The first comes from the Huffington Post and is called "Gays, God and Gospel music." This piece is a review of sorts, about an essay called "The Fan Who Knew Too Much" in a book of essays on the role gays have played in the world of Gospel music. "He considers much of the music coming from today's gospel performers…
Hipsters have gotten a bad rap lately. They have been called culturally insensitive, gentrifying teeny boppers who have no understanding of the world outside of their Twitter feed, but have the monopoly on cool. They are the ones who only buy their music from record stores, but listen to it on Beats by Dr. Dre headphones. But I remember what…
"For the songs, rituals and folklore that were lost in slavery's middle passage, his plays are those forgotten songs remixed for the struggles of adapting to these shores" Playwright/director/actor Chadwick Boseman, who recently portrayed Jackie Robinson in the movie 42, wrote an article for the LA Times about the playwright August Wilson. Wilson's legacy, the thing he set out to…
80 percent of life's defining moments happen by age 35. As a culture we have trivialized the defining decade of adulthood. Three things every 20-something needs to hear: Forget about having an identity crisis and get some identity capital. The urban tribe is overrated. The time to start picking your family is now.
"As a Morehouse graduate you now wield the power of something more powerful than the diploma you're about to accept. You wield the power of your example." "It portrays a problem of ambition if you think more about what you can buy than what you can do." "Inspire those who look up to you to expect more of themselves." "A…
On Friday, May 17th the New York Times published an article written by A.O. Scott that examines depictions of the American Dream and materialism in three different films: The Great Gatsby, Spring Breakers, and The Bling Ring. He essentially says that these films update the American Dream to be more about entitlement than hard work as a reflection of our…