It looks as though D’Angelo is back and looking better than ever! He’s currently featured in a 6 page feature in GQ Magazine’s June Issue, complete with new photos and news that he may drop a new album this September (just in time for The Grammy deadline). However, the article is quick to note that he has over 50 songs in the works and he is working at his own pace which could possibly mean, ‘don’t get your hopes up’. This will be his first album in 12 years. 12 YEARS!!!
( oh thank HEAVEN )
Thank goodness
By Maurice Garland
Apparently somebody has been watching too much Training Day.
Sgt. Lesly Charles of the NYPD was recorded making some very nasty statements towards a man he was upset with for parking illegally. Here are some of the highlights:
“I have the long d--k. You don’t."
“Your pretty face — I like it very much. My d--k will go in your mouth and come out your ear. Don’t f--k with me. All right?”
“And I’ll put your s--t in your own mouth.”
“Listen to me. When you see me, you look the other way. Tell your boys, I don’t f--k around. All right?”
“I’ll take my gun and put it up your a-- and then I’ll call your mother afterwards. You understand that?”
“I’m here every f--king day. I don’t go home. I have no life. No kids. I do what I do.’’
All of that for parking illegally? Hate to see what he says and does to people committing real crimes.
When questioned about the tape, Charles said “I’m just doing God’s work. You know I can’t comment . . . Have a blessed day.”
One source close to Charles defended his tirade saying, “The sergeant was trying to get the message across in a way they could understand."
http://landing.newsinc.com/shared/v
http://loop21.com/life/nypd-sergeant-st
Apparently somebody has been watching too much Training Day.
Sgt. Lesly Charles of the NYPD was recorded making some very nasty statements towards a man he was upset with for parking illegally. Here are some of the highlights:
“I have the long d--k. You don’t."
“Your pretty face — I like it very much. My d--k will go in your mouth and come out your ear. Don’t f--k with me. All right?”
“And I’ll put your s--t in your own mouth.”
“Listen to me. When you see me, you look the other way. Tell your boys, I don’t f--k around. All right?”
“I’ll take my gun and put it up your a-- and then I’ll call your mother afterwards. You understand that?”
“I’m here every f--king day. I don’t go home. I have no life. No kids. I do what I do.’’
All of that for parking illegally? Hate to see what he says and does to people committing real crimes.
When questioned about the tape, Charles said “I’m just doing God’s work. You know I can’t comment . . . Have a blessed day.”
One source close to Charles defended his tirade saying, “The sergeant was trying to get the message across in a way they could understand."
http://landing.newsinc.com/shared/v
http://loop21.com/life/nypd-sergeant-st
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Donna Summer, whom millions of fans revered as "the Queen of Disco," has died at the age of 63 in Florida after a battle with cancer, the Associated Press confirmed with the singer's family Thursday morning.
The news comes as a surprise to those who were not aware that she was ill. The legendary superstar was publicly active as recently as last June, when she appeared as a guest panelist on Bravo's music reality show Platinum Hit.
However, a report by TMZ, which initially broke the story, notes that those close to the singer--known for mega-hits including "Last Dance" and "Bad Girls"--revealed she had been trying to hide how sick she was. A source said that Summer did not seem to be in that bad of shape two weeks ago.
She is survived by her adult daughters Mimi (by her first husband, actor Helmuth Sommer, Brooklyn and Amanda by second husband Bruce Sudano).
In addition to her status as a pioneer in the dance music genre, Summer was a five-time Grammy Award winner, the first artist ever to score three back-to-back No. 1 double albums, and was nominated--but not chosen--for induction into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 2010. She is credited with influencing stars ranging from Madonna and Michael Jackson, to Beyonce and Rihanna. Her last album, Crayons, was released in 2008.
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The news comes as a surprise to those who were not aware that she was ill. The legendary superstar was publicly active as recently as last June, when she appeared as a guest panelist on Bravo's music reality show Platinum Hit.
However, a report by TMZ, which initially broke the story, notes that those close to the singer--known for mega-hits including "Last Dance" and "Bad Girls"--revealed she had been trying to hide how sick she was. A source said that Summer did not seem to be in that bad of shape two weeks ago.
