Model Minority "Thugs, Feminists and Boom Bap"

Look What Happened to Your Hip Hop

m.dotwrites@gmail.com (m.dot) — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:41:00 +0000

When I first heard it, I was g'chattin' with @hotcompics. Then I saw it again, and was like that's cute. Then the third time, I was like, "this is hella obnoxious." Old school Breakbeats selling...

20 Questions Fridays {7.17.09}

m.dotwrites@gmail.com (m.dot) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:59:00 +0000

Via 1. Why do so many people say they hate feminism, yet they can't define it? 2. What would happen if Beyonce responded to Nia Long? 3. What if young people, in schools with high drop out...

Gratitude Wednesdays {7.15.09}

m.dotwrites@gmail.com (m.dot) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:57:00 +0000

Wow. To be thankful. I noticed a month a go that The Comeback Girl does Gratitude Fridays, so I have decided to try it out as well. Gratitude lists help me get my mind right. I am not sure which...

Twenty Questions Tuesday {7.14.09}

m.dotwrites@gmail.com (m.dot) — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:05:00 +0000

1. Why text messages cost .20 cent? 2. Why is it so hard to organize communities? 3. Why is getting out the bed so hard? 4. Why is Sasha Obama so cute, that I wanna hug her? 5. Why did my...

The Coming Jobless Society

m.dotwrites@gmail.com (m.dot) — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:06:00 +0000

Children protest the closure of a jail in Lansing, Michigan. It is only right that I am drawn to learning about the ascension and decline of civilizations, as a I saw my community Oakland,...

The Future of {Urban} Magazine's: Thoughts on Jeff Chang's Vibe Roundtable

m.dotwrites@gmail.com (m.dot) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:06:00 +0000

Last week, Jeff Chang posted a roundtable discussion with Alan Light, former Editor in Chief at Vibe and Raymond Roker, Founder of Urb Magazine. Read the entire post here. It is fascinating...

BET's School for Nappy Headed Ho's: BET, Drake & Lil Wayne

m.dotwrites@gmail.com (m.dot) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:35:00 +0000

The jump @ 3:55 sec "I like a long haired thick red bone." ~Lil Wayne No nappy headed ho's allowed. I have been having a conversation with Moya and Nuala about BET, Drake, and Lil Wayne. The...

Digital White Flight: On Twitter and Race

m.dotwrites@gmail.com (m.dot) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:59:00 +0000

Courtesy of John from ColderIce Twitter and Race Two major events have happened in the last few days involving Twitter and race. On Sunday night, during The BET awards, the trending topics were: The...

The Children of Alcoholics Either Marry One or Become One

m.dotwrites@gmail.com (m.dot) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:05:00 +0000

Me and Dig Dug in August '05. I had no idea at the time, but my whole world was about to shake. I woke up this morning with this thought, the title of the post, in my head, probably because it ties...

Douch Bags, Wife Beaters and Vagina Music

m.dotwrites@gmail.com (m.dot) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:33:00 +0000

I was reading the Bitch Blog this morning when, I came across a post on Vagina Music by Andi Zeisler. I instantly suspected that Vagina music was derisive term because vagina's are used in popular...

The End of Journalism, the Beginning of the Future

m.dotwrites@gmail.com (m.dot) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:42:00 +0000

A couple of weeks ago on Twitter, Toure went back and forth with several people, one of which was Aliya S. King, on the future or the end of journalism. Given the dismissiveness of Toure's tone,...

Girls and Math

m.dotwrites@gmail.com (m.dot) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:56:00 +0000

Last month I spent 30 minutes of a 50 minute tutoring session trying to teach a 12 year old year the common denominator. Often times, as a tutor, it is hard to teach a young person what you take...

Chris Brown x Rihanna Fenty x Perez Hilton

m.dotwrites@gmail.com (m.dot) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:32:00 +0000

A couple days ago, Chris Brown pleaded guilty for beating Rihanna Fenty last February. He looks like OJ in that picture. By pleading guilty to felony assault if he so much as sneezes the wrong way,...

