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        <title><![CDATA[Whats Hot in the Streetz:  People Who Drive Minivans]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 This just goes to prove something that I already knew. People who drive minivans have a unmatchable level of cool. Posse up!]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Identifying the object of our outrage:  Some notes on the death of Aiyana Stanley-Jones]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 On Sunday, May 16, at a little after 12:40 am, Detroit police executed a raid on a home in which a murder suspect was thought to be hiding, and in the process of executing that raid, a police bullet entered the neck and head area of a seven year old girl, Aiyana Stanley Jones, sleeping in that home, and she subsequently died.That much is known for sure; however, practically every other aspect of Aiyana’s tragic death is in dispute. And since I first learned of the incident, I have been calling around and scouring the internet for additional news, but the only thing forthcoming are accusations, speculation, and calls for and promises of justice.And in my best estimation, we seem so caught up in the swirl of emotions surrounding the moment that the moment itself is momentarily forgotten and has become a victim of politics and personal agendas.Everyone seems angry to the point of utter outrage that police should be so careless in their part in setting the stage for this child to lose he]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[John McCain’s circle of humiliation is now complete.  “Just Build the Danged Fence” campaign ad now a Star Wars mash-up spoof.]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 The humiliation of John McCain is now complete.&nbsp; His “Just Build the Danged Fence” campaign ad has now been made in a Star Wars mash-up spoof.&nbsp; Senator McCain, please just retire because I hate to see you humiliated like this.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Long Shadow Cast by Arizona SB 1070:  Georgian College Senior Brought to this Country Illegally at Eleven Faces Deportation]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 Lately when bigots sense just a little bigotry afoot, they swarm to be a part of it.&nbsp; I guess all those years living in such a politically correct society have left them eager to practice their bigotry openly now that racial prejudice and animus seem to be making a comeback.Take, for instance, this case near Atlanta, Georgia.&nbsp; A young Mexican girl, Jessica Coliti, was brought into this country illegally at the age of eleven.&nbsp; Now she is a senior in college.&nbsp; But recently during a traffic stop, she was found by police to be an undocumented alien.After a month in detention, officials finally released her with a year long reprieve before being sent back to Mexico so that she might finish her degree.&nbsp; Tragic story, but this is when the real foolishness begins in earnest.As has become a common, recurring theme, a local politician running for higher office, Sheriff Neil Warren, seized upon the moment as an opportunity to score a few political points and strengthen hi]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Black Vote: Taken for granted, ignored, or necessary]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 The black vote is important because it represents the behavior of a group of people whose voting power had been denied for many years, both by political mandate and by threat of physical violence. However, the black vote is unique because African American voting behavior is intrinsically rooted in the people's history.Since the Reconstruction, the general behavior of blacks is to vote in block, either for one party or the other. Until Roosevelt came into the presidency and began the New Deal, blacks were committed to the Republican Party.So what happened? Looking back at the 2008 presidential elections, where blacks voted overwhelmingly Democrat, the question still remains: Just what went wrong or has changed?&nbsp;Tonight we'll break it down with a robust panel of guests representative of Democrats, Republican, and Independents. Most notably to present the case for the Republican party, will be Lenny McAllister, the Hip Hop Republican. Central to our discussion is the question: Which]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Reason vs. Unreason:  The Right's Argument Supporting the Arizona Ban on Ethnic Studies Is Falling Apart, but Do They Even Care?]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 As the discussion centered around the new Arizona law banning ethnic studies continues, the racist motivations and underpinnings of the law become plainer.&nbsp; Opponents are definitely winning the war of reason, but does that even matter when proponents seem so unreasonable? &nbsp;&nbsp;Watch as sociologist Michael Eric Dyson completely annihilates Arizona state school superintendent Eric Horne.&nbsp; Dyson posits a very concise, well-informed argument.&nbsp; Too bad the right values racist, jingoistic, xenophobic rhetoric over reason.h/t Chauncey Vega of We Are Respectable Negroes]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Easy Listening Gangsta Rap for You Aging Hip-Hop Heads:  Boyz in the Hood by Dynamite Hack [NSFW]]]></title>
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        <title><![CDATA[A Few Burning Questions:  Things that Make Me Go Hmmm]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 Okay, the weekend is upon us again.&nbsp; It’s been a pretty good week.&nbsp; It was pretty productive for me.&nbsp; How about you?&nbsp; I got a lot done, and I was still able to get me some rest.&nbsp; I even managed to get a little time in for myself this week.&nbsp;But in my idleness, I began to think.&nbsp; Well, I think all the time, but during this time, a number of questions came to me that I just can’t seem to answer.&nbsp; Maybe you can help.Why do people with foul breath like to chat so much?&nbsp; I have a good friend.&nbsp; He’s a very amicable fellow, loves to talk, and is an excellent conversationalist.&nbsp; He can go on for hours and never be boring.&nbsp; But his breath stinks.&nbsp; He seems to have the condition that my uncle always referred to as zack-ly.&nbsp; That is when your breath smells exactly like your behind.And when you are talking to him, it’s almost like you get caught up in this foul green miasma.&nbsp; Even after you are out of his presence, y]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[I’ve Been to the Mountaintop:  Stephen Colbert castigates Glenn Beck for his pitiful attempt at channeling MLK]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cGlenn to the Mountaintopwww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorFox NewsCould some please help me with something?&nbsp; Could someone please answer one simple question for me?&nbsp; Why do people continue to even listen to Glenn Beck and his unique brand of pious, pretentious pomposity?&nbsp; Recently I saw pictures of a Tea Party protest, and some lady was holding a sign which read, “Think you for telling us the truth, Glenn Beck!”.&nbsp; What?&nbsp; Huh?And why does it take supposedly comedy themed shows like Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show and Stephen Colbert’s The Colbert Report to point out the gross inconsistencies in his message?&nbsp; Is it because everything Beck says is so absolutely absurd that Comedy Central is perhaps the only logical place for it?