Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Nov 7, 2010, 11:39 am
In creating this blog its i was really just a way for me to get some use of being a poli sci major in analyzing politics and the world around me. That and frankly my at the time my friends had heard my analysis to the point of nausea. Blogging seemed natural. I had a good thing going. I was able to ...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Oct 28, 2010, 8:28 am
Props to Jasmine Mans As i look at a Nicki Minaj and the out of love criticism being sent her way by Jasmine Mans, I can't help but notice the fact that Nicki Minaj does not exist in a vacuum and the same can be said for all the other problematic representations of black music culture. We come from ...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Oct 14, 2010, 8:03 pm
Sellout By Randall Kennedy An excellent book. I found myself enjoying it much more than what i thought i would. In this text Kennedy explores the meaning of racial solidarity with respects to how we go about labeling those who betray that solidarity. One of the key points of this text is how do we...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Oct 14, 2010, 12:38 am
For awhile I have insisted on being defined as as African. When i started this there was a sense of pride i derived from it. But as of late it has begun to fad not for lack of love for the land of my ancestors but because its not specific enough. Africa is not a monolithic whole and I am very limite...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Oct 5, 2010, 3:48 pm

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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Oct 4, 2010, 2:56 pm
the presidency has always been a bad job. the president consistently is getting the heat for something at all times and usually with good reason. Many people don't realize that that blame should be equally shared by congress. Its a democracy its comes with the territory. Understand the intricacies o...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Sep 30, 2010, 6:21 pm
source As we head into the November elections and politicians in a hurry to go and campaign, TANF Emergency Contingency Fund to expire today the one really piece of legislation that was actually doing something about the job situation. There is also 5.5 billion dollar shortfall in education money th...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Sep 29, 2010, 9:30 pm
As i think about my own gender assignment of "male" and how my conciousness has interacted with that assignment as well as viewing other people interact with gender. I'm beginning to see gender as i would any other status signifier such as rich, poor, nationality, or race. And like these status iden...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Sep 27, 2010, 5:16 pm
CNN is running and op-ed about sexuality in the black church due to the civil charges being levied against Bishop Eddie Long., and per my experiences in the black church its fairly spot on. The black church is very very conservative consider the bible to be the authoritative word of god and have no ...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Sep 26, 2010, 12:54 pm
As january approaches and grad school comes i beginning to think about what this means in reality as opposed to the symbolic prestige that is attached to it. In this past year its done very little for me but theoretically provide access to grad school (no funding)and collect dust as most of my emplo...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Sep 21, 2010, 6:29 pm
Voter anger stands to make the November elections very interesting. Im fairly sure the dems are going to lose seats if not a result no progress on the economy, the return (for white people anyway) of the culture wars (islamaphobia, LBGTQ community, immigration) the inability of dems to promote succ...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Sep 16, 2010, 5:55 pm
In my evening perusal of the various news outlets i ran across this piece of information from WorkingAmerica.org source Increasing income disparity in the US puts us worse than or on par with much of Latin America in that category. A former economic advisor to George W. Bush and John McCain is advoc...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Sep 14, 2010, 7:11 pm
Story Can Be Found Here For those that aren’t aware Ernest Withers was THE ORIGINAL civil rights photographer. Responsible for taking the most famous pictures of the king movement. To hear that this man was an FBI informant for Cointelpro the Program that built around subverting black liberation h...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Sep 12, 2010, 5:52 pm
Encyclopedia of African History and Culture Volume i Ancient Africa Prehistory to 500 Ce Encyclopedia of African History and Culture Volume II African Kingdoms 500 to 1500 Encyclopedia of African History and Culture Volume III From Conquest to Colonization 1500 to 1850 Encyclopedia of African...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Sep 12, 2010, 4:02 am
It has been my study and my observation that the experience of the African descended person in america is dominated by attempting to understand one's identity. This is necessary for any human being but especially for us b/c of the circumstances surrounding the African in the diaspora. Now i could go...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Aug 11, 2010, 5:56 am
Recently in the headlines we have all heard of Omar Thornton. If not Omar Thornton on august 3 went to his workplace a beer distribution center and shot 10 coworkers 8 of them fatally before and before taking his own life called 911 and described his actions to the operator as taking care of the rac...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Aug 7, 2010, 11:54 pm
