January 2012
“An artist’s only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own...”
– J.D. Salinger, Franny & Zooey. Salinger died two years ago today. (via doubledaybooks)
Why are there always everest and personal injury claim commercials on mtv jams? Are those people who watch it dumb and hurt trying to get over. They also owe back taxes. and How come I dont see those same type of ads on cnn?
In 2012 what does a modern minstrel show look like? whatever vh1 airs. Remember when Flav had the viking hat on, gold teeth, and huge ass turkey wing buggin his eyes sayin...
“Our growth is generally dependent upon our ability to obtain new contracts to...”
– Corrections Corporation of America, the largest private prison operator in America, statement to stockholders, 2005.
In other words: ending the Drug War and eliminating federal mandatory minimum sentences is bad for business. Adam Gopnik notes that CCA “spends millions lobbying legislators.”...
zakkiwu:
what if heaven was hell and visa...
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I stunt on these niggas
intellectual
never front for no figures
sapiosexual
who loves a good figure
light brown skin
match my dark brown liquor
I lick her; I love her. I kiss her;
I light my best with her
And when she’s high enough
She starts to paint her perfect picture
Just so happens that
I’m in it
With her
in her
She drops some jewels in my ear
as we journey to her...
Watch#DEAD #DEAD #DEAD
fearlesslyblack:
Wayne Wonder- No Letting Go
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“One day we must ask the question, “Why are there forty million poor people in...”
– And this is what really got Dr. MLK killed. (via black-culture)
Songs That Moved Black America. →
thejazzpoet:
Perhaps there has been no greater cultural export from African-American culture than its music. If, as Chuck D once announced, rap is black America’s CNN, then music overall has served as a rallying cry against injustice and fueled black America’s soundtrack for change. In honor of Black Music History Month, here are 25 songs that speak to music’s ability to evoke thought, dialogue...
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: A Brief List and Analysis of White Savior Films →
ethiopienne:
iamabutchsolo:
A White Savior Film (WSF) is a movie that features a white person coming into the lives of a person or people of color (POCs) who are often low-income, troubled, and/or severely oppressed. The troubled times that the people of color are in can be a product of oppression from other white folks, or their own doing. Either way, the White Savior comes in, quickly...
blues4aprincess:
*Cee-Lo, Sometimes
the BEST...
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the unofficial 1st release from my project called...
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IVL
I just decided today will be an Ivey League Day.
Maybe I should start by explaining what that is exactly. Alex and Tre and I all went to Colgate University together; Tre was my roommate my freshman year. Alex and Tre played basketball and I football. And like most athletes at a nauseating white, private, small liberal arts university we grew as friends. College shit happens and then we...
Where Does All That Ugly Go in Our Beautiful... →
negrosunshine:
I’m interested in powerful images that strike chords embedded deep in the resevoirs of our subconscious
-Wangechi Mutu
Trapped within the mundane white living of Orange County, California it becomes of paramount need to find the quiet moments of mental escape.[i]. Those breaks in the reality of the situation when I surround myself with nothing but Blackness, Black ‘living,’...
