Uptown Notes

Let me get it out of the way: I wasn’t the biggest fan of Pac’s music. I am the dude [...]

Recently, I penned a piece discussing the need for Black folks to join in with the fight against Arizona’s racist immigration [...]

On next Monday the 17th at 7:30 pm there will be a panel on Black Male Privilege at the Brecht [...]

The term racial profiling has been part of my vocabulary and reality for nearly 15 years now, but it shouldn’t [...]

Originally published at The Atlanta Post The internet is a funny thing and Twitter is a funny place. I find [...]

Unless you have been in hiding, you have noticed the Census 2010 is in full swing now. From rapping commercials [...]

On Monday night, Tavis Smiley’s convening “We Count! The Black Agenda is the American Agenda” aired on CSpan. What? You [...]

“Fire Toure!” is a call being made from many corners these days, but I’m not sure I can go that [...]

I’ve recently penned a piece for Centric’s new Culture List blog on the Pants on the Ground video. While the [...]

“Traditionally, in American society, it is the members of the oppressed, objectified groups who are expected to stretch out and [...]