November 2012
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"Old School New School, Need to Learn Though"

The musical genre of hip-hop is a unique animal. No other genre is as closely rooted to the spirit of its people of origin, in terms of the constantly evolving narratives, as is hip-hop. Don’t get me wrong, many genres of music reflect the mind state of large sects of people through its lyrics and even feel. But hip-hop is so much different. No other genre of music reflects...
June 2012
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It's all freedom of choice, right?
This is a compelling topic; this whole natural hair argument for black women, in my humble opinion. Mostly because it doesn’t directly affect me since I’m not a black woman, and thus forces me to look at the conversation from a totally different perspective. According to this poem, I and those of my kind (black men) are the primary reason for this confusion amongst black women...
May 2012
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Behind This Haze Known As Hazing
The Florida A&M University Marching 100 Hazing Death of Robert Champion…just the headline of this story is un-nerving. Not just because we are speaking of death, but an incident where someone was killed during an apparent hazing ritual…and for an HBCU marching band no less. So that pretty much alienates the vast majority of the populous. I marched for a high-step band in high...
April 2012
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I couldn't have said it better myself, so I'll...
“The Powerful words of David Banner on Trayvon Martin”: http://youtu.be/H_jzYC2DQmY
“We have to get some type of legislation now, we have to do something that means something, because we march, we holler, we talk, but with no goals…”
This statement is extremely true for a number of reasons. Black America has not only had to sit back and watch these types of absurd...
March 2012
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March 24, 2012
March 24, 2012
Well here it is. After almost a month of this young man’s life was taken in an unimaginable tragedy on February 26, the nation seems to be stirred up. This is gonna be it right here, this is gonna be the moment when the shit really goes down, when we stand up and say enough…at least I hope so. The sad thing is this isn’t the first time this has happened or something of the...
The Put On, Put On: Justice and Race: Trayvon... →
theputonputon:
Thoughts on Trayvon:
1. It’s too late for real Justice » Too Little, Too Late
2. Taking Race out of this case is offensive » I’m taking this personally
Too little, too late
If we are being honest with ourselves, Trayvon Martin died because he was young, black, profiled and in the…
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Watch How You Talk About My President Bro, ...
Yes, the image you see is an actual bumper sticker, on an actual car of an actual American citizen (I’m guessing). Nevertheless, this is clearly, at least in the eyes of reasonable people, unacceptable. Even for an opponent or someone who isn’t a supporter of Barack Obama-The President of the United States Of America. The level of absurdity of THIS type of racism is almost...
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Should NCAA Athletes be paid?
“Should NCAA athletes be paid?” This is the question that manages to come up every year whenever some major NCAA Division I athletic program gets slammed with sanctions from the NCAA for some recruiting violating or an athlete receiving some type of improper benefit from someone loosely affiliated with the institution. It never fails, and just like clock-work, the masses react in the moment and...
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You Can't Cast Black People for These Roles...
One of my favorite genres of movies to actually go to the theatre and view is, without hesitation, horror movies!!! Nothing is better than going to see a good (or often horrible and cheesy) scary movie with a young lady. I mean either way you win as a guy accompanied by a lady. She’s either the type of lady like me who laughs at scary movies, and we’ll have a great time...
February 2012
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Dear Lord, I don't think this is what you had in...
I’m probably not the best person to blog about political issues because quite frankly I hate politics. The last time I remember honestly being really into politics was in 2007-2008 when now President Obama was the unlikely Democrat having to deal with Hillary Clinton and the old guard of the Black American community (Remember the Andrew Young comment? And the bullshit Jesse Jackson...
Country Boy Haiku #2
Clarity Clarity is light replacing the light bulb in a junky room… You may not like what is illuminated, but you can’t do anything but thank God for your ability to see it now.
Country Boy Haiku #1
LOVE
Love is like a household where one person makes great sweet tea, and the other makes excellent freshly squeezed lemonade.
Depending on the situation (household company, etc.) you may use more lemonade, or you may use more sweet tea…or maybe you’ll enjoy Arnold Palmer’s and use both…someone always has to make more lemonade, or make more sweet tea…
Everything is fine until the person who...
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So about this whole Jeremy Lin thing...
Listen folks, I’m not a sports writer, nor a professed sports blogger. I’m just a regular guy with eyeballs and opinions. I love sports and, full-disclosure, my first love in sports is absolutely basketball. I grew up in North Carolina, so I’ve been surrounded by college and even pro-basketball culture for as long as I can remember. Recently, the basketball Gods have shined upon...