Reverse Racism, Slavery Apologies and Identity Politics: Lions and Tigers and Bears Oh My!

m.dotwrites@gmail.com (m.dot) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:11:00 +0000

On May 29th Rush Limbaugh called President Obama and Sonia Sotomayor a "reverse racist." On June 18th the Senate Passed a resolution offering an apology for slavery. What do all of these things...

Quirky Black Girl Manifesta

m.dotwrites@gmail.com (m.dot) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:33:00 +0000

Clockwise: Zora Neal Hurston, Betty Davis, ZZ Packer, Alice Walker Many online spaces traffic in trashing Black women, so I was excited when I came across Quirky Black Girls. The sites purpose...

We Are The Leaders We Need: 100 Visionaries [UPDATE]

m.dotwrites@gmail.com (m.dot) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:08:00 +0000

For my long time readers, you know that Court Bear and I have been working on a non profit, 100 Visionaries, that came out of the "Who Raises the Kids, the Momma's or the Rappers" discussion on...

6.14.09 Iranian Revolution, Coup or Protest? Time Will Reveal

m.dotwrites@gmail.com (m.dot) — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:58:00 +0000

via Andrew Sullivan Something about the Iran has captured my attention. People protest around the world all of the time, but there is something about this that is moving. Perhaps its the...

Jay Z, Dyson and Me

m.dotwrites@gmail.com (m.dot) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:56:00 +0000

For Hip Hop News & Entertainment at DimeWars.ComJim Jones on Jay Z @ 1:18 seconds I was on Twitter last week when the New Jay Z song, Death of Autotune broke. But peep, I didn't listen to it...

Thinking

m.dotwrites@gmail.com (m.dot) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:36:00 +0000

See Cartoons by Cartoon by Mike Lane - Courtesy of Politicalcartoons.com - Email this Cartoon I have a few posts in the cooker. I haven't forgotten about you all. I have always been working on...

Judges, Black Cops and Sub-humanity

m.dotwrites@gmail.com (m.dot) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:28:00 +0000

Police Officer Omar Edwards and Son Both the nomination of the first Latina Supreme Court Justice and the murder of a plain clothes, Black police officer Omar J. Edwards by a white police officer,...

I Got 99 Problems, but a B-tch Ain't One: The Money Over B-tches Ethos in Global Capitalism and Hip Hop

m.dotwrites@gmail.com (m.dot) — Fri, 29 May 2009 05:21:00 +0000

Photo Credits Clockwise: Luke & Doug E. Fresh & Dancer by Hilton Bailey Venus Hottentot & Lil 'Kim - via Straight Outta New York Tip Drill - Music Video Still Unconfirmed Photo of Rihanna...

The Conclusion

m.dotwrites@gmail.com (m.dot) — Wed, 27 May 2009 05:40:00 +0000

I am coming to the conclusion that most of the people who Blog about Black people, Hate Black people. Damn Homie.

Camus, Obama & Torture: That Right There is Hell Breakin' Loose

m.dotwrites@gmail.com (m.dot) — Thu, 21 May 2009 19:54:00 +0000

8 June 1972: Kim Phúc, center left, running down a road near Trang Bang after a South Vietnamese Air Force napalm attack. Last week, I couldn't figure out why the issue of torture was consistently...

Are N-ggas Really that Homophobic? Part II

m.dotwrites@gmail.com (m.dot) — Fri, 15 May 2009 00:23:00 +0000

Courtesy of Robbie @ Unkut Recently in The Daily Beast, Elizabeth Gates wrote an article titled, "Does Kanye Dress Too Gay." In the article she discusses Fonzworth Bently, Andre 3000 and the...

Lovelle Mixon x The Wire x Residential Cesspools

m.dotwrites@gmail.com (m.dot) — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:07:00 +0000

Graphic by Kevin Weston and Arturo Tejada. Below you will find an excerpt to Kevin Weston's and Aurturo Tejada's artist's statement, titled "Hating Lovelle Loving Obama." They write, As artists we...