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if...what the?white backlashwhite flightwhite housewhite peoplewhite reactionwhite riotwhite voterswhiteness racismwhiteywomen's liberationwomen's rightswomen's studieswonderfulwoodcutwordword gamesword-streamwordsworker rightsworkersworking-classwrestlingwriterwriterswrong-headed analysisyawnyikesyucky...rummaging through the debris in "post-racial" America...http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger706125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-6109854191019562476Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:13:00 +00002010-04-12T11:16:45.509-05:00colorideasNina Jablonskiraceskin colorTED talks"Nina Jablonski says that differing skin colors are simply our bodies' adaptation to varied climates and levels of UV exposure. Charles Darwin disagreed with this theory, but she explains, that's because he did not have access to NASA..." http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2010/04/ted-talk-w-nina-jablonski-illusion-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-9146570181240263405Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:40:00 +00002010-04-12T10:45:17.990-05:00Black HistoryJohn McWhorterThe RootThe folks over at The Root posed an interesting question recently:"Who would you erase from Black History?"...but then they followed it up with a fairly obvious list:Marion Barry Michael SteeleO.J. SimpsonSheila DixonDennis RodmanAlan KeyesD.C. Sniper, John MuhammadR. KellyDr. Conrad MurrayFlavor FlavClarence ThomasBishop Don Magic JuanAmarosa Manigault-StallworthSoulja BoyWesley SnipesKarrine http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2010/03/wish-you-werent-here.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-5263729225024537966Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:05:00 +00002010-02-28T09:07:37.763-06:00African American Freedom Movementcivil rights movementequalityfreedom songsjusticemusicNew documentary on music and the southern civil rights Movement:http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2010/02/film-trailer-soundtrack-for-revolution.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-8318360427129560648Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:42:00 +00002010-02-05T07:44:41.622-06:00jazzliveMiles DavismusicSo Whathttp://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2010/02/music-miles-davis-so-what.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-6394195384589651277Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:12:00 +00002010-02-03T08:47:24.117-06:00Black PowerBlood Done Sign My Namecivil rights movementfilmNorth CarolinaOxfordracial justiceTim TysonI received my Ph.D. in modern U.S. History and African American Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2002. My primary adviser, mentor and friend there was Tim Tyson, one of the great Movement historians of our time. Tim taught me a lot about being a scholar and an activist, about being a storyteller, about being a citizen. The research I conducted for my M.A. thesis, which http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2010/02/film-blood-done-sign-my-name-trailer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-2788530131803229631Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:29:00 +00002010-01-31T18:48:53.791-06:00brainhallucinationideasmindneurologyOliver SacksTED talksNeurologist, Oliver Sacks, is always exploring the fascinating lessons we can learn from various rare brain disfunctions. For a fun intro to his work, check out The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. During a recent TED talk, Sacks discussed a group of people with Charles Bonnett syndrome, who experience lucid hallucinations. What does this impairment suggest about the nature of "reality"? http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2010/01/ideas-what-do-hallucinations-tell-us.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-7433710810624803488Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:07:00 +00002010-02-03T09:07:08.421-06:00corporationsdemocracygood ideamoney and politicspoliticssolutionsHow do ordinary citizens counter the massive influence that large monied interests have over our democracy? What is possible after the Supreme Court's recent disastrous decision opening the floodgates to corporate money in elections. Fran Kortan, publisher of Yes! Magazine, explains "ten ways to stop corporate dominance of politics."UPDATE: NPR's Ari Shapiro has an excellent interview with http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2010/01/good-ideas-combatting-corporate.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-6393311755524915107Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:23:00 +00002010-01-31T18:52:45.828-06:00civil rights movementdemocratic socialismDr. Kingeconomic justiceKing DayMartin Luther KingOmaha World HeraldPatrick Jonessocial justiceI wrote an Opinion piece for the Omaha World Herald reflecting on Dr. King's vision of economic justice.The essay ran on Monday, January 25, 2010, under the title, "MLK: Justice Requires Economic Transformation."On Tuesday, an older man called me at my office in Lincoln to let me know that he thought the ideas in the article were "communistic."Judge for yourself. Here are a few excerpts...King http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2010/01/dr-kings-forgotten-dream-of-economic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-5380045060043273746Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:16:00 +00002009-04-29T17:39:41.105-05:00Barack ObamaBlack PowerColorlinesdiscriminationemploymentfarmersfedsjobsMiriam Makebapost-racialracial politicsThe DefenderThe RootSome good articles have appeared recently dealing with racial politics in the U.S. Check 'em out...