5 Quick Points Against Django Unchained, Because It’s Not Worth 6.
1. Ishmael Reed is right. The first thing easily noticed is that the promotion of the film is largely false. The film does not star and is not about Black people. Jamie Foxx is at best a supporting...
View ArticleThe Voxunion Dr. King Collection
Over the years we here at Voxunion have attempted to help unearth, excavate and remind of the Dr. King who actually lived as opposed to the one recreated by his (our) enemies. So on this, yet another...
View ArticleMartin Luther King, Jr. and the Press: Assassination of Body and Image
The following is a nicely packaged video of our presentation on Dr. King, his radical politics and the erasure of those politics by the press and mainstream media. The presentation covers the basics...
View ArticleHating The (Violent) Messenger, But Not The Message: The Dorner Case Brings...
Hating The (Violent) Messenger, But Not The Message: The Dorner Case Brings Up Echoes of Calif.’s Black Panther Past By Todd Steven Burroughs COLLEGE PARK, Md.—Does someone who is hated by the...
View ArticleUniversity of Arizona Hip Hop Minor Isn’t A Joke, Just Irrelevant
University of Arizona Hip Hop Minor Isn’t A Joke, Just Irrelevant By Travis L. Gosa In an attempt to quell criticism of its new hip hop minor, the University of Arizona held a two-day hip hop...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Tavis Smiley and Cornel West: Stop Denying Critics of...
The following was sent to the staff at TavisTalks.com and the Smiley & West show in response to an April 5 interview conducted with Zaheer Ali regarding Manning Marable’s A Life of Reinvention… To...
View ArticleWhat’s Not to Hate?
Recently I was asked to submit 4-700 words to The Progressive on Adam Levine’s “I hate this country” remark. To see the edited version of those comments you can check their website. For the unedited...
View ArticleHow Can African Spirituality Assist African Liberation?
Esi Ramu joined us this week to lead a discussion about the role African spirituality can play in African liberation. Ramu was joined by Ifakunle Ogunjimi, Ifanike Osuntoyin and Okomfo Ama. DOWNLOAD...
View ArticleCapitalism: Racial and Social Justice Orientation @ CUNY Law School
I was asked to visit CUNY Law School today to discuss capitalism and social justice… Among those who drive now and those who have driven previously the traditions or lineages that most impact me there...
View ArticleFruitvale Station is Sadly Fruitless
It was a movie worth making and a movie filled with stirring performances, but a tremendous absence of context blended with an apparent need to appease White audiences leaves Fruitvale Station largely...
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