Keantre Malone

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June 9, 2012 at 11:03am

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Making Money When There Are No More Jobs

The summer is arriving with teenagers and young adults scrambling to find the little money available in the job market. If you’re like my brother, you’ve probably come to the conclusion that there are no more jobs in the “real” world. This old way of making money, of conforming to what jobs are available simply [...]

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June 5, 2012 at 2:00pm

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Topics: Alexander Kinyua, Alfred Packer, Cannibalism, discourse, Frantz Fanon, Jeffrey Dahmer, Liberation, media coverage, ontology, political psychiatry, Rudy Eugene

The Times of Body-Eating Racism: the return of black cannibals

All of a sudden cannibals are back and I’m worried what this means for Black people–folks that have historically been associated with ancient African cannibalism. A wave of cannibalism stories have surfaced in the last couple of weeks—two of them feature perpetrators of African descent. Although mainstream coverage has not spoken about these cases with [...]

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May 22, 2012 at 2:41pm

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Topics: Black doll white doll experiment, Black Male Bodies, Body Politics, child support, Clark doll experiments, desmond hatchett, man has 30 kids, ontology, Phenomenology, Sex, Subject, trayvon martin

30 Children, 11 Mothers and No One Talks About The Black Man’s Body

Last night Monday I stumbled across an article with the headline, “Man who had 30 kids with 11 women wants child-support break.” Of course the ethnicity of this father turned out to be Black. My first reaction to this story was a shaken head, because Black male bodies seem incapable of accountability. Missing fathers, no [...]

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May 15, 2012 at 2:00pm

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Topics: Big K.R.I.T., Black Hippy, Coolin, digital age, emotions, file management, Humyns, J. Dilla, meaning, Mood, mp3, Music, ontology, playlist, productivity, Revolution, social change, technology

The Digital Age and Social Change

Humyns are the type of beings that always must be in the mood. Anything that can manipulate our emotions provides us with resources to do what must be done. Even our leisure time comes from our activities; perhaps smoking outside on a nice afternoon is our picture of a good mood. These days, our lives [...]

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May 8, 2012 at 2:11pm

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Topics: america, Angela Davis, Black Panther Party, Black Panthers, Black Power Mixtape, Bobby Seal, Dignity, Fidel Castro, Homelessness, Huey P. Newton, Humanism, Hunger, people of color, role models

What Role Models Mean For People-of-Color

America makes it hard for people of color to have role models. Our leaders not only face systematic murder, but surrender their legacy to our various oppressors. Speaking of my experience, I never learned about Fidel Castro or the Black Panthers in school. When they were briefly mentioned it was their particular stance on violence [...]

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May 1, 2012 at 2:00pm

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Topics: "Dirty Ghetto Kids", "faded" video, "On Violence", "Skateboard P", black masculinity, DGK, Lil Wayne, Lupe Fiasco, Mainstream vs underground, Masculinity, Pharrell Williams, Skateboard, Skateboarding, the hood, Tyga

The Hood on Four Wheels

Since when has skateboarding become a standard by which we judge black masculinity? Prior to Lupe Fiasco and Pharrell Williams, you would not see skate culture—promotion of local skate shops, perfection of kick flips and ollies, etc.—in music videos. Back then, the culture had an explicit expression whether it was Mr. “Skateboard P” himself or [...]

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April 17, 2012 at 2:00pm

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Topics: "Brenda's Got a Baby", 2pac, Coachella 2012, Dr. Dre, Hologram, Keep Ya Head Up, Makavelli, political prisoners, Rolling Stones, Snoop, Thug Life, Tupac Shakur, Wall Street Journal

The Triumph Of Thug Life

Dedicated to Lakeesha Malone and Kim Jackson This past Sunday Dr. Dre and Snoop Doog achieved an impossible: they brought Tupac Shakur back to life! Using hologram technology, the musicians have awakened a level of consciousness that many would argue died with Tupac. However, the performance at Coachella 2012 is not merely an extension of [...]

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April 10, 2012 at 2:00pm

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Topics: crickets, fashion, Gender, Hipster, Hipster Culture, Ian Eastwood, Masculinity, new boyz, Politics, Power, social change, style

Style Wars: Not Graffiti But Hipster Takeover

Style, or the way we construct our dress, seems capable to achieve political goals—equal to the power of protests. Speaking from experience, I did not know that my clothes upset the authority figures. Since my professor claimed that I was funny-looking last night, I’ve found a complement in my teacher’s words. Where he was speaking [...]

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April 3, 2012 at 3:00pm

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Topics: Blue, Generation Y, Illasoul: shades of blue, Kids These Days, KTD, Nico Segal

Generation Y and a New Birth of Blue

Generation Y, our generation, is consistently being understood by the intellectuals of Hip-Hop; this week our honorary speaker is Nico Segal. With the most recent release of his EP, Illasoul: shades of blue, Nico has gifted us with a project that companions our journey, or should I say trip. This intoxicated reputation that our generation [...]

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March 27, 2012 at 3:00pm

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Topics: Anti-Capitalism, capitalism, Dialectics, Robin Hood, Socio-Economic Problems, Stock Market

Bull Sh#t Youth

Growing up we always knew that Capitalism, or “the system”, was responsible for the hardships of our parents. These days the youth of the present generation don’t seem to think that Capitalism just in its essence produces struggle. What if we have been surprised by the good experiences the labor force has lent us? Graduate [...]

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