I suspect that upon his passing, Johnson might be remembered as the man who put too happy a face on black life. Let's not forget he was thoughtful too.
Posted in Cobb on August 10, 2005 12:48 PM
I say there is nothing natural about blackness and anybody who says so is ignorant, lazy or both. Could it be that I'm agreeing with Dickerson?
Posted in Cobb on June 17, 2005 10:59 PM
Ed Brown has been jabbing me in the ribs every week about why the Black Right hasn't defended Earl Graves when he did right, or why the Black Right didn't defend Kwesi Mfume when he did right. I don't have...
Posted in Cobb on November 29, 2004 10:05 AM
This horse may or may not be dead, but I'm going to beat it nonetheless. And since this coincides with the last bit of the Negro Digest content I've scanned so far, I think it would be a fitting way...
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I swung by my father's house today. Ever busy, he was painting the awning on his patio. Inside, Abenaa was working with a friend on her plans to start a charter school. As usual, he had me fix some mumbling...
Posted in Cobb on May 1, 2004 05:29 PM
The short answer to the question why I am a republican is rather like the same reason I live in an upper middle-class largely white suburban neighborhood. It fits my ambition, it is racially integrative and it's where the action...
Posted in Cobb on September 3, 2003 05:52 PM
One of these days Cobb is going to be popular enough so that the comments sections will be full of lively discussion and even controversy. Right now I think 8 or 9 is the most I've gotten on a subject,...
Posted in Cobb on August 6, 2003 09:18 AM
As those of you who have been reading me lately know, I've gone deep into the shed with some blackified topics. It has been refreshing and rewarding in and of itself, but has gone beyond that in the direction of...
Posted in Cobb on August 3, 2003 02:45 PM
i can see that this is going to be difficult. d-squared is suggesting that 'nigger' is not as bad as the orwellian lie of 'minority', and seeks to recast the negro problem jumping straight from toqueville to himself without a...
Posted in Cobb on December 28, 2002 07:02 PM