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Obama Scolds Black Fathers, Gets Bounce in Polls

ISHMAEL REED It’s obvious by now that Barack Obama is treating black Americans like one treats a demented uncle, brought out from his room to be ridiculed and scolded before company from time t… more »

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Obama Scolds Black Fathers, Gets Bounce in Polls

Wajahat Ali wrote 1 week ago: ISHMAEL REED It’s obvious by now that Barack Obama is treating black Americans like one treats … more »

Tags: Race, obama, Barack Obama, obama and blacks, obama and black men, Obama and racism, obama and ishmael reed

Ralph Ellison: A Biography

Buckminster wrote 2 weeks ago: A must read book for lovers of great literature and biography enthusiasts is Arnold Rampersad … more »

Tags: African-American, Literature, Books, Ralph Ellison, Arnold Rampersad, npr, invisible man, African American literatue, American Literature

Ishmael Reed on Miles Davis

bannedindc wrote 3 weeks ago: An elegaic piece by a prose master. “If our group had a god it was Miles Davis. People can tel … more »

Tags: Culture, jazz, Miles Davis

"The Crazy Rev. Wright" by Ishmael Reed — 3 comments

Wajahat Ali wrote 3 months ago: The Crazy Rev. Wright By ISHMAEL REED Nothing is more uplifting than watching MSNBC … more »

Tags: Politics, media, Race, Religion, obama, Rev. Wright, ishmael reed rev wright, rev wright obama, ishmael reed obama

MUMBO JUMBO: NAMING NAMES WITH ISHMAEL REED (part 1) — 5 comments

Wajahat Ali wrote 3 months ago: The First of an Exclusive 2-Part Conversation with WAJAHAT ALI “Hey, Waj. Come on in. Did you bri … more »

Tags: interviews, media, Politics, Race, airing dirty laundry, Bill Clinton, Black president, Clinton, henry gates

Mumbo Jumbo

Papa Labas wrote 4 months ago: I finished reading what is possibly my favorite book ever: Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed. It’s w … more »

Tags: Literature, Literature, Mumbo-Jumbo

Ishmael Reed on Obama and much more — 7 comments

K-Chedda wrote 4 months ago:   Really great interview with Bay Area writer Ishmael Reed on CounterPunch today. He discusses a w … more »

Tags: Race/Class/Gender/Politics, Bay Area, Wajahat Ali, Barack Obama, Blues City: A Walk in Oakland

Red Room--What Is This Thing, Again? — 4 comments

Mark Athitakis wrote 4 months ago: I wrote a few weeks back about the launch of Red Room, a San Francisco-based Web site that intends t … more »

Tags: TC Boyle

Warehouse: Songs and Stories

Mark Athitakis wrote 5 months ago: Baltimore City Paper has a profile of Robert Catalionni, a professor of African American literature … more »

Tags: alice walker, John Edgar Wideman, Robert Catalionni, toni morrison

Reading about the O: Books — 5 comments

Becks wrote 6 months ago: I recently finished the third book I read last year about Oakland, and it got me thinking about just … more »

Tags: East Bay, oakland, Politics, Urban Planning, Beth Bagwell, Blues City: A Walk in Oakland, Marilynn S. Johnson, Oakland: The Story of a City, The Second Gold Rush

Geese Crossing — 2 comments

Becks wrote 10 months ago: I’m reading Blues City: A Walk in Oakland, by Ishmael Reed, and in it, he does an interview wi … more »

Tags: oakland, Environmentalism, Lake Merritt, Geese


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