From Dr. Boyce Watkins: Black People Who “Be Hatin On” President Obama
One thing I love about “our” people is that we like to keep things simple: Since the Obama presidency began, there has been a “stop snitching” code enforced on anyone who has the audacity to ask the White House to do a better job. Tough love is not allowed, only a coddling, protective voice of [...]
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Political Breakdown For The Week
A lot has happened in the political front as of late. I mean, this week has been chalk full of stuff. Let me break this down for you ***News Briefs*** style. -President Obama gave a moving, dedicated, impassioned and campaign fueled State of the Union address….Which sounded like all the same bullshit he said four [...]
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Black History Month….Sigh
It’s that time of year again. When Yahoo! and Google change their logos to show ‘appreciation.’ When there are more R&B based singing McDonald’s commercials on than usual and the NAACP tries to show its relevance. Yes, Black History Month. Now, for the past couple of years during Black History Month, I spend every day, [...]
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From Black Agenda Report
Black America Still Paralyzed, Powerless, Irrelevant: Year 4 of the Obama Era by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Three years ago this week, more than 2 million souls, at least half of them African American, converged upon the nation’s capital. They came, in what my colleague Glen Ford called the Great Black Hajj of [...]
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From Dr. Boyce Waktins: Would Michelle Make A Better President Than Barack?
We should consider making Michelle Obama President of the United States. While she probably wouldn’t get elected, it is likely that she would make a better commander-in-chief than her husband (no disrespect, Barack!). Here are just a few reasons why: 1) She’s just as smart as her husband: Barack Obama went to an Ivy League [...]
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How To Make Them Negroes Giddy- The Obama Edition
If any other president besides Bill Clinton did this, they’d get the side-eye with the quickness. But Barack Obama being the incumbent and knowing that he can treat Black folks like simpletons they will respond accordingly. A video of him singing a few lyrics of Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” went viral overnight. And my [...]
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Cornel West & Tavis Smiley
I had the pleasure of hearing these brothas speak last night. I wish I would have gotten a chance to go to their earlier panel which featured the likes of Michael Moore and Suze Orman. However, I went to their ‘afterword’ which was quite interesting. Now, I don’t agree with everything either of these gentlemen [...]
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Mitt Romeny Wins New Hampshire
Well, it looks like the upcoming presidential election is shaping up. Mitt Romney is gaining quite a bit of steam. I know Black folks are mad. Because well, Mitt Romney doesn’t have a (D) behind his name and his not Obama. Black folks are the prime group on that Obammites. That’s what I’m calling folks [...]
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Harry Belafonte on President Barack Obama
“When I think of Barack Obama and I think about all that is at stake here I’ve really long since left talking about how many terms he will be as a president. My question is what legacy will he leave having had the opportunity to serve under such hugely dramatic circumstances and boggled the mind [...]
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Iowa Caucuses Held Last Night
*Cough* *Cough* So? Let’s be real here. You all know I refuse to vote for any of these crooks but, we all know that with the choices that have been presented to us, Obama is for certain going to get re-elected. Let’s not even have election day. Let’s just inaugurate him again. He the same [...]
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