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The Pros and Cons of Respectability Politics

8/2/2013

 
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The Music

Hello, Good Morning by Diddy

Music by Erick Sermon
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Articles

Don Lemon's Sagging Pants Problem by Keith Boykin

Don Lemon and the Complexity of Race

Who Cares What Jay Z Thinks and Why Don Lemon Is Right about Blacks in America

 Fact-checking CNN's Don Lemon

Videos

100: #ZimmermanTrial: Not Guilty 

7/13/2013

 
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Law and Justice and George Zimmerman

Open season on black boys after a verdict like this

Jury finds George Zimmerman not guilty

Trayvon's dad: My heart is broken, my faith is not

Zimmerman a free man, but may be a marked man

News: How to Respond Now That Zimmerman Has Been Acquitted

On The Killing Of Trayvon Martin By George Zimmerman
Tweets about "#ZimmermanTrial"

Let's talk about Unrealistic Expectations

5/24/2013

 

The Show

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The Music

Black Music by Robert Glasper

Music by Erick Sermon

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Articles

Obama's Morehouse speech sparks backlash on race

Bullying Pulpit: Racism, Barack Obama and the Selective Call for Personal Responsibility by Tim Wise

5 in CBC: Let’s Stop Pontificating and BS-ing, Obama’s Morehouse Speech Was Excellent

Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine on New USC School: 'Look at What Hip-Hop Can Do'

Why USC and not a black college, Dr. Dre?

Love... or Ratchet Like it 

2/7/2013

 

Our Guest

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Jai La Grone
Love's Dichotomy/ Educated Hood Chicks

Articles

Handling Valentine's Day around newly single friends

Love yourself this Valentine's Day

How To Survive Valentine’s Day When You’re Single
 
Black Love: Secrets to Success

I am Woman.. Get me bodied...

1/24/2013

 
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<--- Listen to the show Here
 fem·i·nism  /ˈfeməˌnizəm/
 Noun
 The advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men.
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Articles

Miss Millennium: Beyoncé from GQ magazine

Mika Brzezinski: Beyoncé ‘jumped the shark’ by being too sexy on GQ cover

Beyoncé: being photographed in your underwear doesn't help feminism

Arielle Loren Asks “Is Beyonce the Face of Contemporary Feminism?” My Response

Washington Post and ‘Feminist Americans’ Won’t Let Michelle Obama Have It All

We Watch So You Don't Have To: Black in America 5

12/12/2012

 
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Our Guest...

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Jai La Grone, Educated Hood Chicks
Twitter: @Jai2Thumbs

Suggested Follow:

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Dr. Yaba Blay
Webpage

The (1) Drop Project

Articles

 Soledad O'Brien: Who is Black in America? I am

For young Americans, what's black is gray

Opinion: Colorism is the new "ism"

Black (Or Not) Like Me: Thoughts On CNN’s ‘Black In America 5′ [EDITORIAL]

Race Talk: It Is Time For an Examination of 'White in America'

Soledad O’Brien Explores Racial and Ethnic Identity in Provocative Black in America

The Importance of Ethnic Studies 

12/2/2012

 
The Music: 

Black Man ~ Stevie Wonder
Black Music ~ Robert Glasper Project
Black Gold ~ Esperanza Spalding

Articles

The Black Student Union at SFSU started it all

Who Gets to Define Ethnic Studies by Dr. Kenneth Monteiro

Why Be Afraid of Ethnic Studies Programs?  By Walt Gardner

Ethnic Studies and Me by Ryan Morgan

Black Love... Unless you're a Black Woman, I mean...

11/8/2012

 

Our Guests

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Jai La Grone

Educated Hood Chicks
@Jai2Thumbs
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Rashad Lawrence

Host, Love's Dichotomy
@rashadmlawrence

Articles


D.L. Hughley On Black Women: “Angry All The Time”

On D.L. Hughley and Others: My Official Withdrawal From The Battle For Black Manhood

 Black Women Deserve More Respect

Feminista Jones

@FeministaJones

50: Take That... Take That... 

6/1/2012

 

Guest Co-Host:
 Jai, Educated Hood Chicks

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Follow of the Week

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Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
Twitter/Website/Facebook/G+

Articles

Should Justin Combs, Diddy's son, have accepted UCLA scholarship?
UCLA defends giving Diddy kid scholarship
Should P. Diddy's Son Get A Football Scholarship? Yes!
Hubbub over Diddy's son is a joke

After Party Articles

From CDC - Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse
'Zombie apocalypse’ trending as bad news spreads quickly
Man Accused Of Eating Wife's Lips
Florida Man Shot by Police After Eating Another Man's Face
Md. man accused of cannibalism ranted on Facebook
Police: Hackensack man stabbed himself and threw intestines at officers


15: They're Black... But Not really...

6/30/2011

 
What's Going on this weekend: 

July 3: Oakland Museum of CA is Free the first Sunday of Every month  
July 3: Cream of Beat at Mezzanine - 444 Jesse Street at Mint in San Francisco

Who to Follow on Social Media

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Bruce Recommends: 

Zadi Diaz,  Producer/Director
Website/Facebook/Twitter 
 
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Monika Recommends: 

Rep. Barbara Lee, District 9 (Oakland)
Website/Facebook/Twitter 
 

What's going on: 

BART pays mother of victim Oscar Grant III $1.3 million

Council Will Try Again Thursday to Balance Oakland's Budget
President Obama News Conference  (June 29, 2011)

Tonight's Articles

President Obama: Not black enough? 
Hopkins says McNabb not black enough, tough enough; McNabb declines comment
Grant Hill’s Response to Jalen Rose
From Obama to Grant Hill: the "Not Black Enough" Label Still Applied


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