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Keith Josef Adkins
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Jul 24, 2008 08:04 AM
CNN's Black in America was a tease. From homicide to AIDS to single-parent homes to white ancestors and willing black concubines, it was interesting, daunting, frustrating and simply too much to cover in a short two hours. Blacks in America need at least...
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Keith Josef Adkins
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Jul 23, 2008 12:04 PM
Dr. Barbara Ann Teer [center] Over a decade ago when I was living in Harlem my buddy Jimmie and I went to the National Black Theater to see Joseph Walker's The River Niger. It was one of the crazy hot summer evenings in Harlem and it didn't help the theater's...
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Keith Josef Adkins
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Jul 21, 2008 12:16 PM
There is no doubt in my mind that Heath Ledger was one of the most talented actors in my generation. And I don't personally care about how great Dark Knight performed at the weekend box office [though 155.3 million dollars is no jokiing matter]. And I...
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Keith Josef Adkins
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Jul 18, 2008 06:55 AM
Imagine moving from Israel to Manhattan with a dream to be a fashion designer. Then imagine changing your name from Doron Braunshtein to Apollo Braun and getting this amazing idea to create t-shirts with anti-Obama slogans. For example, Jews Against Obama,...
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Keith Josef Adkins
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Jul 17, 2008 10:01 AM
Last week I got a call from an aspiring director who wanted to cast me in a play about John Quincy Adams and abolition. The red flags went up quick. I don't do slaves. Usually. In my experience, slave characters are often docile, feeble, crude without...
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Keith Josef Adkins
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Jul 16, 2008 08:05 AM
I'm going to step off of the Obama/New Yorker fury today and discuss another matter of equal urgency: white male privilege. That's right, I said it. I want to discuss how those ancient cave dwellers from long ago have morphed into the world's top game...
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Keith Josef Adkins
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Jul 14, 2008 09:52 AM
It was bad enough I had to relinquish my morning swims in L.A. and return to an overheated apartment in Brooklyn where bills were amok. But to make matters worse I read a Facebook update from the writer Toure claiming the New Yorker was depicting Obama...
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Keith Josef Adkins
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Jul 13, 2008 12:17 PM
That's right. Another black man pouring crazy near our Golden Boy Obama. Here's the deal: the comedian/actor Bernice Mac surprised a $2300 per person Obama fundraiser at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago on Friday with some stand-up about "hos" and promiscuity....
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Keith Josef Adkins
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Jul 9, 2008 03:19 PM
Let me set things straight from the start. I've only listened to Wendy Williams' radio show a few times, but I've read plenty-plenty about her unorthodox on-air crazy pop culture annihilations. What I remember most was the time she accused Tupac of being...
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Keith Josef Adkins
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Jul 7, 2008 07:09 PM
Okay, I couldn't resist. After perusing every blog and review this side of the Cackalackies I decided to see for myself if the plot twist in Will Smith's Hancock was as deadly as everyone claimed. My reaction was quick from the start: I was NOT titillated...
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Keith Josef Adkins
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Jul 4, 2008 08:34 AM
So I'm in Los Angeles for the Fourth of July. That's right. A hard-working brother needed some time away from the love of his life [that would be Brooklyn] just for a few days. Yesterday evening I spent most of my time scouring the aisles of Whole Foods...
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