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Topic: Behind the Michael Jackson Facade |
gs56ca
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Forum: Popular Culture Posted: Fri 24 Jul 2009 15:20 Subject: Behind the Michael Jackson Facade |
I'm suspended because I responded to someone who kept asking questions. I understand now what this forum is all about. I don't apologize for what I did, but I won't swear again.
No, that's n ... |
Topic: Behind the Michael Jackson Facade |
gs56ca
Replies: 25
Views: 1752
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Forum: Popular Culture Posted: Wed 22 Jul 2009 17:38 Subject: Behind the Michael Jackson Facade |
I'm suspended because I responded to someone who kept asking questions. I understand now what this forum is all about. I don't apologize for what I did, but I won't swear again.  |
Topic: Behind the Michael Jackson Facade |
gs56ca
Replies: 25
Views: 1752
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Forum: Popular Culture Posted: Sun 12 Jul 2009 06:17 Subject: Behind the Michael Jackson Facade |
The beatles pioneers??? When they were covering the Isley Brothers. What about Muddy Waters??
Initially the Beatles covered African American Blues and Rhythm and Blues artists' songs. Eventual ... |
Topic: Behind the Michael Jackson Facade |
gs56ca
Replies: 25
Views: 1752
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Forum: Popular Culture Posted: Thu 09 Jul 2009 15:37 Subject: Behind the Michael Jackson Facade |
| I do not think anyone will ever achieve the stature of Michael Jackson again. Since Rap and hip hop were brought up, I have to say that nobody of that genre will ever compare to a Michael Jackson. Thi ... |
Topic: Moodmat One Question Interview: Theo Parrish |
gs56ca
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Forum: Popular Culture Posted: Sun 21 Jun 2009 19:50 Subject: Moodmat One Question Interview: Theo Parrish |
http://www.moodmat.com/?p=977
In a new series to Moodmat, I will be asking artists one question and providing their uncensored answer. This inaugural edition I am pleased to have Theo Parrish as ... |
Topic: Review - From Colonization to Globalization: Difference or.. |
gs56ca
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Forum: Books of Interest Posted: Sun 21 Jun 2009 17:59 Subject: Review - From Colonization to Globalization: Difference or.. |
Review - From Colonization to Globalization: Difference or Repetition
By Rosemary Ekosso
May 01, 2009 - ekosso.com
Paper by Martial Frindethie
Note: the full text of the paper is available ... |
Topic: In South Africa, Apartheid is Dead, But White Supremacy..... |
gs56ca
Replies: 6
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Forum: International Stories Posted: Sun 21 Jun 2009 17:48 Subject: In South Africa, Apartheid is Dead, But White Supremacy..... |
| I have yet to read an article on South Africa that did not mention the United States somewhere in the passage. You would almost think America shared a border with SA, with the feeling of 'shared histo ... |
Topic: In South Africa, Apartheid is Dead, But White Supremacy..... |
gs56ca
Replies: 6
Views: 686
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Forum: International Stories Posted: Thu 18 Jun 2009 17:55 Subject: In South Africa, Apartheid is Dead, But White Supremacy..... |
In progressive and/or academic circles this may be the case, but SA outside of these circles still refer to each other using African ethnic terms, Indian, or Coloured. Sometimes Coloured subsum ... |
Topic: The Arab world's dirty secret |
gs56ca
Replies: 8
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Forum: International Stories Posted: Fri 12 Jun 2009 12:34 Subject: The Arab world's dirty secret |
n my Facebook page, I blamed racism for my argument and an Egyptian man wrote to deny that we are racists and used as his proof a program on Egyptian Radio featuring Sudanese songs and poetry!