She is survived by her adult daughters Mimi (by her first husband, actor Helmuth Sommer, Brooklyn and Amanda by second husband Bruce Sudano).
In addition to her status as a pioneer in the dance music genre, Summer was a five-time Grammy Award winner, the first artist ever to score three back-to-back No. 1 double albums, and was nominated--but not chosen--for induction into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 2010. She is credited with influencing stars ranging from Madonna and Michael Jackson, to Beyonce and Rihanna. Her last album, Crayons, was released in 2008.
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Chuck Brown dies: 'Godfather of Go-Go' passes away at 75
May 16, 2012 - 04:22 pm
Chuck Brown, the legendary musician who is known as the "Godfather of Go-Go," passed away Wednesday, his daughter confirmed to ABC7's Sam Ford.
Brown died Wednesday at Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore. Hospital spokesman Gary Stephenson confirmed Brown had died after a hospital stay that began April 18.
Brown's passing comes about a week after the Washington Post confirmed that the musician, considered the pioneer of Go-Go music, had been hospitalized with pneumonia.
Brown's 1970 hit, "Bustin' Loose," hit #1 on the MCA charts. The song was later sampled in the 2002 Nelly song, "Hot in Herre," which won Nelly a Grammy.
He had recently postponed numerous shows due to his failing health.
“Go-go is D.C.’s very own unique contribution to the world of pop music, and Chuck Brown was regarded as Go-go’s creator and, arguably, its most legendary artist,” D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray said in a statement. “Today is a very sad day for music lovers the world over, but especially in the District of Columbia. Without Chuck Brown, the world – and our city – will be a different place. What a loss."
Thanks to Brown and his deep, gravelly voice, go-go music was uniquely identified with Washington. That's where he continued to play the city's club circuit late in life.
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May 16, 2012 - 04:22 pm
Chuck Brown, the legendary musician who is known as the "Godfather of Go-Go," passed away Wednesday, his daughter confirmed to ABC7's Sam Ford.
Brown died Wednesday at Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore. Hospital spokesman Gary Stephenson confirmed Brown had died after a hospital stay that began April 18.
Brown's passing comes about a week after the Washington Post confirmed that the musician, considered the pioneer of Go-Go music, had been hospitalized with pneumonia.
Brown's 1970 hit, "Bustin' Loose," hit #1 on the MCA charts. The song was later sampled in the 2002 Nelly song, "Hot in Herre," which won Nelly a Grammy.
He had recently postponed numerous shows due to his failing health.
“Go-go is D.C.’s very own unique contribution to the world of pop music, and Chuck Brown was regarded as Go-go’s creator and, arguably, its most legendary artist,” D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray said in a statement. “Today is a very sad day for music lovers the world over, but especially in the District of Columbia. Without Chuck Brown, the world – and our city – will be a different place. What a loss."
Thanks to Brown and his deep, gravelly voice, go-go music was uniquely identified with Washington. That's where he continued to play the city's club circuit late in life.
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I'm very happy to report that the flaming bag of racist shit John Derbyshire has finally been fired from the National Review. I'm not sure whether NR suddenly got saner or JD got even insaner (which is pretty hard to do considering he's always been nuts).
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/1
John Derbyshire, Fired National Review Writer, Writes Another Racist Article
John Derbyshire, the conservative writer fired from the National Review after writing a post on Taki's Mag suggesting that whites keep their distance from blacks, has written a new essay defending white supremacy.
In a post called Who Are We? -- The "Dissident Right"? on VDare, a site that is opposed to immigration and multiculturalism -- and which is considered a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center -- the English-American writer muses on how those who share his ideology should refer to themselves. The term "white supremacy," he says, has gotten a bad rap.
"Leaving aside the intended malice, I actually think 'White Supremacist' is not bad semantically ... White supremacy, in the sense of a society in which key decisions are made by white Europeans, is one of the better arrangements History has come up with. There have of course been some blots on the record, but I don't see how it can be denied that net-net, white Europeans have made a better job of running fair and stable societies than has any other group."
Derbyshire doesn't care for the term "white nationalist" either: "'White' isn't a nation, nor likely to become one."
