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Re: Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts & Baldwin's Nigger: "It is not a racial problem. It's a problem of whether or not you're willing to look at your life and be responsible for it, and then begin to change it ......

achali — Tue, 22 May 2012 16:20:14 -0000

I promised myself I'd come back to this piece after reading Harlem Is Nowhere. I can't say any of my questions were answered by reading the book. Though, it is an interesting exploration through Harlem in time. Sort of Alice In Wonderland-esque. Rhodes-Pitts is a great technical researcher, observer, and writer, but I pretty much agree with the general sentiment of the NY Times excerpt.

@Melissa. What you say about the idea of borrowing questions asked by scholars in American Indian Studies about land and dispossession strikes me as pretty profound.

Re: Nijla Mu'min's "Deluge" / Magical Realism, post-BP oil spill New Orleans, and Black Mermaids » The Liberator Magazine | Blog

Nina G. — Mon, 21 May 2012 15:36:59 -0000

so looking forward to this

Re: Did the Trayvon Martin shooting really take place? » The Liberator Magazine | Blog

achali — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:39:20 -0000

http://weblog.liberatormagazin...

Re: Pre-blackness, blackness and post-blackness from 195,000 b.c. to Today » The Liberator Magazine | Blog

achali — Mon, 07 May 2012 15:58:00 -0000

Learning to be at peace with difference is hard today. It's also a challenge to go from using an infusion of more romantic ideas of blackness and the necessary courageousness to own our blackness for the sake of self-empowerment, to nuanced understandings of it as we both continue to make it realer and remember its invention as a social construct.

One of the primary differences I've observed between ancient Greek culture and ancient Kemetic culture though is the former's imbalanced attraction to the drama of creation.

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I Want to Be Like Jesus
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West Calls Melissa Harris-Perry A “Fraud”
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Cornel West v. Barack Obama
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The age of western enlightenment was also a catalyst for the separation of spirituality and science. ["Why don't the Kemites get credit for their contributions?" http://curiosity.discovery.com...]

Re: NY / Lounge Around at Zion, Saturday » The Liberator Magazine | Blog

liberatormag — Thu, 03 May 2012 21:50:50 -0000

ESPN: "Everything's on me" A missing $80,000 betting slip and a $250 million fight -- just another Friday for Floyd http://espn.go.com/boxing/stor...

Re: A good day to be black and sexy » The Liberator Magazine | Blog

starshineandclay — Wed, 02 May 2012 15:44:16 -0000

If you're on FB, you should check out the 'Afrikan Intellectuals' group. I'm over here DYING as I read through the threads, and trying not to lose my job in the process. It's good convo. Don't say I didn't warn ya :)

Re: Is the African intellectual lazy? » The Liberator Magazine | Blog

Willienganga — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:56:00 -0000

I strongly concur...he/she is LAZY, just think of the hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of scholarly paper produced that has never been translated into anything meaningful for the rest of the population...Where is the connection between the (little) research we have done and utility? If your work only serves to produce another "intellectual" and does not help the continent then it is useless- it only produces a copy of you and a never ending cycle begins. The cries for more research funds are empty until African intellectuals become useful to society.

Re: Did the Trayvon Martin shooting really take place? » The Liberator Magazine | Blog

Melissa Olson — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 12:37:59 -0000

Reminds me of a study entitled, "Event, Metaphor, and Memory: Chari Chaura 1922-1992" by Shahid Amin.

Re: The Fork {a poem} » The Liberator Magazine | Blog

ElectricLadyLike — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:53:12 -0000

Incredible!
this is...awesome.

Re: Did the Trayvon Martin shooting really take place? » The Liberator Magazine | Blog

leinfiniaubade — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:13:38 -0000

"The story itself becomes the primary fixation not the issues fueling it, similar to when an animal in the path of a speeding car becomes entranced by the luminosity of the headlights, forgetting the reality behind them." ---- TO THE MIND BEHIND THIS ARTICLE: KEEP WRITING, YOU DROPPIN GEMS.

Re: In no particular order, the mirror in three-part discord » The Liberator Magazine | Blog

Christina Cassie Chidi — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 23:22:20 -0000

Their own kind

My kind. Those who look like me. Only.

That brown skin. Varying from almost charcoal black to
barely caramel.

That’s my kind.

part one of a whole.

