(By Jeremy Levine, and x-posted from Social Science Lite.) In last week’s New York Times, Jeremy Peters wrote a thought-provoking article about the lack of visible leadership in the gay rights movement. While Peters is generally fast and loose (read: weak) with his historical analysis, his general point seems accurate: there really isn’t any national Read More
By Latoya Peterson x-posted from Racialicious. On Friday, I was in transit when I saw the message pop up on Thea’s twitterfeed: White NYC cop fatally shoots black NYC cop, mistaking him for an armed criminal: http://bit.ly/QXgtq Aiyeee. (thanks @sunnykins)11:23 AM May 29th from web Damn, really?
Our homie Jeremy Levine wrote a paper for one of his doctoral courses called “Social Structure and Culture in the Study of Race and Urban Poverty” (which is led by the eminent sociologist, William Julius Wilson) that became a post over on his dope blog, Social Science Lite. He was gracious enough to let us Read More
(by Jeremy Levine, and x-posted from Social Science Lite.) In Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop, Jeff Chang chronicles the historical roots of contemporary hip-hop culture. Chang notes the decline of industrial America, the rise of crack, and the prevalence of urban street gangs as three major antecedents to hip-hop. To be sure, it wasn’t gangs themselves Read More
by Black Scientist. x-posted from Black Scientist. Entertainment Weekly recently ran an article about Tyler Perry and “black america’s secret culture war”. I’m not sure what they’re talking about and I tend to think I’m black. but apparently, there’s a culture war in progress right under our noses, and it’s all due to mr. multi-millionaire Read More
When Winslow Robertson, one of our regular and most thoughtful commenters, explained that his dislike of certain high-profile black intellectuals would require to much room to explain in comments, we offered him a chance to do so in a guest post. I recently was offered a chance to elaborate on my loathing of “the Read More
by Scott Eric Kaufman, and cross-posted from Edge of the American West. Via Sadly, No! I learn that the mayor of Los Alamitos—a city whose proximity to Los Angeles disqualifies its citizens from claiming they live behind the Orange Curtain—recently sent the city council an email entitled “No Easter egg hunt this year.” It contained Read More
Dr. Bitch wrote a thoughtful response to Jamelle’s post on the violence that is a fact of life for so many black youth which she was gracious enough to let us cross-post. I want to make it clear that, despite my conclusion, I don’t disagree with Jamelle at all; what started off as a “yes, as Read More
by guest contributor Latoya Peterson. Crossposted from Racialicious. Reader Joshua posed an interesting question in the thread about Daddy Yankee endorsing John McCain. After initially objecting to the message of the post, he clarified his position, saying: It is true that this subject is hard to formulate and that is why I like racialicious as Read More
Daddy Yankee: Not Feeling Obama. by Henry Burton I do not have immediate access to a laptop and I cannot download photos immediately simply because I do not have press credentials and I am involved in real politiking that leaves me no time to take pictures with/of Omarosa, Bun B, Hill Harper, Suzanne Malevaux (she Read More