In the aftermath of the Trayvon Martin shooting, many black writers discussed "the talk" -- the conversation black parents have with their kids about racism in America. Derbyshire responded in Taki's Mag with an essay of advice for white children, such as urging them to stay out of heavily black neighborhoods, avoiding events likely to be attended by many black people, and avoiding municipalities run by black politicians.
After an outcry, the National Review discontinued their relationship with Derbyshire. "Derb is effectively using our name to get more oxygen for views with which we’d never associate ourselves otherwise," Rich Lowry, the publication's editor, said last month. "So there has to be a parting of the ways."
After the dismissal, Derbyshire was undaunted. "I haven’t sniveled since about 1952, and I’m too old to reacquire the habit," he said in a follow-up column. "If you don’t like the kinds of things I say, there is a very simple remedy available to you: Don’t read me."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/1
John Derbyshire, Fired National Review Writer, Writes Another Racist Article
John Derbyshire, the conservative writer fired from the National Review after writing a post on Taki's Mag suggesting that whites keep their distance from blacks, has written a new essay defending white supremacy.
In a post called Who Are We? -- The "Dissident Right"? on VDare, a site that is opposed to immigration and multiculturalism -- and which is considered a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center -- the English-American writer muses on how those who share his ideology should refer to themselves. The term "white supremacy," he says, has gotten a bad rap.
"Leaving aside the intended malice, I actually think 'White Supremacist' is not bad semantically ... White supremacy, in the sense of a society in which key decisions are made by white Europeans, is one of the better arrangements History has come up with. There have of course been some blots on the record, but I don't see how it can be denied that net-net, white Europeans have made a better job of running fair and stable societies than has any other group."
Derbyshire doesn't care for the term "white nationalist" either: "'White' isn't a nation, nor likely to become one."
In the aftermath of the Trayvon Martin shooting, many black writers discussed "the talk" -- the conversation black parents have with their kids about racism in America. Derbyshire responded in Taki's Mag with an essay of advice for white children, such as urging them to stay out of heavily black neighborhoods, avoiding events likely to be attended by many black people, and avoiding municipalities run by black politicians.
After an outcry, the National Review discontinued their relationship with Derbyshire. "Derb is effectively using our name to get more oxygen for views with which we’d never associate ourselves otherwise," Rich Lowry, the publication's editor, said last month. "So there has to be a parting of the ways."
After the dismissal, Derbyshire was undaunted. "I haven’t sniveled since about 1952, and I’m too old to reacquire the habit," he said in a follow-up column. "If you don’t like the kinds of things I say, there is a very simple remedy available to you: Don’t read me."
So - who's seen it? What did you think?
Personally I loved it (I've seen it three times) and Tom Hiddleston needs to get in me.
Personally I loved it (I've seen it three times) and Tom Hiddleston needs to get in me.
- Mood: chipper
And who says racism will die out more and more with each generation...
Why in the fuck is "Trayvonning" a new trend?
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3zrfu2U0
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2gdyf
Honestly, this is way worse than the Trayvon targets, at least those assholes knew they were being blatantly racist. These little shits probably thought they were being ~edgy~. Fuck people.
Why in the fuck is "Trayvonning" a new trend?
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3zrfu2U0
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2gdyf
Honestly, this is way worse than the Trayvon targets, at least those assholes knew they were being blatantly racist. These little shits probably thought they were being ~edgy~. Fuck people.
- Mood:
infuriated
Isabeli Fontana, Rohan Marley Engaged
Model Isabeli Fontana and Rohan Marley are engaged to be married, Brazilian newspaper Terra reports.
Marley, 39, is the son of reggae legend Bob Marley; he and Fontana, 28, have been dating since October 2011. The couple will tie the knot in Ethiopia, the birthplace of Rastafarian culture, at a yet-to-be-determined date, as Fontana told the newspaper: "Rohan told me that we must return to their origins so that the marriage will last forever."
This will be the third marriage for Fontana, who was previously wed to models Álvaro Jacomossi and Henri Castelli, and had one son with each. It will be Marley's second marriage; he was previously wed to his college girlfriend.
Brazilian-born Fontana was rumored to be the "other woman" in the Lauryn Hill/Rohan Marley drama last year, which culminated in Marley denying Hill's sixth child was his. Marley and Hill were a couple from 1996-2011 and have five children together.
