http://www.negrophile.com/Born on the Fourth of July ... a.k.a. Juneteenth, C.P.T.en-usThu, 09 Aug 2007 15:55:43 PDT37.905924-122.058589This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/negrophile/~3/38rWROI-dHY/everythings_wittier_when_posted_in_twitter.htmlarticlesGeorgeThu, 09 Aug 2007 15:55:43 PDThttp://www.negrophile.com/phile/articles/everythings_wittier_when_posted_in_twitter.htmlNote to readers: Updates will continue here at Negrophile.com, but consider checking out Twitter and following us at http://twitter.com/negrophile Claude Allen's Philadelphia Inquirer op-ed essay "Untold tales of achievement" Anthony Violanti's TimesDaily article "Still the King: Even 30 years after...http://www.negrophile.com/phile/articles/everythings_wittier_when_posted_in_twitter.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/negrophile/~3/f_Gow1l8KpM/augusts_austere_and_lonely_offices.htmlarticlesGeorgeWed, 01 Aug 2007 13:11:26 PDThttp://www.negrophile.com/phile/articles/augusts_austere_and_lonely_offices.htmlIt's time for this year's Black Weblog Awards! Vote carefully, thoughtfully and without any attachment to an outcome, and you might learn something and find a few new folks to add to your own list of regularly read sites. (See...http://www.negrophile.com/phile/articles/augusts_austere_and_lonely_offices.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/negrophile/~3/JPgjpBvcwdw/multitab_pileup_incapacitates_browsers_takes_days_to_untangle.htmlarticlesGeorgeWed, 11 Jul 2007 12:12:38 PDThttp://www.negrophile.com/phile/articles/multitab_pileup_incapacitates_browsers_takes_days_to_untangle.htmlHoward Kurtz's Washington Post column "A Question of Bias" Ann Hornaday's Washington Post article "Waiting for 'Action!': Instead of Making Films About the Civil Rights Era, Hollywood Has Made Excuses" Ellen Gray's Philadelphia Inquirer article "Seeking a superhero" (via the...http://www.negrophile.com/phile/articles/multitab_pileup_incapacitates_browsers_takes_days_to_untangle.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/negrophile/~3/QcDt2VJquJ8/a_ghettofabulous_conceptualism_based_on_reality_and_the_intricacies_of_daily_life.htmlarticlesGeorgeSun, 10 Jun 2007 22:02:08 PDThttp://www.negrophile.com/phile/articles/a_ghettofabulous_conceptualism_based_on_reality_and_the_intricacies_of_daily_life.htmlJori Finkel's New York Times article "A Reluctant Fraternity, Thinking Post-Black" Audra D.S. Burch's Miami Herald article "Afro-Latin Americans: A rising voice" (with comments and related content) Mike Gross' Lancaster Online commentary "The economics of baseball and race" Howard W....http://www.negrophile.com/phile/articles/a_ghettofabulous_conceptualism_based_on_reality_and_the_intricacies_of_daily_life.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/negrophile/~3/cLFA3NU08BA/inside_the_country_club_and_outside_the_baseline.htmlarticlesGeorgeFri, 08 Jun 2007 03:38:43 PDThttp://www.negrophile.com/phile/articles/inside_the_country_club_and_outside_the_baseline.htmlPhillyburbs has Lee Elder on golf and Black Enterprise has, well, black people on black golf courses, while the Nation and Sacramento Bee have Gary Sheffield....http://www.negrophile.com/phile/articles/inside_the_country_club_and_outside_the_baseline.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/negrophile/~3/DYFSvPdhieo/i_feel_victorious_that_what_i_sacrificed_myself_for_is_now_right_in_name.htmlarticlesGeorgeTue, 05 Jun 2007 12:21:34 PDThttp://www.negrophile.com/phile/articles/i_feel_victorious_that_what_i_sacrificed_myself_for_is_now_right_in_name.htmlWhat�??s in a name? For some, the switch from a department named Afro-American Studies to one entitled African and African-American Studies in 2003 simply reflected the department�??s growing focus on two separate, although necessarily intertwined, fields of study. Yet for...http://www.negrophile.com/phile/articles/i_feel_victorious_that_what_i_sacrificed_myself_for_is_now_right_in_name.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/negrophile/~3/vf4E1IE-6iI/mes_cousins_jamais_nes_hantent_les_nuits_des_duvalier.htmlarticlesGeorgeMon, 04 Jun 2007 16:29:12 PDThttp://www.negrophile.com/phile/articles/mes_cousins_jamais_nes_hantent_les_nuits_des_duvalier.html[...] My father worked in a Port-au-Prince shoe store at the time, and he recalled how Macoutes would walk into the store, ask for the best shoes, then simply grab them and walk away. He couldn�??t protest or chase them...http://www.negrophile.com/phile/articles/mes_cousins_jamais_nes_hantent_les_nuits_des_duvalier.