Jasiri X - What if the Tea Party was Black?

September 2nd, 2010

With Tea Party participants and candidates pushing rhetoric such as nullification of federal law under states rights, an issue that was decided during the civil war and reienforced when Southern states tried to deny black children access to school against court orders after Brown v. Board of Education; or Neveda Senate hopeful Sharon Angle proposing [...]

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Video: Strong Independent Black Woman = Bamboozled

September 1st, 2010

Youtube commentarian StatuesqueOne has laid a verbal smackdown. Eloquent in both asthetic vocal quality and delivery, and most importantly in content.
We are now all familiar with the cadre of “strong” black women in our society. They usually proclaim themselves so, so that we can indentify them as they are rolling their neck, and [...]

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Celebrating Wyclef’s Failure? Denied Haiti Ballot Spot

August 21st, 2010

Haitian born, New Jersey and Brooklyn raised Wyclef Jean earlier this month filed for and announced his run for president of his native country. Though having left when he was 9, he’s been very active in philanthropic and community work there for years. In 2007 he was officially named Haiti’s roving ambassador by current President [...]

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