A plea to young black men: Stop killing :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: John W. Fountain Dear young black man, They used to come for us cloaked in white sheets and hoods under the cover of night. Today they come in black hoodies and ski masks, both by day and by night. They used to carry our boys away from...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Aug 7, 2010, 11:26 am
This is a very complex situation. The political situation in Haiti was already a powder keg pre-earthquake. Now with elections forthcoming and the possibility of a Wyclef Presidency in the mix and the future of Haiti hanging in the balance this is a pretty vital time. Now as usual, the context. Wh...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Jul 26, 2010, 5:11 pm
this is by no means exhaustive. just some thoughts Form what i can see at this juncture, the single biggest issue my community is the one of identity. (realistically for any human identity is major but especially for oppressed groups). The unique historical and social reality of the american black p...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Jul 20, 2010, 11:47 pm
First and Foremost wtf is snookered? For those of you that dont know Shirly Sherrod was forced to resign by the White House as a result of some comments of hers from a video clip regarding her experiences in the USDA that suggested she refused to help a white farmer b/c he was white. Now this video ...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Jul 11, 2010, 1:15 pm
Correct me if im wrong but the Jews trace the beginnings of their culture to Abraham and Moses. Now In old testament Moses is said to have been and Kemetic (ancient egyptian) prince as he was adopted into the royal family after being found on the nile river. After awhile saw dipped out of kemet saw ...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Jul 9, 2010, 4:46 pm
Prosecuting Attorney David Stein: When you said those words, did you intend to challenge him in any way? Arresting Officer Anthony Pirone: No. It was sarcasm. (via) the San Fran cronicle im a peaceful and compassionate man. Im really not interested in taking lives. I feel as though if it comes to su...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Jul 6, 2010, 11:57 am
The aftermath of the Tyler Perry/Boondocks thing really got me thinking about black masculinity and homosexuality. Particularly b/c my issue w/ Tyler Perry initially begins with his crossdressing in light of the media’s penchant for emasculating black men. As evidenced in men on film from w/ in li...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Jun 23, 2010, 9:26 pm
so Ciara makes a song about her ability to ride dick. And now I'm contemplating where do we draw the line between the celebration of the feminine body and and just being plain inappropriate. On 1 hand sexual repression and the idea that a woman should not control of her body (abortion for exam...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Jun 20, 2010, 11:09 pm
i walked away from religion and dogmatic thought practices several months ago. It was a harrowing effort in bringing my emotional connection to church under the reign of logic and historical fact. Long painful many nightmares. In any case i stopped going to church after going through all of that i...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Jun 18, 2010, 11:29 pm
Many of us have thought it. Im saying it. Folks imma be honest. Im not a killer. I wasnt raised that way. I would hate to be brought to the point where thats a decision i have to make. I want to think there are officers out there that are "good cops" protecting and serving the entire community. Ho...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Jun 12, 2010, 7:42 am
so im up late as usual. However this time its not due to insomnia via late night reading, anime, or writing. Its due to the fact my lil sister is graduating high school on Sunday and from the 6 schools in her school district only 30 black males are graduating with a grade point average of 3.0 of bet...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Jun 10, 2010, 6:54 pm
Now a while back i did a post called the Tea party is all about race (which can be found here) in which i linked an article by Bob Cesca (which can be found here) The crux of the argument being the lynch pin for the Tea party is race and their populist platform and intense dislike of Obama is incon...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Jun 10, 2010, 2:34 am
Miami Florida 1989 Clement A Lloyd 23 year old black motorcyclist shot fataly by William E Lozano Police officer Passenger Alan Blanchard age 24 died of injuries sustained when the motorcycle crashed. Lozano was aquitted Source1 Source2 Detroit Michigan 1992 Malice Green was killed by two white po...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Jun 8, 2010, 3:57 pm
Slim thug proved he was an idiot but there is a deeper issue behind his comments. Concerning the contiual anti black women slights that are seen in the everyday. However... She said everything that i wanted to discuss The title of the article is "Do We Really Want A New Black Man" Discussing the...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Jun 7, 2010, 2:13 pm
So i've been mulling this around my head for quite sometime. I've really been searching for a model a community i could get with. After leaving religion and gaining some understanding of my history, which opened my eyes to some very critical realities concerning who our friends are and who a...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Jun 4, 2010, 2:14 am
