Posted by Tarus on Tuesday, November 9, 2010,
In :
Clash of Cultures
Transcending the limited power of a multiplicity of cultures squabbling over their place in the world ...including the one (African), THIS website advocates, is ultimately the big idea. I cannot overestimate the need for all of us (black, white, brown, & yellow) to see each other as one big family. However, blacks won't be invited to the table as serious contributors- if @all; I'm trying to get them/you, to see that! Blacks (& definitely NOT the ones whose only real interest is in making mon...
This song is ripe with themes of revolution; indeed, it is a lingering message for those of our time who would dare to pick up that banner and run with it. Ultimately, it is a message for everyone because this system will rip all of us apart one by one. Once, I heard someone say: We hang together, or they'll hang us separately. Here are some of the profound lines in the song:
...What are we running for? We've got the right to be angry! What are we running for? When there's no where we can run ...
Posted by Lamont Cranston on Tuesday, October 19, 2010,
In :
Book & Movie Reviews
It looks like the French are the only ones who get it when we talk about bringing runaway governments to heel! As the global economy continues to come undone because of the over-production of goods at cheap labor prices in the third world countries and the hollowing-out of manufacturing jobs in developed ones (that's us), an undeniable race to the bottom comes sharply into focus; that is to say, state and local municipalities will cut desperately needed public services, which translates to: c...
Posted by Tarus on Tuesday, September 14, 2010,
In :
Brothas & Sistahs
Comic, Dave Chapelle, shares a piece of his mind regarding the pervasive sicknesses
of the Hollywood Machine and the endless calls for black men to the
casting-couch, which ultimately drove him away.
