in particular the line of...I am working on a paper titled, “How Beyonce and Capitalism UnderminedR&B’s Ability to Normalize Black Love.” The title may change to Beyonce Incorporated, as that is more focusedand more appropriate for academia.My professor wants me to l shift my focus to the media’s investment in, what I havecalled, the Beyonce Beauty Aesthetic, light skinned, [...]
Archive for November, 2009
What Sarah Palin Taught Me About Beyonce
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009Musing on Precious and Shaniya Davis
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009Every scene in a movie represents a choice by the director, everyline in a book represents a choice by an author. A significant portion of my understanding of what it means to be an artistin New York is rooted in the PUSH era. When I visited New York in ’97 tolook at colleges, I stayed [...]
Crack and Hip Hop Politically Underdeveloped Young People
Sunday, November 15th, 2009On a fluke a few of weeks ago, I picked up a dvd about theBlack Panthers and the student and employee strike at SFState that created the first Black Studies department in the country. It was in watching this video that realized that both crack and hip hoppolitically underdeveloped young people. Much of this statement [...]
Academic Capitalism: Moving from Talking to Doing/Being
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009Last Thursday, while I was doing a presentation on Academic Capitalismin class, 600 students, mostly Black, conducted a march protesting the firing of the associate provost of equity and diversity, Dr. Cordell Black. In addition to this, not only are the departments and offices serving marginalized folks facing merger, but The Classics and The Chemical [...]