*press play and pause the other music over there ================> For Aiyana Somedays i feel like i dont deserve to have fun Still kinda trippin over this 7 year old with a gunshot Wound in her head which was supposed to be her neck but we know haow the police are they generally dont fact chec...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Jun 3, 2010, 1:04 am
I got into a "Why Dont I Support Palestine more" discussion..Truthfully my thoughts are with Palestine and Gaza i wish them well. Israel did an evil thing (huge surprise) in this raid and i hope they are held accountable (frankly Israel got set up for the okey doke and took the bait). I hate all op...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Jun 2, 2010, 3:49 pm
its live updates on the trial of Mehserle for the murder of Oscar Grant
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - May 28, 2010, 1:32 pm
Dept of Justice Mail Atty General Eric H. HolderU.S. Department of Justice950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20530-0001 Phone: Attorney General, Eric H. Holder, Jr.,(202) 514-2001 Twitter @Justice4AiyanaFlyer Link: http://bit.ly/9bosuiPrint it and DistributeEmail requests for #Justice4Aiyana...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - May 27, 2010, 5:56 pm
Dear friends, On Wednesday, Rand Paul, the GOP's US Senate candidate for Kentucky repeated his claim that a central piece of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was wrong, and that businesses should be free to discriminate against whomever they please.1 Paul and his supporters don't seem to care...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - May 27, 2010, 5:28 pm
Study Shows Blacks Will Never Gain Wealth Parity with Whites under the Current System check this out!
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - May 25, 2010, 3:13 pm
is Jerean Blake for those of you that dont know the murder of Jerean Blake is what kicked of the chain of events that ended in the police killing. Jerean Blake was murdered by 34 year old black man b/c he didnt like the way Jerean looked at him. This same individual was in the same housing complex ...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - May 25, 2010, 2:45 pm
Source Eduardo Caraballo, a U.S. citizen born in the United States, was detained for over three days on suspicion of being an illegal immigrant. Despite presenting identifying documents and even his birth certificate, Caraballo was held by federal immigration authorities over the weekend and thr...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - May 19, 2010, 3:40 pm

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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - May 18, 2010, 4:00 pm
Online Petition
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - May 18, 2010, 3:11 pm
CLICK THE RADIO INTERVIEW OF GEOFFREY FIEGER. He explains the shot was fired from the outside that the police entered the wrong house and there was no criminal suspect there, and the suspicions of that the tape may get destroyed. JUSTICE FOR AIYANA JONES http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - May 18, 2010, 1:23 pm
if you dont know the story, shame on you and google it now. I've discussed and tossed this around my head for the past 2 days and frankly im exhausted. the sadness and anger cant compare. On My homie Owl's blog i contributed my thoughts and feelings concerning this situation in a brief form ...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - May 13, 2010, 4:48 pm
As we all know arizona passed into a law a bill banned ethnic studies from schools as well as teachers with accents from the classrooms. To follow suit Minnesota and South Carolina are also enacting copycat bills. Obviously there are some very racist things going on. And in terms of this ethnic stud...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - May 10, 2010, 11:09 am
There are at least 32 African-Americans are running for Congress this year as Republicans I believe this is going to be a legitimate shift in how black people vote. The republican party is floundering and if things continue to go the way they have the republican party as we have known it since the ...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Apr 28, 2010, 11:54 pm
This... reminds me of this I really detect a hint of This is our country ("our" read as "straight white male"). Fact is white people are now dealing with with the reality that their privilege may or may not be eroding. Most white people don't understand white privilege. What we non white folks...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Apr 28, 2010, 3:20 pm
Arizona Boycott | Boycotting Arizona Companies Posted using ShareThis
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Apr 28, 2010, 11:23 am
I talked about this awhile back on twitter. Source1 Source2 Yesterday Thomas Hagan has been released on parole and is now a free man. Previously Hagan was on a work release which he started in 1988 where he only spends 2 days out of the week in prison and works the other 5. This arrangement has all...
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Apr 28, 2010, 1:51 am
Damn...i would really like to see this conversation in its entirety to get a clear picture of whats being said here context wise. but this is kinda disturbing
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Isaac H. posted an article on Nappy Headed Black Child - Apr 28, 2010, 12:45 am
Scum Bucket of the Week: Meet Arizona Lawmaker Russell Pearce | Southern Shift Posted using ShareThis
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