History found Records of freed Va. slaves placed online History possibly lost (suburbanchicagonews.com) "A property once covered in unique objets d'art and so renowned even the Smithsonian Institution took notice now is slated for demolition. Kane County officials this week took further steps toward tearing down the long-abandoned African-American Heritage Museum and Black Veterans Archives in Aurora Township by approving an application to the Circuit Court for demolition of 'dangerous and/or unsafe building.' 'This is the very beginning stage' of the demolition process, said Mark VanKerkhoff of the county's Development Department. It could be three to four months before the building actually is torn down, ...
TV One to begin Sunday show aimed at blacks NEW YORK (AP) — Roland Martin will anchor a new Sunday public affairs show aimed at a black audience that will debut in September on the TV One network. The "Washington Watch" program aims to tap into a new interest in politics and government due to the election of President Barack Obama, said Johnathan Rodgers, TV One's president and CEO. It debuts Sept. 27 at 11 a.m. ET, and the show will be repeated each week at 5 p.m. Martin, who is also a CNN commentator, will interview newsmakers and members of the Congressional ...
When Antonio Villaraigosa ran for Mayor of Los Angeles a few years ago, most of his platform was based on the fact that he would be the first Hispanic Mayor in 133 years. Question his record beyond the historical narrative and suddenly you found yourself framed as one of "those people" who dislike all Hispanics. Well guess what I saw in the store the other day? That's right! The one time golden child for the Left who was gonna fix Los Angeles just by showing up is now being called a "failure" by a major publication. Just back in 2006, the ...
On the days following the death of Michael Jackson, I read from two sources so-called accounts from Christians that Michael Jackson was in fact a Christian. Now I found the claim quite interesting because I know that MJ had also claimed to be a Muslim, Jehovah Witness and I believe that he also embraced Judaism to some extent. But how was it that all of a sudden folks were claiming that MJ was actually a Christian. Here was the first claim I came across. David Pack for purposedriven.com (The article was removed or moved to another link. But here is the ...
Okay, all the hatin' over the BET Awards show is really getting silly. Don't like BET? Then work on changing the culture FIRST. If you can change the culture, you will decrease demand for what you feel misrepresents Black folks. Do it the other way around, and more "BETs" will pop up. Need an example? Some of y'all may remember back in the day when local churches would stage protests in front of local porn shops. Did they manage to get a few of them shut down? Sure did. But how did the porn industry respond to meet demand? They moved ...
I think that this is a good time for me to take a sabbatical from writing to this site for a while. With our business continuing to grow along with general end-of-year stuff to deal with, there is just not enough time in the day. Until the next time, “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!”
Peace!
Duane
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December 12th, 2006 at 10:39 pm
Enjoy your holiday. If you get a chance I recommend:
“Adbusters” magazine
“Identity In Transformation: Postmodernism, Post Communism and Globalization” by Kempny, and Jawlowska (2002)
Anything by Baudrillard, Jameson or Debord
“The Big Book of Racism”
Happy trails,
exe
December 13th, 2006 at 10:13 am
Here is to wishing you and your family a happy holiday season. Just keep in mind that you can never smile too much, laugh too loud or play too hard.
December 19th, 2006 at 7:49 am
Have a nice break, Duane. You deserve it!
And Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to you, too!
December 21st, 2006 at 1:13 am
Duane,
Merry Christmas to you and yours. Thank you for a year of introspection, education and information. You made me think, angry, smile and adore your insights. Be blessed into 2007 and foreva more.
Sepialove
December 21st, 2006 at 9:58 am
hey Duane,
Hope you come back soon, thanks for everything!
-Travis (neoperspectives.com)
December 28th, 2006 at 11:07 am
Have a great holiday!
Duane the post has such
a finality to it.
Please whatever you do
don’t abandon this blog.
You’ve got great
traffic and at minimum before
hitting that delete button
sell the blog.
I thought the blog was down
and just dropped by again
and was pleased to see it
back up and running.
Don’t abandon it please.