Return of the Mack.
After almost a year (too long!) of absence, the blog will be making a comeback. New style, new format. Stay tuned.
Throwback Thursday.
Every-other-weekly. A history of (racial) violence. In the Heat of the Night, 1967. It’s one of the most surprising and revolutionary moments committed to film: Sidney Poitier’s character Virgil Tibbs slapping a white man. What gets me about this scene every time is its authenticity. None of the actors knew beforehand that Poitier would slap … Read more
Throwback Thursday.
Every-other-weekly. Tupac, ‘Keep Ya Head Up,’ from Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. [1993; Atlantic/Interscope]. The most vocal opponents of hip hop over the years have always missed the point. The industry may overwhelmingly vapid now, but the most disillusioned among fans are those that remember what rap as a social and not only musical form once … Read more
It’s beginning to look a lot like Black History Month.
Stay tuned for increasingly frequent McDonald’s commercials featuring black people. And there’s this: True. We’ll never get over it. What would be the fun in that?
Black Skin, White Military.
Recently I received (yet another) recruiting correspondence from the armed services. Notice something? That the military actively recruits in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas largely populated by, but not limited to, minorities is no secret; I experienced as much in high school, and was always keyed in to the fact that the military puts serious energy into … Read more
