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Articles tagged "negritude 2.0" Column: Negritude 2.0If You Love Tupac, Help Find His Killerby Mark Reynolds[14.Sep.06] :. Because Tupac and Biggie were -- and are -- so famous, a massive cry for breaks in the cases would signal to the world that the Hip-Hop Nation, that amorphous band of young people blamed for all the ills of urban life from drugs in the streets to questionable taste in fashion, does in fact care about something bigger than bling.  Column: Negritude 2.0Coming Out of the Hazy Pastby Mark Reynolds[5.Jun.06] :. Even as black America continues to battle crime, violence, and death from within and hostile political and economic policy from beyond, it can be useful to occasionally look back through the haze and marvel at the richness of our individual stories. Two such stories: Floyd Patterson and Fats Domino.  Column: Negritude 2.0Modern Day Hottietotsby Mark Reynolds[10.Mar.06] :. There is much to be made of / on / about a black woman's backside.  Column: Negritude 2.0Martin and Coretta are Both Gone Now. It Is Not Their Battle No Moreby Mark Reynolds[16.Feb.06] :. With the passing of another leader from the civil rights era, it's up to us, whose songs of freedom come with a hip-hop beat, whose advocates preach online instead of on street corners, who live in a world multicolored beyond just black and white, to assume our awesome legacy and move the mountain some more.  Column: Negritude 2.0In the Time of B.K. (Before Kobe)by Mark Reynolds[9.Jan.06] :. They didn't command big bucks and they'd never know the level of celebrity of today's counterparts, but the early black players transcended the sport and were vital to creating this legendary black cultural institution; otherwise known as basketball.  Column: Negritude 2.0Good Night, Annie Lee Moss, and Good Luckby Mark Reynolds[8.Dec.05] :. She knew the community and she knew the dynamics of life and activism in those perilous, McCarthy-era, pre-Rosa Parks days. What else did Annie Lee Moss know? The Holy Grails of Jazzby Mark Reynolds[17.Nov.05] :. With reissues of music past, so much of history lives on to be rediscovered, over and over again. Yet one can't help but wonder how much has been forever lost. Today the Hill District, Tomorrow the World: August Wilsonby Mark Reynolds[17.Oct.05] :. August Wilson now takes his place in the pantheon of black arts and letters for the dignity he gave the blues singers, mill workers, rooming house owners, ex-cons, neighborhood eccentrics, and 300-year-old matriarchs among us. Ebony Then, Now and Laterby Mark Reynolds[1.Sep.05] :. With its founder, John H. Johnson passed, can Ebony adapt to the new era of black publications -- and live on? Cleaning Up After the Train Wreckby Mark Reynolds[14.Jul.05] :. When (witting and unwitting) celebrities make train wrecks of their lives, the crowd will be sure to be there to cheer them on. But in the aftermath, they're alone with nothing but a broom and one helluva mess. I’m Not a Social Policy Expert, But I Play One on TVby Mark Reynolds[6.Jun.05] :. When all the righteous Cosby-induced bluster has blown, all that's left the poor is caught up in tree branches and clogging the gutters, same as before. One Diaspora Under a Grooveby Mark Reynolds[12.May.05] :. At an African concert set in Philadelphia, Reynolds experienced the rare feeling of being a distinct minority in a virtually all-black setting in America. He considers the divide between Africans in America, and African-Americans. Diary of a Mad White Film Criticby Mark Reynolds[13.Apr.05] :. In defense of Roger Ebert, Reynolds notes that it's not at all necessarily racist to say that a black film isn't very good. Earnestness, sensitivity to a community's culture, and good intentions don't automatically make a solid work of art. Ossie Davis, A Celebrity of the Peopleby Mark Reynolds[9.Mar.05] :. Davis' true art was in his representation of all that was noble and heroic about being a black man. He gave dignity to our workaday struggles, and ceremony to our highest joys. 10 Good Reasons to Celebrate Black History Monthby Mark Reynolds[2.Feb.05] :. Black History Month is subject to a lot of commercial hype, trotted out once a year, as it is. February alone cannot contain such history. But 2005's Black History Month is a good opportunity to look at the history lessons brought to us in just the past year. Let the Good Times Roll… Againby Mark Reynolds[22.Dec.04] :. Up in the Pop Culture Attic, where all those wonderful things that get trampled by the new and exciting eventually end up, radio DJs worthy of their stuff pull out and dust off some '50s R&B for the holiday season and for the joie de vivre this music brings. Barack Obama, the Great Fill-in-the-Blank Hopeby Mark Reynolds[8.Dec.04] :. Everywhere Barack Obama went, people flocked to get a glimpse of the politician who stole their hearts with just one speech. Will the Real Harlem Please Stand Up?by Mark Reynolds[3.Nov.04] :. Harlem's current renaissance has less to do with the art and culture that flowed freely during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, and more to do with good old-fashioned commerce. The new gentry went looking for a new ground floor, and found it right in their own mythic backyard. The High and Low of Black Literatureby Mark Reynolds[20.Oct.04] :. What's happening now in black literature is similar to the smooth jazz/serious jazz dichotomy; urban fiction is getting more 'play' to the public, and fine literature is experienced only by the cognoscenti. Role Model at Bat?by Mark Reynolds[29.Sep.04] :. It's not that a black child can't appreciate the talents of a white baseball star; it's just that a black athlete's accomplishments mean more to that child because the athlete looks like him/her, and therefore, that black athlete is a role model. Back Down the Chisholm Trailby Mark Reynolds[12.Aug.04] :. Before Michael Moore, there was Shirley Chisholm. Fighting the Power For Realby Mark Reynolds[7.Jul.04] :. At the first US hip-hop political convention, generations of black activists struggle with translating good ideas into real activism. Whatever Happened to Mumia Abu-Jamal?by Mark Reynolds[2.Jun.04] :. One could argue that, until the current Bush administration and the Iraq war, Mumia Abu-Jamal was the only thing that came remotely close to galvanizing the far left and its myriad individual causes, from Puerto Rican independence to anti-imperialism. Such is the state of the left in America that for years, Abu-Jamal's case was the only thing that aroused unanimous passion. TV, Validation, and the Three Sistasby Mark Reynolds[21.Apr.04] :. Somewhere in the country, a Black woman who has no use whatsoever for the Bush administration's approach to global politics watched Rice on the witness stand and chanted, 'You go, girl.' Political and economic progress be damned, we still live vicariously through our celebrities. Modern Day Hottietotsby Mark ReynoldsThere is much to be made of / on / about a black woman's backside. |
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