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White Student Unions: Confusing Pride with Hate 27 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
Pride: noun A high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc. “Why is it when a white ....
An Open Letter To Ms. Jamilah Lemieux by Obsidian 26 Aug 2013 | 07:39 pm
#BlackPowerIsBeingAbleToClaimVictimhoodFromYourPerchAtEbonyDotCom: An Open Letter To Ms. Jamilah Lemieux 7:54 AM 8/23/2013 Fri "lol, @JamilahLemieux aka #SistaToldja, can run but she cant hide; she ...
Book Reviews-Erasure, Hell to Pay, Tough Luck 24 Aug 2013 | 03:45 pm
Erasure by Percival Everett This book is by turns funny, sad, hilarious and sobering. It is reminiscent of Vonnegut in many aspects. Very mordant. I bought Erasure at a going out of business book sal...
US Accent Map 24 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
I'm from Michigan where we have no accent. (Smirk) The way we speak is actually the way that American English is supposed to be spoken thank you very much. We drink pop, not soda. Mary, Marry and Merr...
HBO Game of Thrones: Race and Representation in Fantasy and Sci-Fi 23 Aug 2013 | 08:50 pm
This post was originally supposed to run four to five weeks prior but other events happened and a little thing called paid work reared its ugly head. So it's quite different than the first draft. We'v...
Why Wall Street Will Never Be Reformed 22 Aug 2013 | 04:30 pm
5 years ago on September 15 America received a wake-up call when one of the oldest Wall Street banks, Lehman Brothers, collapsed. It was 158 years old at the time - nearly as old as Wall Street itsel...
Military Coup and Violence in Egypt 20 Aug 2013 | 04:46 pm
Imagine that the US Armed Forces, whose officer class generally tends politically conservative, lose patience with President Obama. The generals don't approve of what they see as his Constitutional en...
New Blogger on The Urban Politico 19 Aug 2013 | 07:06 pm
It's been a while, but we've done it again! We've added a new member to our team. You've seen him around and heard him on our radio show. He goes by the name of Obsidian. Obsidian is a blogger from P...
Black Feminists Have A Hugo Problem, Too - Among Other Things 19 Aug 2013 | 07:01 pm
"The rationalization hamster is an analogy for the thought processes used by women to turn bad behavior and bad decisions into acceptable ones to herself and her friends. When a woman makes a bad deci...
Movie Reviews-Lovelace, The Conspiracy, Bullet to the Head 17 Aug 2013 | 04:30 pm
Lovelace directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman It's tricky making a Hollywood movie about adult entertainment. The producer and/or director must decide if the adult performer is a victim/survi...
