Tropic Blunder?

You’ve got to think that Ben Stiller and the studio behind his new movie about a movie, Tropic Thunder, are overjoyed about all the controversy the film is stirring up. After all, when you’re trying to promote a movie, there’s no such thing as bad publicity, right?
This article from the Chicago Tribune explores the reactions [...]

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Why White Supremacists Like Obama

Here’s an interesting report from the Associated Press on the current mood among white supremacist groups regarding a potential Barack Obama victory in November.
He’d be a “visual aid,” says former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, in trying to bring others around to their view that whites have lost control of America. Obama’s election, says [...]

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Still Divided by Faith (plus, a hope that sustains)

I was buried in a writing project when the CNN special Black in America first aired a couple weeks back, so I missed writing about it then. I caught it in bits and pieces. If anyone out there has comments or reviews they’d like to share here, please do. Related to that special, CNN.com has [...]

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Obama and the End of Black Politics (As We Know It)

This weekend’s edition of The New York Times Magazine features an excellent report titled “Is Obama the End of Black Politics?” It’s an incredibly well-written, well-reported piece that I would love to have written myself. Alas, credit Matt Bai for his epic survey of black politics today. Using Barack Obama’s historic candidacy as a barometer, [...]

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Rebel Songs

Ever lose track of time while you’re reminiscing on YouTube? Sometimes the endless videos on there send me traveling down Memory Lane for longer than I care to admit. Let’s just say I could probably be using my time more wisely. The thing is, I have all these music memories from the ’70s and ’80s—amazing [...]

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How Can a ‘Christian’ African American Vote for Obama?

I didn’t want this to become Barack Obama week here at the blog, but it seems like much of the best thinking on issues of racial reconciliation in society are related to things happening in and around the Obama campaign. Which, I suppose, should not be that surprising.
Briefly, I wanted to call your attention to [...]

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Jesse vs. Barack

Man, Jesse Jackson has gotten himself into another fine mess. But is it really what it seems? This latest Obama-drama hit last night: Jackson caught speaking disparagingly, and rather crudely, to a friend about Obama during a Fox News broadcast break when he thought the mic was off.
The full quote went something like, “Barack has been talking [...]

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Hancock vs. Obama

Anyone catch Will Smith’s alcoholic superhero movie Hancock over the holiday weekend? Though it received mixed reviews, it grossed a heroic $107 million since opening last Wednesday. I haven’t seen it, but as a fan of superhero movies (the first Superman with Christopher Reeve is my all-time favorite), I look forward to catching it soon. If you’ve seen it already, I’d love [...]

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‘Oh, say, can you … Lift every voice?’

National Anthem-gate is causing quite a stir in Denver. Has anyone caught drift of this controversy yet? It seems jazz singer Rene Marie really pushed the limits during a civic event in the Mile High City.  My old friend Steve Chavis offers some great thoughts about it over at his excellent blog, The Old School (and I’m not [...]

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Obama, Evangelicals, Coded Prejudice

Lots of energetic conversations happening across the blogosphere. I’m too busy to blog about them with any manner of cogency, but allow me to throw out a few items that I would expound on if I had the time.
The Obama vs. Dobson Bible Controversy. My friend Josh Canada has an informative post about this over at his [...]

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