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[[Guest Post] Max, I am a white woman who dates Black men, but I absolutely abhor other white women who do the same.  What do you think about that?]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 One thing I really enjoying about blogging is that you come in contact with a wide range of people you might never have come into contact with otherwise.&nbsp; JuJuBe, a brand new voice in the brown blogosphere, is one of those persons.&nbsp; Please do check out her site and give her encouragement. Anyway, we had a discussion around a post I did almost a year ago entitled “Black Mothers, Black Sons, and Little White Girls.”&nbsp; I found her take on the issue interesting, so I had her write it up.&nbsp;  I really dislike seeing white women with Black men. Although I do not have children yet, I have always said I would be extremely upset if I had a son, and he brought home a white woman. The thing is, I AM a white woman. AND, I date Black men. So, why do I have an issue with OTHER white women dating Black men?  First of all, I find that most of the white women who DO date Black men do it for all the wrong reasons. Either they look at dating a Black man as some sort of &nbsp;exciting]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[This ain’t your grandparents’ drug dealer.  Or maybe it is.  Eighty-three year old woman charged with selling crack.]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 When I saw this one, I didn’t know what to think.&nbsp; We all have our own stereotypical ideas of what a drug dealer looks like.&nbsp; But with the arrest of eighty-seven year old Ola Mae Agee, that stereotype has been completely and utterly shattered.On Thursday, May 13, Police arrested the eighty-seven year old Pensacola, Florida, resident and charged her with selling cocaine after undercover sheriff’s deputies video-taped her selling a twenty dollar piece of crack.Ola Mae got them jumbos y’all.At first I approached this news item as the story of an elderly lady who was forced to do the unthinkable just to provide herself with the barest necessities, but then I found out that when she was seventy-three, she was charged with the same crime and served two years on probation.&nbsp;&nbsp;That makes her a habitual offender.&nbsp; Ola Mae is a straight hustla’, baby!But in all fairness, the sheriff’s department also speculates that others may also be dealing drugs from the house]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[California Newsreel Doc Blacking Up:  Hip-Hop's Remix of Race and Culture Free Online Until the End of May]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 California Newsreel is offering up another documentary for free viewing.&nbsp; Black Up:&nbsp; Hip-Hop’s Remix of Race and Identity critically examines the popularity of hip-hop among white youths in America.&nbsp; What is driving this phenomenon, admiration or mockery? &nbsp;Is this simply another episode of cultural theft?The video will be available for perusal without charge until the end of May.&nbsp;&nbsp;After then the documentary can be purchased simply by going to California Newreel's site. &nbsp;A short trailer is embedded above.&nbsp;And a big hat-tip once again to Prometheus 6.&nbsp; He has a definite knack for finding free stuff, but I ain’t mad at him though.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[And John McCain Finally Nears Rock Bottom:  Fellow Republicans Mock His Newest Campaign Ad]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 Conclusive proof that Senator John McCain has outlived his efficacy as well as his facilities of good judgment.&nbsp; Watch as Joe Scarborough and fellow Republican Arizona Republican John Shadegg, along with the rest of the panel, laugh at McCain’s campaign ad, “Just finish the danged fence.”He probably will win his re-election bid, but in doing so he will have also lost any self-respect he might have left.&nbsp; Such a shame.&nbsp; Who would have thought he would go from presidential candidate to this desperate, pandering foolishness?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[So, Lawrence Taylor, you didn't have intercourse with that child but only masturbated?  And that makes it better?]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 Yesterday morning TMZ reported that troubled former New York Giants linebacker and Football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor now claims that he did not have sex with the underage prostitute he procured with the help of a gentleman who now faces charges under federal child trafficking statues for kidnapping, drugging, and offering the child up for prostitution.&nbsp; And additionally, the condom found in the hotel room in which the sexual act was to have taken place did not belong to him but to someone else.Instead, Taylor now claims through his lawyers that his purposes for hiring the young girl were purely masturbatory.&nbsp; No intercourse took place between the two.You don’t know how much better that makes me feel because when I first heard of the complaints against Taylor, I was somewhat disgusted and more than a bit outraged.&nbsp; But now I’m relieved to know that he displayed such character in choosing not to participate in the further exploitation of this young lady and took h]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cBack in Black - Glenn Beck's Nazi Tourette'swww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorTea PartySitting in on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Lewis Black delivers one of his trademark over the top rants in pointing out the irony of Glen Beck taking offense at protesters labeling the Arizona immigration law as Nazi-like.&nbsp; I always enjoy a good Lewis Black rant, but this one is one of the best.&nbsp;]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 Since President Obama assumed the presidency, he seems to be doing a credible job.&nbsp; He got off to a shaky start, mind you, but since his early mis-steps and mis-calculations, he has come into his own.&nbsp; I do believe, however, that his early mis-steps and mis-calculations may have given the GOP a foot in the door in the mid-term elections that they might not have otherwise. But the president does have a certain predilection that I find curious, that I cannot quite figure out.&nbsp; Let’s see if I can explain it with this analogy.Have you ever gone to the supermarket and gotten that grocery cart with the shaky wheel?&nbsp; You know the one.&nbsp; No matter how hard you try to prevent it, the cart keeps veering in one direction.&nbsp; Sometimes it’s simply a minor annoyance, but at other times, it bgecomess so utterly aggravating that you just leave the cart there in the aisle in the middle of the store and stamp back to the front to get another cart.That’s how President Ob]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 You know, I always say that the very best music cannot be found on mainstream radio, or even on the top ten charts, but reside somewhere off the beaten path, sometimes out of an open window, sometimes in a small smoky room, sometimes at some obscure, small town soul food festival, sometimes sitting on a blanket in a park on a lazy Sunday afternoon armed only with a beautiful smile, dimples, and an acoustic guitar.Good music sometimes sounds best when it surprises you, grabs you, and demands that you sit and listen.And as of late, my main man Dewan of Soul Reservoir and I have been on a mission to find these hidden jewels and bring them to you.