Marc Lamont Hill

Columns

The 2006 Barbershop Notebook Awards

By Marc Lamont Hill

Lest those who have affected the black community in interesting, complex, and largely problematic ways in 2006 go unrecognized . . . [2 January 2007]

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Why Hip-Hop Sucks, Part 3

By Marc Lamont Hill

There's good hip-hop and there's mediocre hip-hop. The latter is outnumbering the former. [1 September 2006]

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Why We Shouldn’t Bury Bonds

By Marc Lamont Hill

Like American society itself, baseball is governed by a win-at-all costs mentality that doesn't discourage cheating -- only getting caught. [24 April 2006]

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Thoughts on the NBA Dress Code

By Marc Lamont Hill

The new NBA dress code, which requires players to dress in 'business casual attire', is clearly and unapologetically directed toward suppressing hip-hop culture. [23 December 2005]

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Why Hip-Hop Sucks Part 2: Naming Names

By Marc Lamont Hill

It may be getting louder, but it ain't getting any better... [26 September 2005]

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Too Rich to Be Hurting?

By Marc Lamont Hill

Football elite Terrell 'T.O.' Owens may be clearing the path for a proletariat uprising. [29 August 2005]

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I Bling Because I’m Happy

By Marc Lamont Hill

There's a disconnect between the New Black Church and the hip-hop generation. Money, however, is the language preached from both sides. [5 August 2005]

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

By Marc Lamont Hill

Society's pressures complicate black male friendships. The basketball court is one place where black men can just be friends. [22 June 2005]

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Why Hip-Hop Sucks, Part 1

By Marc Lamont Hill

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. [27 May 2005]

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

By Marc Lamont Hill

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. [1 January 1995]

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

By Marc Lamont Hill

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.

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