Marley, a former college football player, now runs a coffee company and has a line of headphones. Fontana has modeled for Victoria's Secret, Escada, Dolce & Gabbana, Revlon, Ralph Lauren and others, as well as serving as the face of Viktor & Rolf's Flowerbomb fragrance. She also appeared in the 2011 Pirelli calendar, and she recently received waaaay too much self-tanner in that now-infamous H&M bikini ad. The couple recently attended the 2012 Met Gala together.
ouch. this hurt My heart :/
It's sort of interesting how we(blackfolk) know a lot about white pop culture but they barely know anything about ours.
What brought this up was I was listening to a morning radio show and the DJs did not know who Tyrese was and confused Tyson Beckford with Taye Diggs. It's like they are trying to cover all the basis of pop culture but if they don't know what they are talking about they should just not report it.
Anyone else have thoughts on this?
What brought this up was I was listening to a morning radio show and the DJs did not know who Tyrese was and confused Tyson Beckford with Taye Diggs. It's like they are trying to cover all the basis of pop culture but if they don't know what they are talking about they should just not report it.
Anyone else have thoughts on this?
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cold
Marissa Alexander Sentenced: Florida Mom Who Shot At Abusive Husband Gets 20 Years In Prison
Marissa Alexander, the 31-year-old Florida woman who fired what her family calls a warning shot at her abusive husband, was sentenced Friday morning to 20 years in prison.
Alexander was convicted of three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for firing into a wall near her husband and his two young children at their Jacksonville home in 2010. Alexander has maintained that she wasn't trying to hurt anyone and that she was standing her ground against a man who had over the course of nearly a year punched and choked her on several different occasions. Alexander says that she believed she was protected that day under the state's Stand Your Ground Law, which gives people wide discretion in using deadly force to defend themselves.
A judge and a jury disagreed.
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Too late for Foolish Friday, but here's Foolish Sunday instead
This is another one of those "I need help with an awkward, lame social situation" disguised as a QOTD.
I was invited to a party on facebook a few hours ago. The host then disinvited me (I'm a bit surprised she invited me at all considering how she oddly stopped communicating with me months ago), but her housemate is also my friend so I just got re-invited by him. What would you do?
I was invited to a party on facebook a few hours ago. The host then disinvited me (I'm a bit surprised she invited me at all considering how she oddly stopped communicating with me months ago), but her housemate is also my friend so I just got re-invited by him. What would you do?
What do you think of 50 Shades of Grey? have you read it? I did and for me it was a waste of time. I have read much better erotica....Anyone remember Zane?
Since publishing his bestselling book Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man, Steve Harvey has had a lot of ish to say about women and relationships. While many have brushed his advice off as the rantings of a comedian whose had many failed relationships, others have embraced his “common sense” wisdom. But a new video, coming on the heels of Think Like A Man’s successful theatrical release, reminds us of the crazy things Harvey has said over the years.
After her mother asked why she hated Steve Harvey so much, Jasmine Suntrell decides to make a video using the game show host’s words against him. What emerged was a scathing critique of the gospel Harvey’s been pedaling for the last few years. The video takes issue with the sexist and homophobic things Harvey has said while he’s been doling out his advice across the country.
Check it out:
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Huh, I didn't realize just how backwards he was, especially egregious given his status in our community. He's not all bad, no one is, but the bad is REALLY bad.
After her mother asked why she hated Steve Harvey so much, Jasmine Suntrell decides to make a video using the game show host’s words against him. What emerged was a scathing critique of the gospel Harvey’s been pedaling for the last few years. The video takes issue with the sexist and homophobic things Harvey has said while he’s been doling out his advice across the country.
Check it out:
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Huh, I didn't realize just how backwards he was, especially egregious given his status in our community. He's not all bad, no one is, but the bad is REALLY bad.
He has modelled himself as a cool, calculated leader of the free world.
But at the age of 22 Barack Obama had a strong 'sexual warmth' that overwhelmed his girlfriend at the time, according to a new book that identifies her for the first time.
Vivid diaries written by Genevieve Cook reveal she was driven wild by the smell of sweat, smoking and deodorant that emanated from his bedroom.