&nbsp; We complain about the lack of quality music, but we often overlook that which is right there within earshot.Take this sistah here out of Pennsylvania, Avery*Sunshine, that Dewan pulled my coat to.&nbsp; So, I’m sitting here listening to a few cuts she is offering as downloads on her site, and scrolling through the picture gallery, and I t]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 When the GOP cloaked themselves in the mantle of “family values,” they made a very politically astute move.&nbsp; In one bold, decisive stroke they managed both to claim the moral high ground and align themselves with God.&nbsp; Therefore by challenging them, by extension you also challenge divine laws.This position becomes exceptionally useful in a nation most people incorrectly identify as a Christian nation founded on Christian principles despite much evidence to the contrary.However, by claiming the moral high ground as their own, they also invite added scrutiny;&nbsp; every moral failing, every lapse in judgment, takes on a heightened significance.&nbsp; And because we are human beings and, as such, given to human frailties, foolishness is bound to happen at some juncture.&nbsp; Then comes the charges of hypocrisy and rightly so.Take for instance one Professor George Rekers.&nbsp; Professor Rekers has made a career out of persecuting the gay and lesbian community.&nbsp; Then j]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Writing Lesson:  A Short Narrative by Max Reddick for My Mother on Mother’s Day]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 You know, I owe my mother so much.&nbsp; In a number of ways, she is most responsible for the man I have become.&nbsp; At least, all the positive stuff.&nbsp; My mother gave me so many things and taught me so many more.&nbsp; However, there is one lesson that stands out in particular.You see, in the very beginning it was just me and my mother.&nbsp; She and my natural father separated soon after I was born.&nbsp; And between then and the time she met and married the right Reverend L.G. Reddick, I was being raised by committee in a very rural area of West Tennessee with my mother and maternal grandmother being the co-chairpersons of that committee.And it seems that their complete child-raising efforts went into assuring that I did not turn out like my natural father.&nbsp; Truthfully, they spoiled me rotten, and I got away with almost everything.&nbsp; But if I exhibited any negative trait that seemed to in anyway be a product of my natural father, they went absolutely nuts.&nbsp; And t]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Chronicles of Max Reddick #1:  #housemackfail]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 This one goes out to all the young and up-and-coming housemacks, those who put in work at the crib on the daily.&nbsp; I want to give you this advice and leave you with this lesson so that what happened to me does not happen to you.So, my wife and I were getting in the bathroom getting ready for work, and as our custom, we had this deep philosophical conversation going on.&nbsp; And that’s not unusual because often we’ll debate the same subject for days.&nbsp; But this morning she made the mistake of re-hashing old material so I found myself losing interest until finally I turned my attention to the television.And she was in mid-sentence when I burst out with, “Hey, baby.&nbsp; You should see this.&nbsp; During this baseball game this fan jumped on the field and started running around, and they tasered him.&nbsp; This is hilarious!”So, she stops in mid-sentence and gives me this incredulous look.&nbsp; “You mean I’ve been going on and on, and you’re not even listening to]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Because I’m (Sometimes) Immature:  My Chick Bad GLEE AUDITION (NSFW)]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 Original video Ludacris My Chick Bad remix ft. Diamond, Trina, and Eve &nbsp;]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 Yesterday the spring semester ended for me, and I spent the first day of summer idleness reading Arizona State Senate Bill 1070, the notorious “show me your papers” immigration bill.&nbsp; And I read the whole thing too, not just the naughty bits.&nbsp; I guess I’m just a big nerd, but I was curious just as to what the bill contained so that I might make my own informed judgments about the bill before I wrote about it.And honestly I expected the bill to read like the old Southern Black Codes though not as explicit in its aim and targets.&nbsp; But I was disappointed.&nbsp; No real fireworks here.&nbsp; Everything in the bill is pretty much run of the mill and simply replicates laws already on the books.&nbsp; However, the only thing that stands out is that infamous, oft-quoted line, “WHERE REASONABLE SUSPICION EXISTS THAT THE PERSON IS AN ALIEN WHO IS UNLAWFULL PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES.”But herein lies the greatest point of contention;&nbsp; does this line negative render]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Book Review:  Glorious by Bernice L. McFadden]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 Glorious by Bernice L. McFaddenI have waited a while for a book like this one. Quite a while. Sometimes when you read texts for a living, the pure joy of reading, the ecstasy of wallowing fully and wholly in the language of the text is crushed by a cinderblock of deadlines and expectations.However, this text broke the tedium of uneventful text after uneventful text; it managed to capture my imagination, to excite and incite me. From the time I picked the text up, I could not put it down, and read on and on throughout the night until the morning when I finally achieved the last word and gingerly searched for a place of rest, exhausted and spent, but nonetheless satisfied as in the aftermath of an episode with a rapacious, talented lover.In a style and voice reminiscent of famed writer and Pulitzer Prize winner Toni Morrison, author Bernice L. McFadden composes a narrative journey set against and bracketed by the historical coordinates of the infamous 1910 Jack Johnson victory over “gr]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Game On!:  Spanx for Men Are Hitting Store Shelves Near You]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 For the last few weeks I have been watching what I eat and when I can, getting a little exercise in here and there in an effort to trim down a bit and reclaim my health.&nbsp; But it just did not seem to be happening fast enough for me.&nbsp; However, now it seems like I’ll be getting a bit of help because Spanx has come out with Spanx for Men.&nbsp; And you know how well Spanx have worked for the sisters.That’s right.&nbsp; All you brothers walking around with a little extra around the waist can now look all brand new.&nbsp; Just pick up you a pair of Spanx for Men, squeeze your behind into them, and the illusion is complete.&nbsp; I know I’ll be picking up one or two.&nbsp; What about you? &nbsp;And you can thank me later.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Endangered and Missing Animals:  Will the Tea Party Movement Follow the PUMA PACs into Obscurity?]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 Hey, whatever happened to the whole PUMA PAC movement?&nbsp; I had all but forgotten the PUMA, People United Means Action or Party Unity My Ass, whoever you wish to believe, but as I was cleaning out my inbox this morning, I came across some information about the PUMAs that someone had forwarded to me some time ago.Interesting stuff.