Book of the Week:
White Boy Shuffle by Paul Beatty

Film of the Week:
Watermelon Man


Quote of the Week:
"I am because we are"

Black Athletes Forum @ Morehouse

By Gene Wojciechowski

You know how sometimes you see a movie like, say, "Syriana," and you walk out of the 40-plex two hours later not knowing what the hell you just watched? I mean, no clue. So you try to fake it with your wife and mumble something about "geopolitical fissures," whatever that is, and hope she buys it.

But here's the thing: Sometimes, even if you don't get it ... you get it. Something clicks.

Anyway, that's exactly how I felt about the Black Athlete Forum held earlier this week at Morehouse College. The forum, moderated by Morehouse Man Spike Lee (Class of '79), was supposed to focus on, among other things, the glaring disparity between the number of African-American athletes (a lot) and the number of African-American sportswriters (not so much). And it did -- for a little while. (read more)

Quote of the Week:

Be thankful for what you got


Album of the Week:



The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Gil Scott-Heron


Book of the Week:



Pimps Up, Ho's Down: Hip Hop's Hold on Young Black Women
By: T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting



Thoughts on Rebirth:

This is not the first time I came to the planet
But everytime I come, only a few could understand it
I came as Isis, my words they tried to ban it
I came as Moses, they couldn't follow my commandments
I came as Solomon, to a people that was lost
I came as Jesus, but they nailed me to a cross
I came as Harriet Tubman, I put the truth to Sojourner
Other times, I had to come as Nat Turner
They tried to burn me, lynch me and starve me
So I had to come back as Marcus Garvey, Bob Marley
They tried to harm me, I used to be Malcolm X
Now I'm on the planet as the one called KRS

KRS-One "Ah Yeah"

Islam Awareness Week

Tonight!

Imam Mahdi Bray presents

Why I Became A Muslim
7:30 @ the Centennial Room of the Kansas Union