Uptown Notes

I really hope Delonas has a helluva explanation for this political cartoon … http://tinyurl.com/k6ybp

As the clock struck midnight and November 20th rolled in I thought about how 1.20.09 was emblazoned in my memory. I recall seeing bumper stickers years ago that had the date and “Bush’s Last Day” proudly marked. I waited for the date and was glad to see it arrive. I was in DC for inauguration weekend, so like many others, I was out partying. I knew that I had to get up at the crack of dawn, so I left my celebration and attempted to hail a cab to my residence. The weather in DC was a bitter, bitter cold, but I didn’t worry because as I approached a major thoroughfare I saw an ample number of cabs. I saw people hopping in and out of cabs and raised my hand to hail one. As I stood with my hand out, buzzing from the revelry of the weekend, taxis buzzed past me.I am overjoyed that the Obamas challenge stereotypes and have seeped through the pores of seemingly non-porous barriers, but that doesn’t often mean much for how we get along each day. Seeing race is not the issue, the system of racism is.

So in bizarro world news yesterday, my phone and twitter started blowing up about the commuting of sentence that John [...]

Check out the article by Jason Fink in AM New York (as one of my friends politely or rudely called [...]

I’ve been burning the candles at both ends, but let this video motivate you to give even more!!!

In California, a GOP group recently sent out a newsletter with an image of a “foodstamp” with Barack Obama’s face on a donkey, a KFC bucket, Kool-Aid, and Ribs. The response of those responsible for sending it, who thinks it’s racist? You’ve got to see this one.

A very peculiar thing happened last week, Willie Randolph went from bad manager, to bad guy in the eyes of [...]

Political cartoon courtesy of http://www.mikhaela.net/ This Wednesday May 7th at 3pm around the city of New York, Al Sharpton is [...]

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. One of the most striking images I’ve ever encountered and occasionally [...]

“I’m not a racist.” Another variation on it is often, “I’m not a racist but…” or better yet, “Are you [...]