&nbsp; It seems like that for a brief time they were a red hot news item.&nbsp; The media practically fell all over themselves trying to cover the PUMAs.&nbsp; Anyone identifying themselves as even tangentially associated with the PUMAs was thrust before the camera to voice their outrage and their determination to fight until the bloody end.&nbsp; They vowed they would not give up.But as the 2008 presidential campaign kicked into high gear, and the MSM found bigger stories elsewhere, their enthusiasm tapered off.&nbsp; And then election night came and went, seemingly ending the PUMA’s whole raison d’etre.Today, I did take the time to Google PUMA PAC.&nb]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[A Good Father, a Good Man, and a Good Writer:  Taking Time to Define Myself]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 I can’t seem to sleep tonight.&nbsp; I can’t sleep.&nbsp; I can’t sleep.&nbsp; I just can’t sleep.And I wasn’t able to sleep last night.&nbsp; Or the night before.&nbsp; Or the night before.But that’s not so unusual;&nbsp; I have written of my lifelong bouts with insomnia before.&nbsp; But this particular night of sleeplessness, as was the previous nights, seemed so much different.I did not just lie there for a period of time unable to sleep.&nbsp; I did not fall into a light, uneven, fretful sleep only to finally give in to my restlessness.&nbsp; But I was awaken from a deep, satisfying sleep by something, someone, who seemed to shake me awake, who seemed to whisper in my ear in dulcet, sweet tones, “Step outside yourself.&nbsp; Be intrepid.&nbsp;&nbsp;Press&nbsp;forward.”And I awoke with a start.&nbsp; And I looked around in the darkness, fearful for just a moment at what, who was there.&nbsp; And finding nothing, no one, I cursed aloud because I knew it would be anot]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Rise and Fall of Reason on the Right:  How Charlie Crist Went from Presidential Contender to Party Pariah]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 My voter’s registration card identifies my party affiliation as “No Party Affiliation”;&nbsp; however, I do lean Democratic.&nbsp; However, in the 2006 Florida gubernatorial election, I supported Republican Charlie Crist over his Democratic opponent, Jim Davis.I saw in Crist perhaps what many saw in him.&nbsp; I saw in Crist perhaps that which prompted pundits, prognosticators, and Republican Party leaders alike to not so long ago herald him as a possible future presidential contender.I found him to be a man of principles who had the courage to stand on those principles.&nbsp; Tall, handsome, and perpetually tanned, Crist was a consummate politician, a politician’s politician, who had a way about him.&nbsp; He seemed to make reasoned, thoughtful decisions based on what was best for those he served rather than what was most politically expedient.Yes, Crist was on the rise, and it seemed only logical that the senate was the next step in his assent.&nbsp; But then the 2008 preside]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the proper expression of fear for a man? (No, I did not scream, and that snake was awfully big)]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 Okay, I know that spring is in full swing, and summer is just around the corner;&nbsp; I just had my first snake spotting of the year.&nbsp; Since I have been authoring this blog, several times I have related stories of the snake problem we have around our home [See here, here, and here].&nbsp; We live in a semi-rural area and have a pond in the backyard.&nbsp; Plus, we have an abundance of insects which brings the frogs around the porch to dine, which, in turn, brings the snakes.So, as spring proceeds, I have been on the lookout for snakes, and today I finally saw my first snake of this season but quite by accident.&nbsp; But there seems to be considerable disagreement as to what transpired immediately following this snake spotting.This much I know for sure.&nbsp; I was returning to the house after giving final instructions to the yard man, when out of the corner of my eye I sensed movement.&nbsp; So, I looked down, and about a foot from my feet, I saw what looked to be this huge snak]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[I Hate It when that Happens!:  Just a Few Things that Really Get My Goat]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 I’m a mild-mannered kind of guy.&nbsp; In fact, I take great pride in my aplomb, my reserve.&nbsp; Not a lot things get to me and cause me to blow my usual cool.&nbsp; But then again, there are a few little things that simply get my goat, they cause me to grit my teeth and clench my fist and make an audible growling sound.And I hardly complain, but when I do, everyone seems to think I’m just acting like an old grouch or something.&nbsp; But everyone has their limits.&nbsp; But anyway, these are a few little things that come readily to mind that simply grind my gears:I hate sharing my dessert!&nbsp; I hate when my wife and I go to a restaurant, and the server comes by with the dessert cart and asks both me and my wife if we would like dessert.&nbsp; If I am not overly full, I do enjoy a nice dessert and a cup of coffee after a good meal, so I usually pick me a little something.&nbsp; But my wife invariably says, “No, I’ll just share my husband’s dessert.”So, then she proceed]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Previously unreleased remix of Goapele's "Different" featuring Mos Def just for the taking]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 I was poking around over at Goapele’s site today, and she was offering this previously unreleased remix of “Different”&nbsp;from her CD&nbsp;Change It All&nbsp;featuring Mos Def &nbsp;just for the taking, and I thought I would put y’all up on it.  Take a listen and let me know what you think.Different Featuring Mos Def (unreleased) by Goapele]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[If I Were Your Girlfriend:  Sisters, Just Give Us a Hint]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 If I was your girlfriendWould U remember 2 tell me all the things U forgotWhen I was your man? &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; --Prince, “If I Was Your Girlfriend”It all got started just like this.As I prepared to leave the house, I just stuck my head into the room where my wife sat to let her know I was leaving and inquire if there was something she needed me to bring back. But she gave me the stink eye. You know the one—one eyebrow raised, one eye squinting, and her mouth pursed with the corners downturned into a frown.Immediately, I knew I had done something, but I didn’t know just what; I’m always unwittingly doing something. So my mind kicked into rewind, and I thought back as far as second or third grade trying to figure out what I had done to upset this woman, but I only drew a blank.So I made the mistake of asking her why she seemed upset with me which only seemed to irritate her further. As I turned to leave, she practically growled at me, “T]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[White Noise:  The Deafening Cacophony of Silence from the Right Could Be the Death Knell of the GOP]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 white noise&nbsp; --noun&nbsp; Also called white sound.&nbsp; a steady, unvarying, unobtrusive sound, as an electronically produced drone or the sound of rain, used to mask or obliterate unwanted sounds.