I’m really glad he has not forgotten Darfur.
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"The Black Harry Potter"
 
My nephew just told me about this project. I hope he truly finds the audience who will devour this as well as white kids inhale those “Potter” books and children of all ages and colors absorb the movies. I’m sure the audio version of Chapter 11 on the site will help.
In Esquire, Shades Of Cosby
Well, once again a discussion of a “deal” that half of us have supposedly reneged.
Once again, an “us” vs. “them” discussion in which both groups ARE THE SAME, coming from identically identifiable shacks in the Black historical backwoods. The ones that left the group—the “respectable” ones, the ones who were chosen or chose themselves—are “shocked! shocked!” to find that the ones they left don’t give a f*&k about the American history of any word. Or whether or not they “embarrass” the group that abandoned them.
So now I’m supposed to admire COLIN POWELL and CONDI, ignoring the prominent roles they’ve played for the past six years in maintaining white world supremacy, capitalism and—most relevant here—MILITARISM?
But, hey, it all makes good, provocative copy. I mean, how else are we going to get HBO comedy specials or articles about Black people in Esquire? 🙂
50 SHOTS This Time
 
 Time to pull out our Bruce Springsteen CDs.Â
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots….
and we’ll take that ride
‘cross this bloody river
to the other side
41 shots… cut through the night
You’re kneeling over his body in the vestibule
Praying for his lifeIs it a gun, is it a knife
Is it a wallet, this is your life
It ain’t no secret
(It ain’t no secret)
It ain’t no secret
(It ain’t no secret)
No secret my friend
You can get killed just for living in
Your American skin
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots and
Lena gets her son ready for school
She says “on these streets, Charles
You’ve got to understand the rules
If an officer stops you
Promise me you’ll always be polite,
that you’ll never ever run away
Promise Mama you’ll keep your hands in sight”
Is it a gun, is it a knife
Is it a wallet, this is your life
It ain’t no secret
It ain’t no secret
No secret my friend
You can get killed just for living in
Your American skin
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
(music bit)
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
Is it a gun, is it a knife
Is it in your heart, is it in your eyes
It ain’t no secret
(It ain’t no secret)
It ain’t no secret
(It ain’t no secret)
It ain’t no secret
(It ain’t no secret)
41 shots
And we’ll take that ride
Cross this bloody river
To the other side
41 shots
And my boots caked in this mud
We’re baptized in these waters
(baptized in these waters)
And in each other’s blood
(And in each others blood)
Is it a gun, is it a knife
Is it a wallet, this is your life
It ain’t no secret
It ain’t no secret
(It ain’t no secret)
It ain’t no secret
(It ain’t no secret)
No secret my friend
You can get killed just for living in
You can get killed just for living in
You can get killed just for living in
You can get killed just for living in
You can get killed just for living in
Your American Skin
(41 shots)You can get killed just for living in
(41 shots)You can get killed just for living in
(41 shots)You can get killed just for living in
(41 shots)You can get killed just for living in
(41 shots)You can get killed just for living in
(41 shots)You can get killed just for living in
Five Questions For Barack Obama
Mr. Senator:Â
1) How will you get the international experience you need to make a credible run for the White House?
2) Why are you the only politician who keeps feeling the need to publicly mention that you have a wife who keeps you in check?
4) As John Edwards’s future running mate in 2008, how will you fulfill your role as Vice President?
5) With respect, how will you fulfill the legacies of the circa 1968 MLK and RFK when you haven’t really said anything?
Once Again, I'm Being Captain Obvious :) , But……
Not The Biggest Fan of Stanley Crouch………..
……………..but he makes a good point here.
The Whole O.J. Thing……….
Say It Ain't So, Kramer!
Speaking of racist video………
Drunk? On drugs? Mad about “The Seinfeld Curse?” I don’t know, and, to be honest, it doesn’t matter. Racism is racism, and here it is in its purist white form. And here’s the accompanying article.
Oh, by the way, he told CNN today that he was sorry and that he “made amends.”
Seen Them Yet?
“Them,” of course, are the two pieces of video folks are talking about.
First, the tasering of the Iranian UCLA student.
Although it’s clear he didn’t use the best judgement in his dealings with the police (was he angry over being racially profiled?), it goes without saying…. REPEATEDLY TASERING someone who’s not ARMED? IN A COLLEGEÂ LIBRARY??????
At least there’s a demonstration. Let’s see how this resolves.
And second, that Ward Connerly statement……. 🙂
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