Jamaican Dreamer

December 23, 2024

On Frauds, Silenced Goats, Stolen Magics, and “Wicked” Witches

So this review was supposed to come out a few weeks ago after I saw the movie but life. In the past, the idea of life happening or not pushing out a piece exactly when it was the center of the cultural zeitgeist became a hinderance to me blogging. Now, one of my current goals…

Academia, African Diaspora, African Traditional Religions,, Colonialism, Colorism, Commentary, Cultural Criticism, Empire, Entertainment, Film Critique, Film Review, History, Identity, Imperialism, Institutional Racism, Legacy of Slavery, Literature, Media, Religion, Skin Color, Social Justice, Uncategorized, White Privilege, White Supremacy

ariana-grande, Broadway, cynthia-erivo, Movies, musical, Musicals, Religion, Wicked
November 25, 2024

On Exiled Princes and The Black Trickster, My Review of Gladiator 2 (2024)

I saw Gladiator 2 this past weekend and loved it! Let me get that out of the way. In my lifetime on the internet I’ve witnessed how “discourse’ has devolved from potentially good intention online discussion to everyone trying to beat everyone else with the best “take” so they can get engagement and maybe a…

Commentary, Cultural Criticism, Film Critique, Film Review, History

Ancient Africa, Antiquity, Denzel Washington, Gladiator, How often do you think of the Roman Empire, Mediterranean, Numidia, Pedro Pascal, Ridley Scott, Roman Empire, Rome, Trickster gods
September 11, 2017

Update

Hey everyone, I know it has been a while since I updated my blog but I have been extremely busy with grad school especially as I enter the dissertation phase. I did however want to share a new venture I am embarking on with an old friend in the form of our podcast entitled Drinking…

General Update, Uncategorized

Drinking With Blerds, Podcast, Politics, Popular Culture, Racism
September 25, 2016

To the new white neighbor who crossed the street when she saw me

Check out my piece on Blavity about a brief interaction with one of the new “neighbors” in my community. To the new white neighbor who crossed the street when she saw me

#BlackLivesMatter, Black Masculinity, community, Gentrification, Immigration

Bias, Gentrification
July 11, 2016

White Privilege is….Reflections from Abroad

A short reflection on being abroad as a black man with everything happening in the US. These are ways I’ve noticed how I policed my body in order to survive, frivolous liberties I can’t enjoy, or thoughts I’ve had. White privilege is not forcing yourself to stand in the front of an elevator with others…

Academia, Black Masculinity, Commentary, Identity, Institutional Racism, Privilege, Racial Justice, Stereotypes, White Privilege, White Supremacy

Black Masculinity, White Privilege
July 4, 2016

What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?

Frederick Douglass on 5 July 1852 Rochester, NY HE who could address this audience without a quailing sensation, has stronger nerves than I have. I do not remember ever to have appeared as a speaker before any assembly more shrinkingly, nor with greater distrust of my ability, than I do this day. A feeling has…

Independence, Legacy of Slavery

American History, Fourth of July, Frederick Douglass
July 1, 2016

My Review: The Sport of Kings

Just finished C.E. Morgan’s The Sport of Kings and I am filled with many emotions. For one race plays a central role in the story from the fact that the author is a white woman to her writing about slavery and legacies of slavery (both for the descendants of the slave master and the descendants…

Legacy of Slavery, Lynching, Summer Reading, White Privilege

Horse Racing, Kentucky, Mass Incarceration, Racism, Slavery
June 19, 2016

I’m Ghanaian-American. Am I Black?

A great piece by novelist Yaa Gyasi who discusses the struggle first gen black immigrants are faced with in the United States. Though my parents, especially my father, constantly warned me about racism and my blackness I did not know what he was talking about because I lived in a predominately black area. I’m really…

Uncategorized
May 30, 2016

Black Lives Sacrificed

I’m finally back from exam purgatory and what’s a better welcome back than discussing the paradox of black soldiers . Today’s Memorial Day, a holiday set aside to commemorate those that died in service to the ideals of the United States. Indeed, memorials are important because in theory they help societies remember the principles they were…

Civil Rights Movement, Commentary, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Foreign Policy, History, Imperialism, Mental Illness, White Supremacy

Anthony Hill, Black History, Black Soldiers, Civil War, Memorial Day, Muhammad Ali, Vietnam War
April 25, 2016

Black & Undocumented: Caribbean Immigrant’s Long Fight for Citizenship

Great article about the plight of black undocumented immigrants. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-undocumented-caribbean-immigrant-s-long-fight-citizenship-n557441

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