&nbsp; –www.dictionary.com “In the end, we will not remember the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”&nbsp; &nbsp;–Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Did I ever tell you that at one time, for a very brief period of time, I wanted to be a playwright?&nbsp; Yes, when I was an undergraduate. I took this class entitled “Reading Drama, Reading Life,” and successive readings of the plays of James Baldwin, August Wilson, and Joseph A. Walker moved me to become a playwright.So, in a weekend of frenzied and inspired creative energy, I wrote my first play.&nbsp; And on Monday, assured that I had just composed a virtual masterpiece, I presented the play to my professor who read it intently, said he found it quite good, but he offered one criticism.&nbsp; The characters talked]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Myron Rolle Has a Character Problem:  Why the NFL Will Forever Be Losing]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 Allow me to take the time to introduce you to Myron Rolle.&nbsp; Mr. Rolle is a young, African American man, and scholar/athlete who we should all be very proud of;&nbsp; he is perhaps one of the best this country has to offer.As a student at Florida State University, Rolle finished his degree in Exercise Science in two and a half years with a GPA of 3.75, and then immediately began pursuing a master’s degree in public administration.&nbsp; As an athlete, he is just as incredibly gifted and started on the Florida State University football team at safety for three years, winning both All-Academic and All-American honors.Despite his incredible intellectual and athletic gifts, though, in the most recent NFL draft, no team chose Rolle until the sixth round which was a major disappointment being that if he had left school last year, he had been projected to be chosen in the top forty-nine players.So, why did Rolle fall so far in the draft?&nbsp; You see, Myron Rolle has an incredible char]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 What do Kobe Bryant, Tiger Woods, and Ben Roethlisberger have in common?&nbsp; Well, perhaps three things stand out.&nbsp; All are highly regarded professional athletes, all have very lucrative endorsement deals with Nike, and all seem to treat women with only the most utmost disdain.&nbsp; Let’s take a look at a few cases in point.If you recall, in 2003 a female employee of a hotel in which he was a guest accused Bryant of sexual assault.&nbsp; After some coercion, Bryant admitted sleeping with the young lady, but denied that it was assault.&nbsp; After some sloppy and irresponsible police work that allowed the victim’s name and other very personal information to be leaked to the press, the victim was understandably reluctant to testify, and charges were later dropped.&nbsp; But Bryant did settle the civil suit brought against him by the victim out of court for an undisclosed sum. Though Bryant did make a written apology, he never took full responsibility for his actions.&nbsp; Ni]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 Do me a favor, please.&nbsp; Go to the mirror and take a good long look at yourself.&nbsp; What do you see?&nbsp; Take a good look at your facial features, your hair, your body type, the lines in your face, the various scars, and tell me what you see.&nbsp; Are you pleased at what you see?&nbsp; How does this affect you interaction with others?&nbsp; How does this influence your attitude and outlook on life?I know that my questions are a lot to hit you with this morning, but my questioning does serve a purpose.&nbsp; Theory posits the human body as a historical narrative, a broad palimpsest—a scroll written on and over innumerable times—that invariably proceeds us.&nbsp; Even before we open our mouths, even before we have the chance to speak for ourselves, to allow others to get to know us, our body with its various adornments and embellishments is always already presenting its own biography.The question then becomes just how much this body narrative affects us in our day to day li]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 Okay, I’m still doing the whole raw fruits and vegetables and whole grains thing I mentioned last week.&nbsp; I did have to make a few adjustments, though, to keep my system from continuing to go haywire.&nbsp; And, I must admit, I did have a few weak moments in which I ate something I shouldn’t have, or I freaked out about not being able to enjoy some of those foods I most enjoy.For instance, one day this past week I went into the deep freezer to check on my emergency pork chop stash…&nbsp; Wait a minute.&nbsp; You don’t have an emergency pork chop stash?&nbsp; I do.&nbsp; Or at least, I did.&nbsp; I kept mine way in the back right underneath the Eggo frozen waffles just in case some natural or man-made disaster threatens the world’s pork chop supply, or in the case of nuclear winter, I figure I will have the last pork chop known to man, and then I will be made king.But anyway, my wife had given my emergency pork chop stash away, and for a minute or so, I had a major anxiety]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 Well the GOP finally unveiled their health care plan.&nbsp; Well, Sort of.&nbsp; Last week, the likely Republican candidate that will face Senator Harry Reid in the Nevada senate race, Sue Lowden, suggested that we return to the old barter system so that health care would be affordable to more people.&nbsp; In her example, she used chickens.&nbsp;So, in other words, you go to your doctor, and you pay him in chickens or butter or corn or just whatever you seem to have a whole lot of.&nbsp; But Rachel Maddow can explain Lowden’s plan better than I can:Certainly, the question then becomes, well if I am going to pay for my medical care in chickens, just how many chickens do I need to bring with me?&nbsp; Well, someone has done the math for you.&nbsp; A site entitled The Lowden Plan will allow you to choose any medical procedure you might be facing, and it will tell you exactly how many chickens you need to take to the doctor’s office with you to settle your bill.So, You need to make su]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[See the Zora Neale Hurston biographical documentary Jump at the Sun free online until May 31st]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 Another one for you fellow bibliophiles.  California Newsreel is allowing free viewing of the Zora Neale Hurston biographical documentary, Zora Neale Hurston:  Jump at the Sun, which can be previewed in the short clip above.  You can assess the complete film online by clicking here.  The film won an award for the Best Educational Film at the 27th Annual International du Film sur l’Arts.Viewing of the video will remain free until May 1st.  After May 1st, the video may be purchased through the California Newsreel site.h/t Prometheus 6]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 Sisters, let me take a just a minute of your time to just talk to you.&nbsp; It seems that you’ve come under some intense scrutiny but not in a good way.&nbsp; And I ain’t trying to join in, but I was just on the sidelines looking on, and I thought I should say something.All of a sudden, all the various media seem more than a bit overly concerned with the marital status of successful Black women.