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50/50: Is Hip-Hop Bad for Black America?
by China Okasi
Is Hip Hop Holding Back African-Americans? That’s what we asked Thomas Chatterton Williams, author of “Losing My Cool: How a Father’s Love and 15,000 Books Beat Hip-Hop Culture” and Dr. Lester Spence, associate professor of political science at John Hopkins University and author of the forthcoming book “Stare in the Darkness: Rap, Hip-hop, and Black Politics.” It’s a vague question, we know, but one that Williams recently evoked with the publication of his book. It is certainly a question that will continue to echo through discussions on African-American political and social topics for quite some time.
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Black America Needs To Fight Its Own Battles
(Fresh Xpress) — Last week, the NAACP joined the boycott against Arizona. Why? Because, apparently, black people must jump onto every “civil rights” bandwagon that goes by. What does AZ SB-1070 – a crackdown on illegal immigration – have to do with African-Americans? And why do our premiere organizations and “black leaders” feel the need to stand on the frontlines fighting against it? At the risk of sounding uncharacteristically callous, I have to wonder why we’re out spending resources, doing TV appearances, boycotting cities and overall fighting battles that are wholly unrelated to the progress of African-Americans when our own war hasn’t been won. This Arizona boycott is only a good example of what we do all the time. Whether we’re talking about Proposition 8 or illegal immigration, why are we – as Black people – dragged into every fight?
Black America Needs To Fight Its Own Battles
(Fresh Xpress) — Last week, the NAACP joined the boycott against Arizona. Why? Because, apparently, black people must jump onto every “civil rights” bandwagon that goes by. What does AZ SB-1070 – a crackdown on illegal immigration – have to do with African-Americans? And why do our premiere organizations and “black leaders” feel the need to stand on the frontlines fighting against it? At the risk of sounding uncharacteristically callous, I have to wonder why we’re out spending resources, doing TV appearances, boycotting cities and overall fighting battles that are wholly unrelated to the progress of African-Americans when our own war hasn’t been won. This Arizona boycott is only a good example of what we do all the time. Whether we’re talking about Proposition 8 or illegal immigration, why are we – as Black people – dragged into every fight?
Five Reasons Why Elena Kagan Is Bad for Black People and America
(HuffingtonPost.com) — I don’t have an agenda other than one which represents the people who support me. My supporters are typically black and brown people across America who simply want the truth (although I appreciate support from people who are not black or brown). So, without the political spin, demographic juggling or calculated strategy to protect connections in Washington, I am going to tell you exactly why this is the first time in my life that I’ve fought so strongly against a Supreme Court nominee.
If Michael Steele Fails, It Will Affect All Black Americans
(TheLoop21.com) – At this point Michael Steele’s tenure as RNC Chair has become such a joke, that it’s hard not to wonder if he’s intentionally writing the punch lines himself.
As everyone who doesn’t live under a rock now knows, a recent report revealed that on Steele’s watch, the RNC billed thousands of dollars on luxury hotels and travel, and most embarrassingly, a bondage themed nightclub. (Try to read that sentence without giggling. It’s virtually impossible.)
Despite his early run-ins with (and subsequent retreat from) Rush Limbaugh, his multiple verbal gaffes (including musing on the record that the GOP was not likely to reclaim the House this year), it is Bondage-gate that appears to have finally turned Steele from laughingstock to the political equivalent of Dead Man Walking.
Loop21.com is Taking An Economic Survey of Black America
(theLoop21.com) – In an effort to better understand the economic status of African Americans and the perceptions behind the racial disparity that exists in today’s economy, TheLoop21.com, a top African American website for economic and political news, has commissioned the largest-ever consumer study of African American consumers and workers. In partnership with the national sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) Sorority, Inc., the “2010 Economic Survey of Black America” seeks to provide a clear assessment of Black America’s economic status and black consumer confidence from the perspective of thousands of black consumers and workers. The “2010 Economic Survey of Black America” will be conducted online at www.TheLoop21.com, effective Friday, April 9 through Friday, April 23.
“In today’s multi-cultural society, it is important to evaluate the strength of the U.S. economy based on the economic well-being of all its citizens,” said Darrell Williams, publisher of TheLoop21.com and a Ph.D. economist. “This survey is the first of its kind in that it provides real-time, real-life participation directly from the people themselves–Black consumers and workers. Our mission is to look behind the statistics and commentary on the black economic condition in order to give voice to the economic priorities and concerns from the community itself so as to positively influence the economic policies being formulated during this global recession.”
To ensure the participation of persons of color from various economic strata, TheLoop21.com is collaborating with Alpha Kappa Alpha. The national sorority plans to engage its 250,000 college-educated membership and their families from over 975 chapters in the U.S. and abroad.