Re: Stalley / Savage Journey to the American Dream {ep/mix} » The Liberator Magazine | Blog

Nina G. — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 17:42:31 -0000

always love for the philly beards

Re: On the allure of the light skinned woman » The Liberator Magazine | Blog

Judy Hanks — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:20:31 -0000

whatever

Re: On the allure of the light skinned woman » The Liberator Magazine | Blog

Jackson Paul Hamiter — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:17:31 -0000

this thread is ignorant beyond words and it just boils down to HAIR, not skin - i used to think it WAS a skin thing but, it's HAIR - the ones that don't have wavy hair write sh*t like this about those that do - GUARANTEED the writer doesn't have wavy hair - i'm willing to be wrong and i'll revise my theories on this

and, if you DIDN'T know it, well, yeah, people aren't thinking the redbone is so hot as much as they like the wavy hair - that's WHY women BUY SO MUCH HAIR - so, my thesis is supported by a billion-dollar industry and most of the comments here are opinions or emotionalism trying to pass as real thought

and, to have white people as part of this conversation REALLY takes the cake...

Re: http://weblog.liberatormagazine.com/2011/11/how-to-form-village-analyzing-kindezi.html

achali — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:19:41 -0000

Senchal Barrolle http://weblog.liberatormagazin...

Re: http://weblog.liberatormagazine.com/2011/11/how-to-form-village-analyzing-kindezi.html

Senchal Barrolle — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:01:45 -0000

@achali I have not heard the speech to which you refer. Is it available online? I would, however, agree with such a universal law for mothers.

Re: http://weblog.liberatormagazine.com/2011/11/how-to-form-village-analyzing-kindezi.html

achali — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:34:11 -0000

I haven't read the book, but recently heard a speech in which Dr. Fu-Kiau said: (paraphrasing) if I had the power I would impose a law that said all mothers should have 12 months maternal leave with full salary". So, I question if he sees the model of Kongolese babysitting as an ideal or a stopgap. As the author suggests: "I understand that the care and quality inherent in the "babysitting" by elders and others in the Kongo, with its multi-tiered structure, may be superior to typical daycare in the U.S."

Great discussion.

Re: Outsider-Outsider Music: Willis Earl Beal and the Real Blues » The Liberator Magazine | Blog

Nina G. — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:12:22 -0000

I sent him a letter.

Re: "For the Love of the Cuff" [ep] / Live from Planet Earth volume 1.1 » The Liberator Magazine | Blog

Nia Smith — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:33:25 -0000

THE NEW LINKS ARE HERE:
http://www.filefactory.com/fil...
http://www.filefactory.com/fil...

Re: "For the Love of the Cuff" [ep] / Live from Planet Earth volume 1.1 » The Liberator Magazine | Blog

Nia Smith — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:31:00 -0000

THE NEW LINKS ARE HERE:
http://www.filefactory.com/fil...

Re: "For the Love of the Cuff" [ep] / Live from Planet Earth volume 1.1 » The Liberator Magazine | Blog

Nia I'man Smith — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 21:56:04 -0000

Hey folks,
Sorry it's taking me so long to get a new link up...I'm in the process of putting all my music back onto my computer (which tragically crashed) so I'll try to get a link up ASAP

Re: On the value of solitude in 2012 » The Liberator Magazine | Blog

Nina G. — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:08:18 -0000

love this. (love being affirmed in the first thing i read this morning).
I read an article yesterday about creative types being more depressed. I understand that part of it too

Re: Choosing a life mate / "10 ways to avoid marrying the wrong person" » The Liberator Magazine | Blog

Nina G. — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:42:42 -0000

I can see value in everything on this list and I think it's applicable to those who aren't interested in marriage...

You know what's difficult about #1. If you meet someone who is "where you are at" in life (financially, spiritually, etc.) but you haven't reached your potential. An example: IF I meet a man who is terrible at cooking and doing household activities. Can I hold that against him if I'm the same way?

Re: "For the Love of the Cuff" [ep] / Live from Planet Earth volume 1.1 » The Liberator Magazine | Blog

Nia Smith — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:32:45 -0000

hey folks...i'll try to get one up by tommorow

Re: "For the Love of the Cuff" [ep] / Live from Planet Earth volume 1.1 » The Liberator Magazine | Blog

Nina G. — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:18:12 -0000

yes, a new link is desired