&nbsp; According to the media, available, suitable African American men are in short supply, and successful black women are out there languishing, hoping against hope for a man, a good man or, perhaps, just any man to make their lives complete.Admittedly, I have this loony, quirky, out of control imagination, so when I hear the media continue to beat this dead horse with a stick, a get this image in my mind of a amorphous, glassy eyed, zombie-like mob of successful Black women roaming the streets of any major metropolitan area, arms out-stretched in front of them, moaning “MEN!&nbsp; MEN!]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 In the Florida senate race Republican primaries, an October poll showed Governor Charlie Crist solidly ahead of conservative and former Florida state house speaker Marco Rubio though Rubio seemed to be gaining ground.&nbsp; However, the same poll revealed that in the match up between&nbsp;Rubio and the probable Democratic challenger in the general race, Kendrick Meeks, independents and moderates would more then likely swing their support to Meeks.So, what did the Republican establishment do?&nbsp; Still furious with him for supporting Present Obama’s stimulus plan even though this state sorely needed the stimulus funds, Republicans from all quarters threw their support solidly behind Rubio who then quickly overtook and surpassed Crist in the polls.&nbsp; But keep in mind that this is only the Republican primary.Now deserted by his former party who seemed so enthralled with him in better days, Governor Crist is considering running as an Independent.&nbsp; And polls show that if Crist]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Republican Party Has Mistreated African American Voters, Senator Lindsey Graham Is Gay, and Other Terribly Obvious News]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 Sometimes “the news” is so utterly obvious that I find myself shaking my head and scratching my behind at the same time, because this is what I do when I am befuddled, while trying to figure out just what makes it news in the first place.&nbsp;Has this ever happened to you?For example, remember last week when some poll came out that determined that the Tea Party Movement demographic was primarily Republican, white, married, male, married and over forty-five? &nbsp;Did we actually need a poll to determine that?&nbsp; That’s news?&nbsp; Couldn’t we have just looked at a few photographs of a Tea Party protest and made an educated guess?But I guess today was simply a slow news day because a few of the stories to come out today seemed painfully obvious to me.In the first instance, Tuesday night in remarks delivered at Depaul University embattled Republican National Chairman Michael Steele announced that African Americans have not been given a very good reason to vote Republican.&nbs]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[A HIV-positive pedophile is set to be released from prison.  It is almost certain that he will re-offend.  But what can we do?]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 Let me take a second to set up this scenario.&nbsp; Let’s say you have teenage daughter.&nbsp; She’s about fifteen or sixteen.&nbsp; Now, your daughter is generally a good girl, a nice, pleasant young lady, but she’s working through a few emotional and self-esteem issues as adolescents are wont to do.In helping your daughter through her issues, you find yourself tired and exasperated, but then it gets worse.&nbsp; Your teenage daughter is diagnosed HIV-positive, and on top of that, you find that she exposed herself to the virus through unprotected sex with an adult who knew he was carrying the virus at the time of the affair.&nbsp; How do you feel?&nbsp; What do you do?That’s a shameful narrative;&nbsp; however, the most shameful aspect of this narrative is the fact that I did not make this up.&nbsp; It’s true.After police arrested Nushawn Williams on a crack cocaine charge in 1997, he admitted to police that he had had unprotected sex with perhaps 300-400 women, and continue]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 I was playing around on You Tube and ran across this short clip.&nbsp;&nbsp;I'm posting it for you fellow bibliophiles and James Baldwin fans.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Virginia Gun-Rights Rally and the Media:  When the Exercise of Inalienable Rights Goes Wrong]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 I need you to do me a favor this morning and answer a couple of questions this morning.&nbsp; For one, what is this seemingly uniquely American fascination with guns?&nbsp; And next, why does the media seem lose their mind whenever someone does or says just any old foolishness and blow it all out of proportion? Nothing gets my hackles up any more than hearing someone say with any degree of emphasis, “I know my rights!”&nbsp; If I were to gauge the numbers by the frequency of times I’ve heard this statement of late, you would think we were a nation of constitutional lawyers.However, if you take the time to listen to the groans and supplications of these poor citizens whose rights are in danger of being trod underfoot, you’ll likely find either a person or group of people cloaking themselves in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights as cover for some untenable position that either makes no earthly sense or that if they used any modicum of common sense, they wouldn’t be pursuin]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[All the President's Men:  Is Reverend Al Sharpton the President's New BFF?]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 There is this postmodern theorem that states that whatever is considered revolutionary or subversive at the moment will invariably be subsumed into the prevailing power structure to be used toward its own ends.  In other words, what is radical and revolutionary and subversive today will eventually yield its countercultural virtues and loyalties to that very thing it wishes so ardently to destroy. More than a little amused, I have been quietly watching the Reverend Al Sharpton’s flirtations with the Barack Obama administration.  Early on in President Obama’s historical campaign, both Sharpton and the Reverend Jackson tactfully and tactically indicated that they would hang back a bit to determine Obama’s posture toward the African American community.However, many wondered if more than a little jealously was at play, and Reverend Jackson seemed to make it almost obvious with his remarks that he wanted to “cut [Obama’s] nuts out.”  But then he made up for it with the image of t]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[A Few Random but Important Life Lessons from Max Reddick]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 Day by day I am getting older and older.  Who knows?  By now I might even be old and just not know it.  The signs are everywhere.  The other day someone referred to me as “a middle-aged gentleman.”  And my doctor insisted that I get my prostate checked because every man “my age” should do so.  In a cruel twist of fate, I did get the little short doctor as opposed to the doctor who played basketball in college when I went in to get my check-up, but this diminutive man had deceptively huge hands.Also I got a colonoscopy because of my family medical history.  The next day the doctor emailed me pictures of the inner walls of my colon.  I would have been okay with him just telling me that everything was okay.  What the hell do I do with pictures of my colon walls?  Post them to Facebook?Anyway, one good thing about growing older is the wisdom you manage to amass over the ages.  