( oh really... )
But at the age of 22 Barack Obama had a strong 'sexual warmth' that overwhelmed his girlfriend at the time, according to a new book that identifies her for the first time.
Vivid diaries written by Genevieve Cook reveal she was driven wild by the smell of sweat, smoking and deodorant that emanated from his bedroom.
( oh really... )
- Music:msnbc
Gays and lesbians are celebrating the biggest news since the passage of the gay marriage law in New York in 2011.
Hollywood’s most well-known lesbian, Queen Latifah, has finally come out of the closet. The rapper-turned-actress made the transition quietly, in a press release announcing her commitment to headline this year’s annual Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride Festival.
It is the first time that Latifah, real name Dana Owens, has ever participated in a Gay Pride celebration.
Sandrarose.com was the first to break the scoop that Latifah, 42, and her longtime lover Jeanette Jenkins had split up in 2011 (thanks to my west coast connect for the tip!).
That’s when Latifah began dating a choreographer, who some say helped break up her relationship with Jenkins.
My scoop resulted in Latifah yanking advertising for her television projects, including the popular hit reality series “Single Ladies,” from Sandrarose.com.
From VIBE:
Long Beach Co-President Pat Crosby stated, “From hip to R&B, pop to standards, Queen Latifah is the voice of our generation, and her concert here will be phenomenal, for her to make her worldwide Pride debut here in Long Beach is a tremendous testament to the popularity of our celebration and to the strength of our community.”
The festival takes place Saturday, May, 19 and with Latifah on board, is sure to be a bang.
Considering that it's Sandra Rose, I'm not exactly sure how valid this is. But, if so, good for Latifah. As for Ms. Rose's "...finally" remark, please STFU and STFD.
http://sandrarose.com/2012/05/queen-lat
Hollywood’s most well-known lesbian, Queen Latifah, has finally come out of the closet. The rapper-turned-actress made the transition quietly, in a press release announcing her commitment to headline this year’s annual Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride Festival.
It is the first time that Latifah, real name Dana Owens, has ever participated in a Gay Pride celebration.
Sandrarose.com was the first to break the scoop that Latifah, 42, and her longtime lover Jeanette Jenkins had split up in 2011 (thanks to my west coast connect for the tip!).
That’s when Latifah began dating a choreographer, who some say helped break up her relationship with Jenkins.
My scoop resulted in Latifah yanking advertising for her television projects, including the popular hit reality series “Single Ladies,” from Sandrarose.com.
From VIBE:
Long Beach Co-President Pat Crosby stated, “From hip to R&B, pop to standards, Queen Latifah is the voice of our generation, and her concert here will be phenomenal, for her to make her worldwide Pride debut here in Long Beach is a tremendous testament to the popularity of our celebration and to the strength of our community.”
The festival takes place Saturday, May, 19 and with Latifah on board, is sure to be a bang.
Considering that it's Sandra Rose, I'm not exactly sure how valid this is. But, if so, good for Latifah. As for Ms. Rose's "...finally" remark, please STFU and STFD.
http://sandrarose.com/2012/05/queen-lat
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Shaq becomes Dr. O’Neal, graduates from Barry University with doctoral degree
By Manny Navarro
mnavarro@miamiherald.com
He’s officially Dr. O’Neal now.
NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal received his doctoral degree in Education from Barry University Saturday morning along with another 1,100 students during multiple commencement ceremonies at the James L. Knight Center in downtown Miami.
( 'I’m proud because I know he earned that title,' Lucille O’Neal said. 'With all the money he’s got, he could have [paid for an honorary degree]. But he didn’t. And now I get to call him Dr. O’Neal.' )
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Makes me ashamed of how little I've accomplished in my life... :)
By Manny Navarro
mnavarro@miamiherald.com
He’s officially Dr. O’Neal now.
NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal received his doctoral degree in Education from Barry University Saturday morning along with another 1,100 students during multiple commencement ceremonies at the James L. Knight Center in downtown Miami.
( 'I’m proud because I know he earned that title,' Lucille O’Neal said. 'With all the money he’s got, he could have [paid for an honorary degree]. But he didn’t. And now I get to call him Dr. O’Neal.' )
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Makes me ashamed of how little I've accomplished in my life... :)
This video might be parody but the song is something he's dead ass serious about.