• The Defender has a nice piece on the Black Power Conference that took place in March. • An excellent analysis of youth and the "post-racial society." Be sure to read the (scary) comments, too!• A new study shows that college-educated African Americans lose more jobs than their peers across http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2009/04/continuing-adventures-in-racial.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-5942544742081359933Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:18:00 +00002009-03-23T16:17:46.977-05:00African and African American Studies ProgramBlacks in Film FestivalfestivalfilmInstitute for Ethnic StudiesJustin KemerlingLincolnNebraskaUniversity of NebraskaUNLThe African and African American Studies Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is sponsoring our second "Blacks In Film Festival" in mid-April. This time around we are focusing on documentary films and asking some broad questions...• How has documentary film been used to tell meaningful stories about black people in Africa and the United States?  What is the process of putting these http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2009/03/film-festival-real-to-reel-documenting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-2547696325696529570Sun, 08 Mar 2009 14:44:00 +00002009-03-12T20:12:18.186-05:00If you do not know about the tragic and exploitative situation in Whiteclay, Nebraska, I hope you will take a few minutes and read the following article:• Paul Hammel, "Drink, and despair, around every corner in Whiteclay" (Omaha World Herald, 3/7/09)You should also check out Mark Vasina's excellent and moving new documentary, "The Battle for Whiteclay."Here's what Frank LaMere of the Winnebago http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2009/03/battle-for-whiteclay.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-7906011552991668305Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:00:00 +00002009-03-02T10:06:07.862-06:00african americanartcinemaculturefilmMedicine for MelancholymovieSan FranciscoLooks interesting:Here is an article on the film from The Root.Seen any good films lately?http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2009/02/medicine-for-melancholy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-7898477666822726307Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:23:00 +00002009-02-20T10:26:17.528-06:00musicpolitical artposter artWoody Guthrie"I hate a song that makes you think that you are not any good. I hate a song that makes you think that you are just born to lose. Bound to lose. No good to nobody. No good for nothing. Because you are too old or too young or too fat or too slim or too ugly or too this or too that. Songs that run you down or poke fun at you on account of your bad luck or hard travelling. I am out to fight those http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2009/02/i-hate-song-that-makes-you-think-that.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-4712983888566898007Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:21:00 +00002009-02-14T07:34:34.872-06:00freedomGeorge ClintonKarl MarxliberationphilosophyrevolutionWhich is it?A. Liberate your mind and your ass will follow?B. Liberate your ass and your mind will follow?What do you think?http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2009/02/deep-thoughts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-5249582267243095923Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:22:00 +00002009-02-13T11:25:44.926-06:00civil rightsdemocracyFannie Lou HamerFreedom Democratic Partyfreedom fighterherojusticeMFDPMississippiracial justiceSNCCDo you know who Fannie Lou Hamer is? Everyone should...http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2009/02/fannie-lou-hamer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-7938230572487494555Thu, 12 Feb 2009 04:21:00 +00002009-02-11T22:22:15.111-06:00criminal justice systemdeath rowFree Troy Davisinjusticeracial injusticeracismTroy DavisFrom Amnesty International...http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2009/02/free-troy-davis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-8010934851196051788Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:23:00 +00002009-02-09T07:41:35.572-06:004CLcivil rights movementNAACP Youth Councilnon-violent direct actionOmahaopen housingPeony ParkThe ReaderThe Reader, an alternative weekly here in Omaha, is running a two-issue series on the local civil rights movement. In the current issue, "Full Freedom Now" focuses on the 4CL, or "the Citizens Coordinating Committee for Civil Liberties." During the early-mid-1960s, the group, led by four clergymen, used non-violent direct action to press for change on a host of issues. Their list of demands http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2009/02/civil-rights-era-in-omaha.