I’m perhaps still a big fool, but I’m not as big a fool as I used to be.  Let me share some random but]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.  –Ralph Waldo Emerson       Please indulge me this morning.  If you have followed this blog for any period of time, you know that I am not one to rant and rave;  in fact, people who know me, both on-line and off, frequently compliment me on my aplomb, my ability to keep my composure and not go off and cuss somebody slap out even when going off and cussing somebody slap out would be understood given the situation and the level of asininity.     But a soulbrother can take only so much, so this will be a rant.  However, the good news is that I am unable to sustain anger over a long period of time—being angry tires me out—so this will more than likely be short.  “But what has you so agitated?” you ask.  This morning common sense, or more precisely the seeming lack thereof, has absolutely frustrated me to no end.     My maternal grandfather did not have much formal education;  he only managed to reach the fifth or sixth grade]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 At one time, I had a great amount of respect for John McCain.  I didn’t agree with him on much, but I did respect him.  Perhaps I bought into the whole maverick image seemingly created by the media.  Perhaps McCain did as well.  But anyway, I felt that he always voted with his conscience on most issues and not along strict party lines.  Out of all the candidates in the 2000 presidential election Republican Party primaries, I thought John McCain to be the better candidate.  And when George W. Bush and Karl Rove and his ilk threw a wrench in the works in South Carolina by suggesting that McCain fathered an illegitimate black child with a prostitute, I could only grit my teeth with the knowledge that such an honorable man as McCain, a straight talker and veteran, should be defeated by such dishonorable, despicable tactics.  Of course, Bush went on to a questionable and contested win in the presidential contest against Al Gore, and John McCain returned to the senate.  I’m sure that McC]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 I fancy myself to be a student of history;  the past forever fascinates me, and additionally, you would be amazed just how much insight on the present that might be gained by looking critically at the past.So, this past summer when the Tea Party protests surrounding healthcare reform first arose, when people began to hi-jack town hall meetings with seemingly feigned and contrived outrage, when we began to hear appeals to the “real Americans” to take back our country, it all looked and sounded vaguely familiar to me.We all pointed rigid fingers and decried the racism inherent in these actions and statements, and rightly so, but in doing so, I do believe that we completely missed the most prevailing motivations.  But when on last week Virginia governor proclaimed the month of April to be Confederate History Month, it all started to come into focus for me.  And a glance backward to the past would provide the historical correlations necessary to understanding what is afoot.The first pe]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Blog Talk Radio:  The Prison Industrial Complex Episode:  Is the Criminal Justice System the New Jim Crow?]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 Where it concerns the criminal justice system and the minority communities—primarily African American and Hispanic, something has changed.  Perhaps my experience is unique, but when I was a child, those families in my community with family members incarcerated were few and far between, at least, as far as we knew because going to prison, or the “pen” as my grandmother called it, was deemed disgraceful, so families often went to great pains to hide the incarceration of a family member.  But today there is hardly any family that has not been affected the incarceration of a family member.  According to the numbers, in 1980 only 350,000 were incarcerated;  by the turn of the century, that number had increased to over 2 million.  But let me ask you this question:  Why do you believe this is so?  Is it because things have gotten so bad in our neighborhoods and in society at large that this level of incarceration is warranted?  But what if I told you that actual crime rates are incommen]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 Since Nike released its Tiger Woods’ ad featuring the voice of his deceased father, Earl Woods, a few days ago, there has been no shortage of commentary critiquing it.  Whether you like or dislike the ad, whether you think it is absolutely vile or tremendously inspiring, you must admit that as a marketing tool, it was a stroke of absolute genius.  Since its release, it has been watched and re-watched and analyzed from every possible angle almost ad infinitum.     This morning Dee Foster, former elite NCAA gymnast and founder of Perfect Ten Consulting, has agreed to grace this spot with her take on the matter.      Before you read my commentary, please view the following ad if you have not done so already:          Now before I get into this, I want to be undeniably clear about two things:       I am a      shameless Christian woman, and I am now in the practice of referring      everything I say and do to scripture.       I am woman-enough to admit that I am not the best navigator of]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 People are trapped in history, and history is trapped in them.  --James Baldwin (via @beautynubian)Hiya doing, boys and girls?  Uncle Remus here.  You know, just the other day, I was telling Aunt Jemimah and Uncle Been that it was high time for me to make a comeback.  Don’t get me wrong, though.  Many negroes is coon-ing, but ain’t no negro alive able to coon like I can. But when Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell issued his proclamation earlier today proclaiming April Confederate History Month, I slapped my knee, did a little buck-jump and yelled, “I’m back!”   So, I got in touch with my agent, Pat Buchanan, faster than a negro running from work, and wouldn’t you know it, the offers started coming in.  Some new station called Fox News fell all over themselves trying to book me.But then here come the uppity negroes and they liberal friends trying to throw shade on my hustle.  They talking about slavery being all caught up in the history of the Confederacy.  Slavery?  You mean]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ. –Mahatma GhandiOut of deference to friends and colleagues who are Catholic, and because my grandmother and mother instilled in me early on to “not touch God’s anointed” regardless of how abhorrent their actions, I have resisted criticizing the Catholic Church. However, at this time I find that I cannot remain idly silent.When the first allegations of priest misconduct and child molestations surfaced, I thought, as perhaps many did, that these events, though seemingly widespread, were somehow simply aberrations, and that once the Church owned up to its malfeasance and issued the requisite mea culpas, the Church would then work to prevent the reoccurrence of such horrific events. However, as other allegations within the United States and abroad become known, it becomes painfully clear that these instances of child sexual abuse are not simply aberrations, but part of an ongoing pattern of]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 Occasionally I write about issues I face as a parent.  