Archive for September, 2006

Here is an alternate version Bro. Kevin sent me himself.
What Is A Man? (Alas, Poor Tupac)
By KEVIN POWELL
The following piece is taken from Kevin Powell ’s 2003 best-selling essay collection, Who’s Gonna Take The Weight? Manhood, Race, and Power in America. Kevin Powell interviewed Tupac Shakur on several occasions while he was a senior writer […]

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Kevin Powell On Tupac (from 2003)

Wednesday, September 13th, 2006

 EUR sent this out today to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Tupac’s death. Powell’s new book, mentioned in the tagline, is out now.
What Is A Man? (Alas, Poor Tupac)
By Kevin Powell     
The following piece is taken from Kevin Powell’s 2003 best-selling essay collection, Who’s Gonna Take The Weight? Manhood, Race, and Power in America. Powell interviewed Tupac Shakur on […]

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Congrats, Farai!

Wednesday, September 13th, 2006

I’m glad you got the spot. You deserve it.
Here’s what I thought was one of your best stories. More stuff like this, please.

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MTV Networks A “Diversity” Champion?

Tuesday, September 12th, 2006

The latest from Lisa Fager.
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Lisa Fager, Lisa@IndustryEars.com
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MTV NETWORKS A ‘DIVERSITY’ CHAMPION?
Kaitz Foundation Cites MTV Networks a Model Network for Diversity Programming (Stop laughing!)
WASHINGTON—The Walter Kaitz Foundation has announced that on Wednesday, Sept. 13, it will honor MTV Networks with the Diversity Champion Award during its 23rd Annual […]

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If you’re in La La, here’s an important film on Black voting suppression. Ask Sundance.
 “American Blackout” Comes To Los Angeles
An award-winning exposé that chronicles systemic attempts to undermine the Black vote from 2000 to 2004.
We’ve told you about continued attempts to suppress the Black vote across the country and given you ways to take action. […]

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“Security Moms”

Monday, September 11th, 2006

Weren’t they called “soccer moms” a decade ago?
And why doesn’t the MSM just call them what they really are—middle-class white women moderates? Sheesh!!
It’s okay, MSM, to let Americans know the Open Secret that there are people who matter more than other people. Let’s stop the media-friendly nomenclature crap.

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Did You Hear………..

Sunday, September 10th, 2006

………….”On The Media”’s great piece over the weekend on “Star Trek” and its fandom?
No? You were out having a life?
Well, I feel real sorry for you, then, so here it is.

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This just in(to my mailbox): 
Avoice Makes Its Debut During CBC Conference
The first virtual and most comprehensive library on the political history and legislative legacy of African-Americans in the shaping of the nation’s democracy was unveiled last week during the Annual Legislative Conference of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF).
Avoice, or African-American Voices in Congress, http://www.avoiceonline.org/, is […]

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WRITER: REGINALD HUDLIN
ARTIST:  SCOT EATON
PLOT: King T’Challa and his new bride, Storm of the X-Men, begin a global diplomatic mission. They have to discover who their friends and enemies are, now that they’re a power couple on Marvel’s world stage. So they take up Doctor Doom’s offer to come to Latveria for a summit, and fisticuffs ensue.
VERDICT: The usual complaint […]

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Finally Read The Cobb Essence Article……..

Sunday, September 10th, 2006

…..and Damn. Gee.
I’m the LAST person to say ANYTHING about romantic relationships (I think I was a Buddhist monk in my last life, or will be in my next :)), but this article shows that we are in trouble as a people. Brother Jelani was being easy on Black men. Clearly, we’re talking straight up pimps-and-hos […]

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