E-A-U-X
Just came back from seeing this at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image. If you haven't seen it, SEE IT.
blackpowermixtape.com
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/blac
blackpowermixtape.com
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/blac
Oh here we go.
The Most Persuasive Case for Eliminating Black Studies? Just Read the Dissertations.
April 30, 2012, 10:24 pm
By Naomi Schaefer Riley
You’ll have to forgive the lateness but I just got around to reading The Chronicle’s recent piece on the young guns of black studies. If ever there were a case for eliminating the discipline, the sidebar explaining some of the dissertations being offered by the best and the brightest of black-studies graduate students has made it. What a collection of left-wing victimization claptrap. The best that can be said of these topics is that they’re so irrelevant no one will ever look at them.
That’s what I would say about Ruth Hayes’ dissertation, “‘So I Could Be Easeful’: Black Women’s Authoritative Knowledge on Childbirth.” It began because she “noticed that nonwhite women’s experiences were largely absent from natural-birth literature, which led me to look into historical black midwifery.” How could we overlook the nonwhite experience in “natural birth literature,” whatever the heck that is? It’s scandalous and clearly a sign that racism is alive and well in America, not to mention academia.
Then there is Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, author of “Race for Profit: Black Housing and the Urban Crisis of the 1970s.” Ms. Taylor believes there was apparently some kind of conspiracy in the federal government’s promotion of single family homes in black neighborhoods after the unrest of the 1960s. Single family homes! The audacity! But Ms. Taylor sees that her issue is still relevant today. (Not much of a surprise since the entirety of black studies today seems to rest on the premise that nothing much has changed in this country in the past half century when it comes to race. Shhhh. Don’t tell them about the black president!) She explains that “The subprime lending crisis, if it did nothing else, highlighted the profitability of racism in the housing market.” The subprime lending crisis was about the profitability of racism? Those millions of white people who went into foreclosure were just collateral damage, I guess.
But topping the list in terms of sheer political partisanship and liberal hackery is La TaSha B. Levy. According to the Chronicle, “Ms. Levy is interested in examining the long tradition of black Republicanism, especially the rightward ideological shift it took in the 1980s after the election of Ronald Reagan. Ms. Levy’s dissertation argues that conservatives like Thomas Sowell, Clarence Thomas, John McWhorter, and others have ‘played one of the most-significant roles in the assault on the civil-rights legacy that benefited them.’” The assault on civil rights? Because they don’t favor affirmative action they are assaulting civil rights? Because they believe there are some fundamental problems in black culture that cannot be blamed on white people they are assaulting civil rights?
Seriously, folks, there are legitimate debates about the problems that plague the black community from high incarceration rates to low graduation rates to high out-of-wedlock birth rates. But it’s clear that they’re not happening in black-studies departments. If these young scholars are the future of the discipline, I think they can just as well leave their calendars at 1963 and let some legitimate scholars find solutions to the problems of blacks in America. Solutions that don’t begin and end with blame the white man.
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The Most Persuasive Case for Eliminating Black Studies? Just Read the Dissertations.
April 30, 2012, 10:24 pm
By Naomi Schaefer Riley
You’ll have to forgive the lateness but I just got around to reading The Chronicle’s recent piece on the young guns of black studies. If ever there were a case for eliminating the discipline, the sidebar explaining some of the dissertations being offered by the best and the brightest of black-studies graduate students has made it. What a collection of left-wing victimization claptrap. The best that can be said of these topics is that they’re so irrelevant no one will ever look at them.
That’s what I would say about Ruth Hayes’ dissertation, “‘So I Could Be Easeful’: Black Women’s Authoritative Knowledge on Childbirth.” It began because she “noticed that nonwhite women’s experiences were largely absent from natural-birth literature, which led me to look into historical black midwifery.” How could we overlook the nonwhite experience in “natural birth literature,” whatever the heck that is? It’s scandalous and clearly a sign that racism is alive and well in America, not to mention academia.