And for the most part, these posts have been well accepted.  However, I have received email and other feedback from readers who thought these posts were too highly personal to be posted on a blog.  Yet, I do so because first and foremost, I desire this blog to be a place to exchange ideas, to work through questions and issues that although may be personal, others might be going through the exact same thing and asking the exact same questions.  That being said, when I was a young man, before I left the house each morning, my mother would give both me and my brothers and sisters the once over.  When we left, we were expected to be well groomed and neatly dressed.  My mother stood between us and the door and made sure our hair was combed, and we were all lotion-ed or Vaseline-ed up and shining like a new dime, and our clothes were neatly pressed, and our shirts tucked securely in our pants which were cinched tightly around our waists]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 I have two daughters, two beautifully intelligent young ladies who I absolutely adore to no end.  But don’t get me wrong;  I love my two sons with equal fervor, equal devotion.  However, I have a far different relationship with my daughters.  I spoil and dote on them incessantly.  They are my heart.  And for some strange reason, when I look into the faces of other young ladies, especially young ladies around their same age, I see them, my two daughters;  I see their faces.  And when I see these young ladies triumph, when I see them succeeding, my heart leaps, and I rejoice.  Conversely, when I see or hear of them being abused, mis-used, or exploited, my heart breaks.  My wife says that I have this crazy compulsion that causes me to mentally adopt children, to always assume the role of father, and when these, my adopted children, do something to disappoint me, or when harms befalls them, I take it much too personally.  My wife says that I am the very author of my own miseries.  Howeve]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 I just got word that David Mills, who blogged under the sobriquet Undercover Black Man, has passed. Mills was in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he had been at work on HBO’s upcoming ‘Treme which chronicles life in New Orleans after Hurricaine Katrina. He served as both a staff writer and co-executive producer on the series which was to debut in just twelve days. His last blog post expresses the anticipation and excitement with which he looked forward to the premiere.Before I ever began blogging, there were two blogs I followed on the regular—Mills’ blog Under Cover Black Man and Field Negro. Those two blogs inspired me to begin my own, and after I was up and going, Mills’ praise of my efforts and on-going support gave me the encouragement I needed to continue and find my voice as a blogger. In addition, several times he featured my blog as the “Blog in the Spotlight” which helped me grow my readership tremendously.Cetainly, UBM’s voice is an important and long-lasting vo]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 At one time, the United States of America boasted of the very best educational system in the world.  However, of late that system has declined precipitously;  we now rank about 10th worldwide.  And consider this statistic:  A full seventy-five percent (75%) of African American and Hispanic students attend school in schools or school districts that are considered failing.      This means that within an educational system already rapidly careening toward crisis, African American and Hispanic school children are already perhaps there.  But how did we get where we are now?  What can we, or should we, reasonably expect from our educational system?       What can we do to fix our educational system, or at the very least, make it work for us?  Join us as we consider these and many more questions and issues as we discuss "Public Education and the Minority Community."     This week RiPPa and I will be joined tonight on Freedom thru Speech Radio by Professor Venus Evans-Winter of The Freire Proj]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 Okay, my friend Issa Rae sometimes does this thing on her blog the she calls “Because I’m immature.”  It’s one of my favorite features on her blog.  And this morning I am facing a “Because I’m immature” moment myself that’s costing me dinner and a show.  Don’t get me wrong, now.  Most I’ve the time I act very mature.  I handles mine!  I work very hard to provide for my family as well as give back to my community, and I give my wife and children as much of my time as I can.  Isn’t that the very definition of maturity?  But every now and then the kid kicks in, and I do something crazy and off the wall.  And usually when I have these episodes, my wife just happens to be there to witness either the whole thing or, at the very least, the aftermath.  However, after almost eighteen years of marriage, she has grown used to it.  Or, perhaps, learned to tolerate it.  Most of the time she just shakes her head, tsk-tsk-tsks, and maybe scolds me.  However, every now and then,]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 Noted playwright August Wilson asserts that the South constitutes the true ancestral and cultural homeland of Black Americans.  And whether this is true or not, I love living in the South.  Even though I have and have had opportunities, perhaps even better opportunities, if I were to move elsewhere, I remain here [see my previous post on the subject]. Having lived in various places throughout the United States as well as the world, the South is where I am most comfortable;  the pace of life, the traditions and customs, the familiar accents all comfort me.But in this short clip of a gentleman, who according to him is the immediate past president of his local chapter of the NAACP and who has decided to embrace all facets of his Southern heritage and has taken to traveling the country in a Confederate uniform, waving a Confederate flag, it seems has taken his love for the South a bit too far.Now I don’t believe Black Americans are a monolithic people, and I do respect the attitudes and]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Writing (and Praying):  A Letter to a Reader]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: soulbrother v.2 Anna Renee,  It seems that these days I always begin my letters with an apology.  And this one will be no different.  I apologize for taking so long to get back to you.  I will not use the excuse that I was so busy because aren’t we all so busy?  And besides, even in the hubbub of your own life, even given the many responsibilities you have, you gave up your time to write me in an attempt to encourage me, and for that I truly am thankful.  You know the other day a good friend of mine just out of the blue asked me if I were happy.  And I smiled, and told her that, yes, I was really and truly happy.  But then she said that even though I was always cheerful, even though I usually had a smile on my face, she sensed that many times my mind was elsewhere.  Many times I would be going through something, but only I was too prideful to admit it, to seek out someone to talk to.    She said that she sensed that I was one of those smiling on the outside, crying on the inside type persons.  I don]]></description>
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        <pubDate> <![CDATA[Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 -0700]]></pubDate>

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