tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881843382639953420Wed, 06 Nov 2024 02:52:29 +0000Aimé CésaireBlack peopleColonialismNégritudeBeing black in America and Being black in the United Kingdom are alternate realities-- Discussions on The Post-Modern condition of Blacknesshttp://moorish-american.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)Blogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881843382639953420.post-7128553222792089678Sat, 20 Jul 2013 15:12:00 +00002013-07-20T16:12:02.372+01:00 http://moorish-american.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-start-of-atlantic-culture.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881843382639953420.post-1706263420353406894Sat, 20 Jul 2013 15:09:00 +00002013-07-20T16:09:54.114+01:00 http://moorish-american.blogspot.com/2013/07/atlantic-culture.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881843382639953420.post-1632213791576660770Mon, 02 Jul 2012 08:25:00 +00002013-07-20T16:07:12.779+01:00 After having the pleasure of reading Salon's and Alternet's  Sara Robinson's "Southern Values Revived" I was left with a feeling of  comfort that one often experiences after a large helping of macaroni and cheese or your comfort food of choice.  Sara Robinson has penned myriad streams of consciousness. One of her chosen topics has echoed through our heads for decades.  Thehttp://moorish-american.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-elephant-rears-its-head.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881843382639953420.post-5465277554064043540Wed, 13 Jun 2012 07:21:00 +00002012-06-13T08:23:09.293+01:00 It is not that Europe has denied its colonial history. Instead, Europe has developed a way of telling the story of its colonial history that ultimately seeks to erase that history”http://moorish-american.blogspot.com/2012/06/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881843382639953420.post-8944573684535160634Sun, 15 Apr 2012 10:07:00 +00002012-04-15T11:07:21.690+01:00 Amiri Baraka and Bill Fletcher, Jr., offer conflicting perspectives on Manning Marable's biography of Malcolm X. Also, Patrick Dooley discusses a Tom Stoppard play about radical thinkers in 19th-century Russia. link Against the Grain - April 10, 2012 at 12:00pm Click to listen (or download) http://moorish-american.blogspot.com/2012/04/manning-marables-biography-of-malcolm-x.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881843382639953420.post-5709981983871395956Sun, 15 Apr 2012 10:04:00 +00002012-04-15T11:05:45.766+01:00 Alondra Nelson, author of "Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight against Medical Discrimination," talks to Sasha Lilley about the little known history of the Black Panther's medical activism, from setting up free clinics to genetic screening for sickle cell anemia. link Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley - April 9, 2012 at 12:00pm Click to listen (or download) http://moorish-american.blogspot.com/2012/04/against-grain-with-sasha-lilley-april-9.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881843382639953420.post-5744811832104087407Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:19:00 +00002012-02-29T18:19:57.838+00:00 Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy http://moorish-american.blogspot.com/2012/02/black-womens-bodies-and-medicine.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881843382639953420.post-6366999049330589046Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:25:00 +00002012-01-27T20:25:05.739+00:00Obama Brewer Image Recalls Civil Rights Photohttp://moorish-american.blogspot.com/2012/01/obama-brewer-image-recalls-civil-rights.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881843382639953420.post-9216828493167550245Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:25:00 +00002012-01-26T17:28:17.746+00:00 http://moorish-american.blogspot.com/2012/01/hey-its-elon-from-this-week-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881843382639953420.post-8511231955131314682Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:07:00 +00002012-01-26T16:07:49.777+00:00 via: BBC 4 Analysis A New Black Politics?  David Goodhart meets the politicians who claim to advocate on behalf of Britain's black communities and asks how the ideologies of black politics have changed since the 1980s. The programme hears from David Lammy MP, Kwasi Kwarteng MP, Tory activist Shaun Bailey, chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission Trevor Phillipshttp://moorish-american.blogspot.com/2012/01/black-politics-in-england.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881843382639953420.post-4916578454065390899Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:19:00 +00002012-01-18T10:23:09.566+00:00 This post from the amazing, Afro-Europe eloquently explains the phenomena that we love to explore.,  Lola Adesioye  expresses her view on why Being black in the UK doesn't mean the same as being black in the US!”  Ms. Adesioye explains 3rd culture children, global citizenship and she even sings about it... Lola Adesioye Watch and Read Here http://moorish-american.blogspot.com/2012/01/compare-and-contrast-uk-and-us.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881843382639953420.post-1320417606561941844Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:35:00 +00002012-01-18T10:00:15.592+00:00 Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Readers of this blog are familiar with the Elephant metaphor constructed in so many posts on this site.  The Elephant in the American room is race.   The  social construction of race in America intertwines issues of intelligence, economics, civilisation and integrity between http://moorish-american.blogspot.com/2012/01/pandering-to-elephant-in-room.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881843382639953420.post-6209923925049588367Fri, 23 Dec 2011 10:35:00 +00002011-12-23T10:41:38.403+00:00 This informative broadcast on the origins and composition of media technology brings to mind the stunning archive of meaningful photos that is the wonderful blog Beautone.  My only critique of the following broadcast is that the black voice in the settlement of the West and specifically San Francisco was left out.  Inclusion, that is what makes Beautone such an important site.  Inhttp://moorish-american.blogspot.com/2011/12/power-of-image.