and plans proceed apace for the new web fiction project.
No Offense, But…
November 7, 2008A candidate loses the election, gets drunk, and sends out the obligatory incendiary email to his friends, family and cohorts.
This Is My Children’s America
November 5, 2008American Blackness has long sung doleful tunes. Today marks a new chapter in history, for our families and our country.
