Monday, June 26 2006
Agenda of a Broadcasting Company
Think ABC has a hidden agenda against the positive depiction of African Americans in its hit shows? According to this purported communiqué from network brass, it sure seems like it.
Wednesday, May 17 2006
Black Like You
When is trading 'races' not as entertaining -- or insightful -- as trading spaces? When it's all part of FX's highly implausible 'social experiment', an idea fated to fail from the first smudge of groan-inducing greasepaint.
Tuesday, April 11 2006
An Open Letter From Dave Chappelle to His White Fans
Hey, white folks! Think the current king of racially reactive comedy enjoys your fawning fandom? Not according to this little heartbreaker.
Monday, March 13 2006
Wigger: The Strange Case of a Troublesome Word
In these days of blurred ethnic barriers, our resident cultural critic looks at the current state of race relations, and how one troublesome word came to define -- and defame -- an entire social stereotype.
Tuesday, February 7 2006
The Green Pile
Black Christ Figures? Magical Mice? Tom Hank's infected urinary tract? It's no wonder this so-called classic has our resident ethnic ethicist up in arms.
Tuesday, January 3 2006
The 2005 YATS Image Awards
Sick and tired of the same old faces getting the same lame accolades from the media? In his ongoing attempts to keep it 'real', Harris presents his personal picks and pans from the previous entertainment year.
Monday, December 5 2005
Where Have All the Black Girls Gone?
If a black woman ever needs reminding of the dearth of black female leads, she need only ask a white person what actress she most resembles. Chances are she'll hear 'Whoopi Goldberg' at some point.
Monday, October 31 2005
Black After These Messages
Harris wants to clean up TV advertising. So he's offering some advice to Madison Avenue on how it can make its current fixation with African American culture more 'real' for its intended 'peeps'.
Thursday, October 6 2005
The Coiffure Connection
Ever wonder why Samuel L. Jackson seems so overly concerned with his fade? Follicle scholar Harris uncovers this 'very special episode' of a certain Bravo interview show which explains why, for this amazing actor, its hair, not the play, that's the thing.
Tuesday, September 6 2005
The Black Die Young
Black genocide in the horror genre has reached hilarious proportions -- and Harris can't get enough of it.