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-465292462377977264Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:59:00 +00002009-02-06T10:20:41.272-06:00BailoutBarack Obamadepressionlayin' it downpoliticsstimulusThis is the dude I voted for...Click ahead to the 3:30 mark...The crucial quote:But what I have also said is - don't come to table with the same tired arguments and worn ideas that helped create this crisis.We're not going to get relief by turning back to the very same policies that in eight short years doubled the national debt and threw our economy into a tailspin. We can't embrace the losing http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2009/02/its-about-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-4020403770801129329Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:26:00 +00002009-02-03T20:42:22.970-06:00African American cultureAfro-ChristianityfaithJow CartermusicSpeaking of FaithspiritualityspiritualsSpeaking of Faith is one of my favorite NPR programs... always probing interesting dynamics of spiritual life. The following episode, from July 2008, focuses on Joe Carter and the African American spiritual:The spiritual is celebrated in American culture and beyond. It is the source from which gospel, jazz, blues, and hip-hop evolved. It was born in the American South, created by slaves, bards http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2009/02/joe-carter-and-legacy-of-african.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-6326016953881365924Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:06:00 +00002009-02-02T09:10:27.191-06:00babychildrencomedyexercisefitnesshealthhealthy livinghumormen's healthIt's gut-check time... This time of year, in early February, a lot of folks begin to lose sight of their New Year's resolutions, particularly when it comes to exercising. Here is a CLASSIC 3-minute video with some really excellent ideas about how to work out from home...http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2009/02/how-to-work-out-from-home.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-5603681276615360516Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:14:00 +00002009-02-02T07:17:29.921-06:00africaBlack History Monthhunguinstrumentmusicorigin storyYouTubeYoutube and Grey Goose have teamed up to sponsor a Black History Month film festival online. The previous documentary I posted about black rock musicians was a part of this series, as is the following film, made in Canada, about an ancient African instrument, the hungu:http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2009/02/hungu.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-9191839721528701782Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:05:00 +00002009-02-03T20:45:21.816-06:00christianityHoward Thurmanmysticnon-violencereligionsocial gospelspiritualitytheologian• “Religious experience is dynamic, it’s fluid, it’s effervescent, it’s yeasty… all these words. But the mind can’t handle that, so it has to imprison the religious experience in some way, get it bottled up. Then, when it gets quiet enough – it meaning the religious experience – then the mind draws a bead on it and extracts out of this ferment concepts, notions, dogmas, so that the religious http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2009/02/wisdom-of-howard-thurman.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-4274763222093305048Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:32:00 +00002009-01-31T10:37:47.058-06:00black rockelectric purgatorymusicmusic industryracismrock and rollstruggleThe following 1 hr documentary - "Electric Purgatory" - focuses on the plight of black rock musicians and their struggles within the music industry. It is worth checking out: What do you think?http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2009/01/documentary-film-electric-purgatory.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-6371035886294944735Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:36:00 +00002009-01-30T01:40:33.162-06:00Ella BakerObamiconposterShepherd FaireyEvery American should know who Ella Baker is. Do you?http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2009/01/ella-baker-freedom-fighter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-7174896826501310636Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:38:00 +00002009-01-26T12:15:10.389-06:00affirmative actionanti-affirmative actionminority contractsNebraskapoliticsproposition 424racial politicsMatthew Hansen of the Omaha World Herald has an article on the impact of the recently passed anti-affirmative action ballot initiative (Proposition 424) on state-level contracts for minority-owned and female-owned businesses in Nebraska. Omaha city leaders hope - but can't guarantee - that minority-owned companies will get contracts to help build the new downtown ballpark this year.That's a http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2009/01/post-424-minority-contracts-imperiled.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)4