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/negrophile/~3/vutpzuXE1dE/steve_gilliard.htmlweblogsGeorgeMon, 04 Jun 2007 15:10:31 PDThttp://www.negrophile.com/phile/weblogs/steve_gilliard.htmlphoto of Jen and Steve Gilliard from The News Blog and Julia by pnh under Creative Commons license Slant Truth: You were one of the first outspoken Black political bloggers I discovered. Skeptical Brotha: His passionate defense of truth...http://www.negrophile.com/phile/weblogs/steve_gilliard.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/negrophile/~3/EBhFgKtInpI/if_you_look_at_the_africanamerican_audience_there_is_room_for_several_networks.htmlarticlesGeorgeMon, 28 May 2007 12:22:14 PDThttp://www.negrophile.com/phile/articles/if_you_look_at_the_africanamerican_audience_there_is_room_for_several_networks.html[...] According to a 2005 Nielsen study, African-Americans watch more television on average than the overall population. That appetite for television raises the question of why BET�??s ratings are not higher. �??BET does not have the ratings it should have...http://www.negrophile.com/phile/articles/if_you_look_at_the_africanamerican_audience_there_is_room_for_several_networks.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/negrophile/~3/oOSULMlzgUA/thats_what_im_talkin_bout_square_biz.htmlarticlesGeorgeMon, 28 May 2007 11:51:24 PDThttp://www.negrophile.com/phile/articles/thats_what_im_talkin_bout_square_biz.html[...] Blacks, who make up about 12 percent of America's population remain underrepresented among business owners, even though they are better-educated than before and more likely to offer highly skilled services. Also, blacks more often conduct businesses on a part-time...http://www.negrophile.com/phile/articles/thats_what_im_talkin_bout_square_biz.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/negrophile/~3/VocvVAIcNwo/so_many_causes_lie_in_how_we_treat_one_another.htmlarticlesGeorgeMon, 21 May 2007 22:58:06 PDThttp://www.negrophile.com/phile/articles/so_many_causes_lie_in_how_we_treat_one_another.html[...] Countless studies show that stressful environments and situations raise blood pressure. And few things are as consistently stressful as being black. By almost every measurable social category �?? such as income, infant mortality, education, incarceration rates and employment �??...http://www.negrophile.com/phile/articles/so_many_causes_lie_in_how_we_treat_one_another.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/negrophile/~3/D5HKP0ouepM/the_symphony_is_like_a_big_ship_and_it_takes_a_while_to_turn_it_around.htmlarticlesGeorgeMon, 14 May 2007 07:55:36 PDThttp://www.negrophile.com/phile/articles/the_symphony_is_like_a_big_ship_and_it_takes_a_while_to_turn_it_around.html[...] Arts groups must reflect their communities, or their very existence is in peril, experts say. The seven-county region is 13 percent African-American, 2 percent Hispanic and 2 percent Asian, based on 2005 U.S. Census Bureau figures. The city, home...http://www.negrophile.com/phile/articles/the_symphony_is_like_a_big_ship_and_it_takes_a_while_to_turn_it_around.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/negrophile/~3/uRZQo4RHJXM/they_know_that_a_republican_appointed_me_but_they_still_dont_know_what_i_am.htmlarticlesGeorgeMon, 09 Apr 2007 13:50:50 PDThttp://www.negrophile.com/phile/articles/they_know_that_a_republican_appointed_me_but_they_still_dont_know_what_i_am.html"I had to deal with the obstacle of limited expectation on the part of people with whom I interacted and the people with whom I worked. If you�??ve never seen an African-American in a certain position, a lot of times...http://www.negrophile.com/phile/articles/they_know_that_a_republican_appointed_me_but_they_still_dont_know_what_i_am.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/negrophile/~3/Z4pamtgpo54/rounding_the_bases_on_a_thoroughbred_bay.htmlarticlesGeorgeMon, 02 Apr 2007 15:23:50 PDThttp://www.negrophile.com/phile/articles/rounding_the_bases_on_a_thoroughbred_bay.htmlIt's a sports kind of day, so check out David Dorsey's News-Press.com article "Not the national pastime" on the dwindling number of black folks in baseball" and Cindy Pierson Dulay's Equestrianmag article "Jockey Cheryl White, An American Missed"...http://www.negrophile.com/phile/articles/rounding_the_bases_on_a_thoroughbred_bay.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/negrophile/~3/wV-iV75Sqtg/in_preservation_you_dont_have_the_luxury_of_time.htmlarticlesGeorgeThu, 08 Mar 2007 10:55:35 PSThttp://www.negrophile.com/phile/articles/in_preservation_you_dont_have_the_luxury_of_time.htmlYvonne Shinhoster Lamb's Washington Post obituary "Robert DeForrest; Identified Black Landmarks" is about a gentleman I knew and looked up to growing in D.C. "Hip Hop History: An Interview with Vibe Magazine Publisher Len Burnett" Neely Tucker, Washington Post, "True...http://www.negrophile.com/phile/articles/in_preservation_you_dont_have_the_luxury_of_time.html