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The Barbershop Notebooks

By Marc Lamont Hill

The 2006 Barbershop Notebook Awards

[2.Jan.07] :. Lest those who have affected the black community in interesting, complex, and largely problematic ways in 2006 go unrecognized . . .
 

Why Hip-Hop Sucks, Part 3

[1.Sep.06] :. There's good hip-hop and there's mediocre hip-hop. The latter is outnumbering the former.
 

Why We Shouldn’t Bury Bonds

[24.Apr.06] :. Like American society itself, baseball is governed by a win-at-all costs mentality that doesn't discourage cheating -- only getting caught.
 

Thoughts on the NBA Dress Code

[23.Dec.05] :. The new NBA dress code, which requires players to dress in 'business casual attire', is clearly and unapologetically directed toward suppressing hip-hop culture.
 

Why Hip-Hop Sucks Part 2: Naming Names

[26.Sep.05] :. It may be getting louder, but it ain't getting any better...
 

Too Rich to Be Hurting?

[29.Aug.05] :. Football elite Terrell 'T.O.' Owens may be clearing the path for a proletariat uprising.
 

I Bling Because I’m Happy

[5.Aug.05] :. There's a disconnect between the New Black Church and the hip-hop generation. Money, however, is the language preached from both sides.
 

Breaking the Rules: Subverting Traditional Masculinity on the Court and Beyond

[22.Jun.05] :. Society's pressures complicate black male friendships. The basketball court is one place where black men can just be friends.
 

Why Hip-Hop Sucks, Part 1

[27.May.05] :. Hill's cut-up/trim-down, pedagogical debut on African American culture, or: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly In Need of a Shaving.
 

Damned If You Do.  Damned If You Don’t.

[] :. Snitching cuts three ways: it protects the community; it harms the community, and; it slices through the legal system to one's benefit/another's detriment.
 

Damned If You Do.  Damned If You Don’t.

[] :. Snitching cuts three ways: it protects the community; it harms the community, and; it slices through the legal system to one's benefit/another's detriment.