Then there is Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, author of “Race for Profit: Black Housing and the Urban Crisis of the 1970s.” Ms. Taylor believes there was apparently some kind of conspiracy in the federal government’s promotion of single family homes in black neighborhoods after the unrest of the 1960s. Single family homes! The audacity! But Ms. Taylor sees that her issue is still relevant today. (Not much of a surprise since the entirety of black studies today seems to rest on the premise that nothing much has changed in this country in the past half century when it comes to race. Shhhh. Don’t tell them about the black president!) She explains that “The subprime lending crisis, if it did nothing else, highlighted the profitability of racism in the housing market.” The subprime lending crisis was about the profitability of racism? Those millions of white people who went into foreclosure were just collateral damage, I guess.
But topping the list in terms of sheer political partisanship and liberal hackery is La TaSha B. Levy. According to the Chronicle, “Ms. Levy is interested in examining the long tradition of black Republicanism, especially the rightward ideological shift it took in the 1980s after the election of Ronald Reagan. Ms. Levy’s dissertation argues that conservatives like Thomas Sowell, Clarence Thomas, John McWhorter, and others have ‘played one of the most-significant roles in the assault on the civil-rights legacy that benefited them.’” The assault on civil rights? Because they don’t favor affirmative action they are assaulting civil rights? Because they believe there are some fundamental problems in black culture that cannot be blamed on white people they are assaulting civil rights?
Seriously, folks, there are legitimate debates about the problems that plague the black community from high incarceration rates to low graduation rates to high out-of-wedlock birth rates. But it’s clear that they’re not happening in black-studies departments. If these young scholars are the future of the discipline, I think they can just as well leave their calendars at 1963 and let some legitimate scholars find solutions to the problems of blacks in America. Solutions that don’t begin and end with blame the white man.
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Debuting tomorrow night on NatGeo. Check your local listings! :D A friend of mine from highschool is one of the three subjects of the special. And I was involved in some filming at his house one night so you might get a glimpse of me! Hopefully just drinking and NOT saying anything stupid.
Here is a link to a short trailer on Advocate.Com, and a link to an article on NatGeo's website.
Here is a link to a short trailer on Advocate.Com, and a link to an article on NatGeo's website.
Would you date a guy who calls you on a private number to ask you out? (He has your number but he never bothered to give you his when you met or when he calls you.)
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blackfolk moderators: I completely understand that you may need to delete this post if it looks like an ad/endorsement; I didn't intend it as such, rather as a heads-up about something interesting happening in independent film.)
Hi everyone -- if you're in or near NYC, ATL, or LA please consider supporting the release of Nigerian-American filmmaker Andrew Dosunmu's film Restless City this weekend. The film will later go to Detroit, Denver, Seattle, and Philadelphia.
General information about this and other indie Black films distributed by AFFRM (including Kinyarwanda, Middle of Nowhere, and I Will Follow) are on the AFFRM website here: http://www.affrm.com/
More info, trailer, and a list of cities with the film here: http://www.affrm.com/restless-city/
zizi_west at Please support the African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement this weekend(Dear blackfolk moderators: I completely understand that you may need to delete this post if it looks like an ad/endorsement; I didn't intend it as such, rather as a heads-up about something interesting happening in independent film.)Hi everyone -- if you're in or near NYC, ATL, or LA please consider supporting the release of Nigerian-American filmmaker Andrew Dosunmu's film Restless City this weekend. The film will later go to Detroit, Denver, Seattle, and Philadelphia.
General information about this and other indie Black films distributed by AFFRM (including Kinyarwanda, Middle of Nowhere, and I Will Follow) are on the AFFRM website here: http://www.affrm.com/
More info, trailer, and a list of cities with the film here: http://www.affrm.com/restless-city/
- Mood: amused
It may be two minutes she’ll regret for the rest of her life. That’s about the time it took a young white teen from Brampton to record a YouTube video in which she comes across as a racist.
The 16-year-old rants to a camera about how everyone in her Brampton high school “is brown,’’ equates “turbans’’ with “terrorists,’’ moans about having to move from Toronto to “Bramladesh,’’ asks white people to get in touch with her and advises brown people to “go back to your own country.’’
( finally found my browspiration )
The 16-year-old rants to a camera about how everyone in her Brampton high school “is brown,’’ equates “turbans’’ with “terrorists,’’ moans about having to move from Toronto to “Bramladesh,’’ asks white people to get in touch with her and advises brown people to “go back to your own country.’’
( finally found my browspiration )
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