Dear Chris Rock,
Like America’s conscience, I want to erase this moment in history but I can’t.
You’ve disgusted me to no end. I cannot believe I just witnessed your tasteless, callous, immature, disrespectful and unfunny “comedic tribute” to Oprah Winfrey. It was already borderline for you to joke about her money on such an occasion but you went way too far by cracking a sex joke about Oprah on the day she received her highest honor for the arts in the nation, by the President of the United States of America, in the Kennedy Center Honors:
The Presidential honorees, in total, were country singer Merle Haggard, composer Jerry Herman, choreographer Bill T. Jones, Sir Paul McCartney, and Oprah Winfrey.
Oprah Winfrey and Stedman Graham
Now let’s review your jokes, shall we?
Chris: Oprah’s SO... -
A Poem for Jennifer Hudson
We all know Jennifer Hudson. Upon the cusp of her rise to a superstardom she earned, I celebrated with glee, remembering how, many years ago, some...
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From Jena to Tahrir: Online Activism in the Age of Social Media and Public Intellectuals
This weekend, I had the great honor of being invited to present at “Black Thought 2.0: New Media and the Future of Black Studies” at...
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Black Thought 2.0 Launches at Duke University with S. Craig Watkins
Black Thought 2.0 was curated by Dr. Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan) via Duke University’s AAAS Program, the John Hope Franklin Center and...
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Piers Morgan and Toure Prove They Think Their Antics Are More Important Than Trayvon Martin
Piers Morgan, TV Host CNN Toure, Music Critic, Wannabe Spokesperson for Black Folks Go Head With All of That! As I say in one...
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On Being Natural and Black: An Open Letter to Wendy Williams
Dear Wendy Williams, I’m days late with this and, in the Twitter world, nearly a year late but the Goddess Sekhmet is seething and I have to...
A Poem for Jennifer Hudson
We all know Jennifer Hudson.
Upon the cusp of her rise to a superstardom she earned, I celebrated with glee, remembering how, many years ago, some of us engaged in a campaign to get “the girl...
From Jena to Tahrir: Online Activism in the Age of Social Media and Public Intellectuals
This weekend, I had the great honor of being invited to present at “Black Thought 2.0: New Media and the Future of Black Studies” at Duke University, hosted by the African and African...
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Dear Chris Rock,
Like America’s conscience, I want to erase this moment in history but I can’t.
You’ve disgusted me to no end. I cannot believe I just witnessed your tasteless, callous, immature, disrespectful and unfunny “comedic tribute” to Oprah Winfrey. It was already borderline for you to joke about her money on such an occasion but you went way too far by cracking a sex joke about Oprah on the day she received her highest honor for the arts in the nation, by the President of the United States of America, in the Kennedy Center Honors:
The Presidential honorees, in total, were country singer Merle Haggard, composer Jerry Herman, choreographer Bill T. Jones, Sir Paul McCartney, and Oprah Winfrey.
Oprah Winfrey and Stedman Graham
Now let’s review your jokes, shall we?
Chris: Oprah’s SO...
An Open Letter to Chris Rock
Dear Chris Rock,
Like America’s conscience, I want to erase this moment in history but I can’t.
You’ve disgusted me to no end. I cannot believe I just witnessed your tasteless, callous, immature, disrespectful and unfunny “comedic tribute” to Oprah Winfrey. It was already borderline for you to joke about her money on such an occasion but you went way too far by cracking a sex joke about Oprah on the day she received her highest honor for the arts in the nation, by the President of the United States of America, in the Kennedy Center Honors:
The Presidential honorees, in total, were country singer Merle Haggard, composer Jerry Herman, choreographer Bill T. Jones, Sir Paul McCartney, and Oprah Winfrey.
Oprah Winfrey and Stedman Graham
Now let’s review your jokes, shall we?
Chris: Oprah’s SO...
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According to Sam Reynold’s, an astrologer and one of my great Twitter buddies, Eddie Long is experiencing his “Saturn Return”. I asked Sam what that meant and if it was along the lines of “what goes around comes around?” and he said “Yes.”
Naturally, this led me to the film, “Boomerang”, in which Eddie Murphy plays “Marcus”, a consummate ladies’ man who thinks he’s above reproach until “Jacqueline”, a character played by Robin Givens, puts it on him and flips the gendered script (i.e. engaging in powerful, skilled, sexual encounters detached from a particular type of needy emotionalism often characteristically depicted of women).
One of the most hilarious scenes in what is now a cult classic is that between actors Eddie Murphy and Grace Jones, who...
A Prayer for Discernment: Eddie Long Deserves Grace…(Jones, That Is)
According to Sam Reynold’s, an astrologer and one of my great Twitter buddies, Eddie Long is experiencing his “Saturn Return”. I asked Sam what that meant and if it was along the lines of “what goes around comes around?” and he said “Yes.”
Naturally, this led me to the film, “Boomerang”, in which Eddie Murphy plays “Marcus”, a consummate ladies’ man who thinks he’s above reproach until “Jacqueline”, a character played by Robin Givens, puts it on him and flips the gendered script (i.e. engaging in powerful, skilled, sexual encounters detached from a particular type of needy emotionalism often characteristically depicted of women).