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881843382639953420.post-2717575420675531219Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:54:00 +00002011-12-23T10:00:49.085+00:00 Senator Ron Paul as a metaphor for the issue of race in America.  The Rachel Maddow Show did an expose on Texas Senator Ron Paul. Rachel and Melissa Harris Perry created a compelling metaphor.  They equated the spectre of racial discomfort in Ron Paul's past to American attitudes on race.  The comparison was apt and compelling. Visit msnbc.comhttp://moorish-american.blogspot.com/2011/12/succant-and-accurate-description.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881843382639953420.post-4869766756621038488Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:52:00 +00002011-11-30T14:03:41.850+00:00Aimé CésaireBlack peopleColonialismNégritude  Césaire on Colonialism featuring Dr. Robin D.G. Kelly is an Against the Grain, must listen, podcast.  For anyone interested in globalism, colonialism, capitalism or even just issues about black people this show will make you think.  For you black studies students remember Aimé Césaire?  Nigritude, ring a bell?  Perhaps you associate him with the surrealist http://moorish-american.blogspot.com/2011/11/cesaire-on-colonialism.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881843382639953420.post-5549347875212766503Sun, 13 Nov 2011 15:26:00 +00002011-11-30T14:05:30.316+00:00 Big up and Bruv are two words in the English spoken language that have deemed important enough to be included on the BBC English language learning website. The origins of the word Bruv                                                          &http://moorish-american.blogspot.com/2011/11/big-up-bruv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881843382639953420.post-1090690499540281424Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:26:00 +00002011-10-24T09:41:29.274+01:00 Corey Robin's assessment of rightwing thought is scintillating.   His thesis revolves around privledge, the creation of privilege where there is none, exploitation and keeping the lower orders in line.  His Feudal Democracy sub-thesis and his identification of how some on the right frame the wealthy as victims are perceptive.  His analysis ishttp://moorish-american.blogspot.com/2011/10/corey-robins-assessment-of-rightwing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881843382639953420.post-9172066994689979956Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:02:00 +00002011-10-21T22:46:09.122+01:00 This image can be found at African Digital Art http://moorish-american.blogspot.com/2011/10/happy-black-history-month-britian.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881843382639953420.post-622961154718894908Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:02:00 +00002011-11-30T14:07:39.028+00:00 Adam Curtis is an amazing film-maker.  His insight and artistic talents are apparent in most of his work.  The story of Henrietta Lacks is layered with meaning.  Henrietta Lacks, Neo-Eve, mother nature and the exploited.  Her tale is that of black women throughout colonisation and slavery.  Her story is that of the human race.  Adam Curtis writes, "http://moorish-american.blogspot.com/2011/10/adam-curtis-way-of-all-flesh-adam.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881843382639953420.post-5031890046993888290Wed, 12 Oct 2011 23:09:00 +00002011-11-30T14:08:44.458+00:00 Via The Crunk Feminist Collective"I do not dig debating with young white feminists late into the night about white privilege and having other Black women in the thread have to call out the supposed anti-racist feminists for not speaking up, for yet again forcing Black women to do the exhausting work of teaching" From The Crunk Feminist Collective a poignant discussion onhttp://moorish-american.blogspot.com/2011/10/post-modern-confusion-and-identity.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881843382639953420.post-6990295282896172842Wed, 12 Oct 2011 23:00:00 +00002011-10-13T00:00:38.164+01:00 Via ChronicleWorl.  An Interesting Timeline of Black London The Chronicle - The Shaping of Black London Published with Blogger-droid v1.7.4 http://moorish-american.blogspot.com/2011/10/black-london-50-ad-to-1997-ad.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881843382639953420.post-1116987644244809655Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:52:00 +00002011-10-12T23:52:52.505+01:00 Lest we forget the Green Book, the first Driving while Black Guide. ‘Green Book’ turns page back to Jim Crow- The New Haven Register - Serving New Haven, Connecticut Published with Blogger-droid v1.7.4 http://moorish-american.blogspot.com/2011/10/black-history-month-instalment-usa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881843382639953420.post-7391397239513427102Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:47:00 +00002011-10-12T23:53:03.736+01:00 Via,  Ta-Nehisi Coates from the Atlantic.com " During the days of Frederick Douglass's activism, the cause of abolition was deeply entangled with the cause of "women's rights." The two movements would later split over the 15th Amendment."  Frederick Douglass: 'A Women's Rights Man' - Ta-Nehisi Coates - Personal - The Atlantic http://moorish-american.blogspot.com/2011/10/post-modern-black-history-month.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881843382639953420.post-70642665192418707Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:31:00 +00002011-10-13T00:31:51.619+01:00 In her own words. Oshun in the media, aka,  Melissa Harris-Perry responds to the entire  kerfuffle. The Epistemology of Race Talk | The Nation The comment section is GOLD.http://moorish-american.blogspot.com/2011/10/epistemology-of-race-talk-nation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881843382639953420.post-2661649828255089605Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:59:00 +00002011-09-30T12:46:19.474+01:00 Why  does the topic of race in the Post-modern era, generate excitement here?  Because  the so-called Post-modern, Postcolonial, Post-racial era has been so greatly heralded for being devoid of the negative racial connotations associated with the modern era.  bell hooks provides context for why the black experience in Post-modern http://moorish-american.blogspot.com/2011/09/yet-another-follow-up-to-magic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0