You ... |
Topic: In South Africa, Apartheid is Dead, But White Supremacy..... |
gs56ca
Replies: 6
Views: 686
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Forum: International Stories Posted: Fri 12 Jun 2009 12:04 Subject: In South Africa, Apartheid is Dead, But White Supremacy..... |
In South Africa, Apartheid is Dead, But White Supremacy Lingers On
http://www.africaspeaks.com/articles/2009/0906.html
By Robert Jensen
June 9, 2009 - counterpunch.org
Apartheid is dead in ... |
Topic: Jimmy Castor????? |
gs56ca
Replies: 0
Views: 316
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Forum: Popular People Posted: Wed 10 Jun 2009 05:40 Subject: Jimmy Castor????? |
http://www.roctober.com/roctober/greatness/castor.html
Part of the interview:
JIMMY CASTOR
Trogglodynamite!
by James Porter
(From Roctober #32, 2002)
Jimmy Castor's career is ... |
Topic: Jimmy Castor ?????? |
gs56ca
Replies: 0
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Forum: Popular Culture Posted: Wed 10 Jun 2009 05:38 Subject: Jimmy Castor ?????? |
http://www.roctober.com/roctober/greatness/castor.html
Part of the interview:
JIMMY CASTOR
Trogglodynamite!
by James Porter
(From Roctober #32, 2002)
Jimmy Castor's career is ... |
Topic: Freedom Rider: Economic Disaster for Black America |
gs56ca
Replies: 1
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Fri 29 May 2009 01:41 Subject: Freedom Rider: Economic Disaster for Black America |
http://www.blackagendareport.com/?q=content/freedom-rider-economic-disaster-black-america
Freedom Rider: Economic Disaster for Black America
By Margaret Kimberley
Created 05/20/2009 - 03:03
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Topic: Interview with Jimmy Castor |
gs56ca
Replies: 2
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Fri 29 May 2009 00:25 Subject: Interview with Jimmy Castor |
| Jimmy Castor is a musician known for his 70's funk era innovations. His catalogue has been crucial to the development of the hiphop musical movement in the 80s (hiphop did start in the early 70s, but ... |
Topic: A Prom Divided |
gs56ca
Replies: 8
Views: 525
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Thu 28 May 2009 08:59 Subject: A Prom Divided |
| you know, I always find it funny, that its always the black people who want to integrate more than the white people. Could someone explain this to me? This would have surprised me before, but recently ... |
Topic: Obama's "secret" Pakistan trip |
gs56ca
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Thu 28 May 2009 08:54 Subject: Obama's "secret" Pakistan trip |
he was a roommate to a Pakistani in college. I think the guy works for Coke now.
In Dreams of My Father, Barack Obama said that his Pakistani roommate did Coke. Is that what you mean?
do yo ... |
Topic: Listen to Rosa Clemente (Vice Candidate for the Green Party) |
gs56ca
Replies: 5
Views: 419
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Mon 25 May 2009 02:31 Subject: Re: Listen to Rosa Clemente (Vice Candidate for the Green Party) |
Listen to Rosa Clemente (Vice Candidate for the Green Party) about Barack Obama and the current US environment. Some points she makes that I think are important:
1. Barack Obama lied about stopping ... |
Topic: Black NFL Player Disses Obama |
gs56ca
Replies: 4
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Mon 25 May 2009 02:24 Subject: Black NFL Player Disses Obama |
wow, I kee p seeing that I'm not the only black guy who isn't overzealous about Obama
I think that the novelty of Obama's "blackness" has already worn off. He's just a "president&qu ... |
Topic: Dr. Phillip Emeagwali - Nigerian Father of the Internet |
gs56ca
Replies: 4
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Sat 23 May 2009 20:23 Subject: Dr. Phillip Emeagwali - Nigerian Father of the Internet |
This statement is a more accurate description of Emeagwali:
He has been called one of the "fathers of the Internet," alongside pioneers such as Tim Berners-Lee and Vint Cerf.
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Topic: Mark Dean - Father of the PC (Personal Computer ) |
gs56ca
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Sat 23 May 2009 20:17 Subject: Mark Dean - Father of the PC (Personal Computer ) |
Is that better for you lol
It doesn't matter to me either way. It still does not mean he invented the PC, which he did not. Apple and Radio Shack had a PC on the market well before IBM did. That is ... |
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