One of the most hilarious scenes in what is now a cult classic is that between actors Eddie Murphy and Grace Jones, who...
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MTV’s Video Music Awards used to be a thing of legend. I can still recall those commercials that encouraged us to call our cable companies and say, “I Want My MTV!” I remember how a little Black girl could watch MTV and not see any videos by Black folks on them, as well as the glee she felt when her idol, Michael Jackson, tip-toed on lighted floor squares, testifying that he was not the lover of Billie Jean or the father of her son. She can remember the mixed feelings of excitement when “Yo! MTV Raps” came on board, as well as the array of music, fashion, great performances and some antics that occurred annually at the VMAs.
She also vividly remembers Madonna writhing on the floor while gyrating in a wedding gown to the shock and awe of television watchers back home. She doth also remember the beckoning of...
It’s Too Late to Apologize: Kanye West, Taylor Swift and the Music Industry Hypocrisy of MTV’s VMAs
MTV’s Video Music Awards used to be a thing of legend. I can still recall those commercials that encouraged us to call our cable companies and say, “I Want My MTV!” I remember how a little Black girl could watch MTV and not see any videos by Black folks on them, as well as the glee she felt when her idol, Michael Jackson, tip-toed on lighted floor squares, testifying that he was not the lover of Billie Jean or the father of her son. She can remember the mixed feelings of excitement when “Yo! MTV Raps” came on board, as well as the array of music, fashion, great performances and some antics that occurred annually at the VMAs.
She also vividly remembers Madonna writhing on the floor while gyrating in a wedding gown to the shock and awe of television watchers back home. She doth also remember the beckoning of...
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BET Videos
“It’s almost chivalry…but not really” — Jean Grae
“Whew, I know the pressure, Sista, I do…” — Roxanne Shante
Initially, I only caught the tail end of BET’s premiere of “My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women in Hip Hop”. I thought it was very good and the visual array of “Femcees” (Female MC’s) whom have blessed my life made me feel good about the foundation of artistry that encapsulated my dome as a girl and young woman. And speaking of foundation…
Dancing was my artistic foundation. I am, as the saying goes, “Once a dancer, always a dancer.” This is fact. So, I missed the premiere because I was totally focused upon LaToya winning the Oxygen Channel’s “Dance Your A__ Off” in the finale (she...
My Mic Sounds Nice: So Why Am I Scene, (But) Not Heard?
BET Videos
“It’s almost chivalry…but not really” — Jean Grae
“Whew, I know the pressure, Sista, I do…” — Roxanne Shante
Initially, I only caught the tail end of BET’s premiere of “My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women in Hip Hop”. I thought it was very good and the visual array of “Femcees” (Female MC’s) whom have blessed my life made me feel good about the foundation of artistry that encapsulated my dome as a girl and young woman. And speaking of foundation…
Dancing was my artistic foundation. I am, as the saying goes, “Once a dancer, always a dancer.” This is fact. So, I missed the premiere because I was totally focused upon LaToya winning the Oxygen Channel’s “Dance Your A__ Off” in the finale (she...
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Antoine received his own Brown Twitter Bird. He’s Our Hero.
So, I was trying to at least partially explain why Black people love Twitter and what we do on the medium when I decided to include the overnight sensation of Antoine Dodson.
Thus, I wrote the following:
Thus, if they can’t understand something so simple, then they wouldn’t understand why, even though we are really (really!!!) appalled by both home invasion and rape, we love the Antoine Dodson story and find he, his sister, Kelly, (and his other family members) so funny.
And if that’s the case, they REALLY wouldn’t understand why a remix (auto-tune) song was made of his rant, why Antoine has 13 Twitter accounts, a website, is selling T-shirts and has a hotline—all this from the attempted rape of his sister by a roving rapist in...
Our Fascination with the Antoine Dodson Situation
Antoine received his own Brown Twitter Bird. He’s Our Hero.
So, I was trying to at least partially explain why Black people love Twitter and what we do on the medium when I decided to include the overnight sensation of Antoine Dodson.
Thus, I wrote the following:
Thus, if they can’t understand something so simple, then they wouldn’t understand why, even though we are really (really!!!) appalled by both home invasion and rape, we love the Antoine Dodson story and find he, his sister, Kelly, (and his other family members) so funny.
And if that’s the case, they REALLY wouldn’t understand why a remix (auto-tune) song was made of his rant, why Antoine has 13 Twitter accounts, a website, is selling T-shirts and has a hotline—all this from the attempted rape of his sister by a roving rapist in...
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A Low Blow to Wyclef
In a New York Times article entitled, “Haiti’s (Would Be) Hip Hop President”, author, Charles M. Blow took a few cheap shots at Wyclef Jean, echoing the now-consistent phrase among quite a few bloggers and pundits that Wyclef is “incoherent”. I already knew he was trying to start something with the title of his piece, although sometimes editors choose titles, so it would still mean they were trying to start something, especially upon the heels of the disastrous, Kwame Kilpatrick, former “Hip Hop Mayor” of Detroit. That’s another blog topic for another day but the association is purposeful and clear.
I learned from Mediahacker’s article, “Wyclef Jean: Haiti’s Sarah Palin” that the above picture is the first picture that comes up when anyone googles Clef. Mind you, I...
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