Unless you’re a president of some nation or the leader of some over-achieving guerrilla faction, rarely do you get the chance to put the world on stop. But then there are people like Rick Rubin.1 Go ahead; look at that face. That grizzly-Jesus-lookin’ mofo is a pioneer of modern music because of his influence on [...]
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it really is that simple
Posted in Blacks, get out your seat and jump around, music, tagged 2009 Hip Hop Honors, Rick Rubin on October 28, 2009 | 13 Comments »
it’s been a long…
Posted in Blacks, NaBloPoMo, get out your seat and jump around, keepin it Disney, tagged is it time for another Disney party at my place yet?, it's a new day it's a new dawn..., there's a Pointer Sisters' song that decribes my mood on April 20, 2009 | 19 Comments »
… a long time coming.¹ Disney finally has its first black princess. Her name is Tiana. I’ve seen all of her predecessors’ stories. We’ve had Snow White, Aurora, Cinderella, Ariel and Belle. And if you expand the “princess” category to include any animated lady in a leading role, then there are also characters like Alice, [...]
even if i’m never black enough
Posted in Blacks, Free Verse Fridays, fireside chat, journal, participate, poetry, tagged matters of race and class and sex and gender and..., oh we're back on THAT again, what i am is what i am - are you what you are or what? on March 6, 2009 | 10 Comments »
¡Bienvenidos a Free Verse Friday! It’s the day when I share something different than banter and prose and hope it reads wherever you are as it sounds when I hear it, here, on my side of the interwebs. But before we get to the content… You know those moments in which you expect noise and [...]
… the whispers ring
Posted in Blacks, Free Verse Fridays, family, homelife, journal, poetry, racism, tagged Free Verse Fridays, i'm gonna meet some bloggers today, thanks on February 20, 2009 | 5 Comments »
It is Free Verse Friday (FVF), but first I want to thank all of you for yesterday. It wasn’t my moment, and so it feels selfish to admit how much it mattered to me. But it did. And if you plan on being at Marvin tonight around 8, I’ll thank you in person. — [...]
Madea goes to fail
Posted in Blacks, celebrity, film, movie, tagged Ernest, Kevin Hart, not just a stereotype but a stereotype and so much more!, Tyler Perry on February 2, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Tyler Perry. I’m sure he’s a good guy. And by “sure” I mean he’s probably not, but I can’t prove it, so I’ll benefit-of-the-doubt him for the time being. I’ve never seen more than a trailer for any of the movies. So the following might be a little premature and woefully ungrounded: I bet I’d feel [...]
A Promise We Should Keep
Posted in Blacks, journal, poetry, politics on November 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
every moment is a once in a lifetime not because tomorrow’s not promised but because even if it was right now is exactly what tomorrow could never be: this very moment. but instead of living life like we own it we’ve lived life like we’ve been loaned it – like we’re seat-fillers at the Oscars [...]
Second Comes Love
Posted in Blacks, politics, racism on March 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Late tonight, huddled at my computer screen, I met Barack Obama. I liked him. We still have a lot to talk about before we’re pushing a baby in a baby carriage, but at least we’re finally sitting in a tree. He seems different exposed. Maybe we all do. Maybe our truest moments come only when [...]
and still I see no changes
Posted in Blacks, politics on March 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Somebody should tell Barack Obama that it’s ok that he’s black. It’s ok that he went to a primarily black church, with a black pastor, who often spoke to issues specific to the black community. It’s not a validly categorized “political liability.” But by aggressively distancing himself from a man who was willing to acknowledge [...]
Still A Bachelor…
Posted in Blacks, journal, politics on March 9, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I’ve been silent for a long time. From the beginning, actually. I didn’t vote in my primary. There were a lot of concerns to balance: my ego over a thoroughly deluded ex-dream of being the first black president; a hearty distrust of a vote approving “the use of force…” The sum of those parts: I [...]
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