These last few weeks so much has happened among women and it is nothing to celebrate. From the Egyptian woman getting beaten by the military to Rihanna being called a racist and sexist epithet, women are catching hell and have been for a while. In my new article in the Huffington Post, I take a […]
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MUST READ ARTICLES OF THE WEEK Stephen Marche: Esquire We are Not All Created Equal Louise Antony: New York Times Good Minus God Zaheer Ali: The Root What About Poor White Kids H. Samy Alim: New York Times What if We Occupied Language? Hugh Schofield:BBC Human Zoos: When Real People Were Exhibits Nelson George:NY Times
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Below is a comic and more funny version of Nozik’s “Utility Monster”. It’s one of several thought experiments used by Nozick to critique hedonism as a value and the ethical normative theory of utilitarianism. If utilitarianism is concerned with maximizing utility(benefit, pleasure, happiness), how does this interpretation of Nozick’s “Utility Monster” counter utilitarianism and exposes
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Its the end of the semester officially. I gave my last exam yesterday and now its time to relax. But before I do, I thought I’ll snark with the video above. Students I love you but this is very funny. And its funny because its just something that as a student you should never ever
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Ron Paul is leading the pack in Iowa. Yes Im surprised as well. The Libertarian may have a chance. But when you are in the lead, look out because your past will come to haunt you or at least be forced to resurrect from the grave in an effort to expose you and render you
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The people at Colorlines did a cool job documenting this year in race in America. They highlight Troy Davis, Occupy Wall Street, Illegal Immigration Issue, the entrepreneurial success of the likes of Oprah and Tyler Perry, students taking a stand against racial insensitivities, and much more. They do it in under 2 minutes, although I
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After procrastinating so many times about going to the limited theaters here in New York City to see the documentary and then being disappointed to find out that it was no longer showing, a victory for me has finally arrived. The Black Power Mixtape is now available on DVD and on Netflix. If you are
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In this episode of Left of Black, Professor Mark Anthony Neil talks with Sociologist, Professor Karolyn Tyson and Journalist, Ytasha Womack about the “acting white” myth and Post Black Era Identity Formation. Pretty interesting discussion. What do you think??
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A few days ago, Essayist, Provocateur,and Atheist, Christopher Hitchens, died from cancer. I believe that his voice was powerful. If you didn’t agree with him, at least there is no doubt that he made you think or at least want to think harder. I used several of Hitchens’ debates in a few of my classes
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Feminist Jessica Valenti takes a look at what she calls the virginity movement: an effort to keep young girls dedicated to abstinence. Sounds alright doesn’t it? Well according to Valenti this purity movement is doing several things: 1) brainwashing young girls into thinking that their worth is found in their sexuality and 2)that virginity movement