Posts Tagged ‘hip-hop’

Of Platitudes Facile and Persistent: Reflections on the Predictability of a Right Wing Robot

May 25, 2014, filed under Essay Archive; No Comments.
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Sometimes one has to wonder: are conservatives really that obtuse, or do they deliberately distort facts and data for political effect? Either way, let there be no mistake, Crystal Wright, who blogs under the moniker “Conservative Black Chick,” is possibly the most unadulterated prototype of a reality-challenged right-wing zombie ever to take up bandwidth, and […]

Tim Wise on CNN, 5/14/11: Common’s White House Invite and the Attack on Hip-Hop

May 15, 2011, filed under Audio & Video; No Comments.
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DIscussing the right’s attack on hip-hop and Common’s invitation to the White House

When Multicultural Marketing Goes Horribly Wrong

December 12, 2010, filed under Essay Archive; No Comments.
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Ok, so at first I thought this had to be some kind of practical joke. Some kind of Onion-esque attempt at racial satire. But now, after learning that it’s apparently for real, even I’m amazed. And frankly, there isn’t much in the realm of racial insensitivity that shocks me anymore. And so I give you, […]