The anticipated fifth and final installment of the internationally acclaimed documentary-series, Hidden Colors, has been met by standing-room-only crowds in both NYC and Atlanta. Following a showing
“If you’re black, stay back…(but) if you’re white, you’re all right!” ~Big Bill Broonzy on Jim Crow In 2019, is “White” still Right? Even with the admission by western
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of attending an event hosted by Black Creatives Japan. Black Creatives is a social-media group for independent,
Takuan Amaru What do HUD Secretary Ben Carson, Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, the Breakfast Club’s Charlamagne tha god, and ESPN’s Sage Steele have in common? All of them, at some point, have been labeled by critics a sellout or an “Uncle Tom.” In his book Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal, Randall Kennedy defines sellout as […]
When I announced I would be traveling to the U.S. to participate in some book festivals to an American friend who had recently visited there
“I can’t believe the U.S. still condones (primitive ideals like) racism…it’s the 21st Century. What I mean to say is, in Japan we discarded out-of-date
Many people are offended if Caucasians are referred to as “Cracka” or “Honky,” claiming these monikers are racist terms. But history demonstrates these words are
What does it mean to be “American?” When Japanese attempt to label me thus, I always reject the term because to them, being American means
“What I suffered physically was worth what I’ve accomplished in life. A man who is not courageous enough to take risks will never accomplish anything
“Everything ebbs and flows. Civilizations climb, rise, then they decline…the Black Race is in a suspended state of retardation” ～Bro. Bobby Hemmitt For
The anticipated fifth and final installment of the internationally acclaimed documentary-series, Hidden Colors, has been met by standing-room-only crowds in both NYC and Atlanta. Following a showing
“If you’re black, stay back…(but) if you’re white, you’re all right!” ~Big Bill Broonzy on Jim Crow In 2019, is “White” still Right? Even with the admission by western
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of attending an event hosted by Black Creatives Japan. Black Creatives is a social-media group for independent,
Takuan Amaru What do HUD Secretary Ben Carson, Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, the Breakfast Club’s Charlamagne tha god, and ESPN’s Sage Steele have in common? All of them, at some point, have been labeled by critics a sellout or an “Uncle Tom.” In his book Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal, Randall Kennedy defines sellout as […]
When I announced I would be traveling to the U.S. to participate in some book festivals to an American friend who had recently visited there
“I can’t believe the U.S. still condones (primitive ideals like) racism…it’s the 21st Century. What I mean to say is, in Japan we discarded out-of-date
Many people are offended if Caucasians are referred to as “Cracka” or “Honky,” claiming these monikers are racist terms. But history demonstrates these words are
What does it mean to be “American?” When Japanese attempt to label me thus, I always reject the term because to them, being American means
“What I suffered physically was worth what I’ve accomplished in life. A man who is not courageous enough to take risks will never accomplish anything
“Everything ebbs and flows. Civilizations climb, rise, then they decline…the Black Race is in a suspended state of retardation” ～Bro. Bobby Hemmitt For
