I write about Blackness.
Check out this piece on “Cultural Purgatory” I penned for PostBourgie:
Sandmann’s isn’t the only establishment that triggers my racial-acceptance-related paranoia. I also keep my head down at the beauty salon because I don’t want the women with the fingerwaves and rhinestoned acrylics judging me by my hair’s length or lack of “adventure” [...]
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You Know How I Know I’m Black?
Posted in Nonfiction, PostBourgie on February 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Musings on ‘Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire.’
Posted in Nonfiction, PostBourgie, tagged film, Gabourey Sidibe, Lee Daniels, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Push, Sapphire on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It took me a long time to write about Sapphire’s novel, Push, being adapted for the silver screen. But write I did and here’s what I came up with:
People who love this book will tell you that it’s a triumphal story of hope in the face of brutality and despair. And it is. But for [...]
Considering the Neo-Mammy.
Posted in Nonfiction, PostBourgie, tagged mammy, neo-mammy, Taraji P. Henson, The Secret Life of Bees on January 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, PostBourgie published my essay on the idea that Hollywood is slowly reconstructing its traditional archetype of the “Mammy,” to curious, problematic, and vaguely uncomfortable results:
Hmm. It isn’t often that Hollywood strives for any sense of honesty about what was really going on in the hearts and minds of black domestics, as they scrubbed floors [...]
I Hated “Lakeview Terrace.”
Posted in Nonfiction, PostBourgie, tagged lakeview terrace on October 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I really did. If you want to find out a bit more about why, check out my review over at PostBourgie.com:
I should probably tell you right now that this movie isn’t about Abel Turner. It isn’t about Lisa. And it certainly isn’t about Ron Glass, who phones in a few scenes as her father, Harold [...]
The Tao of Don.
Posted in Nonfiction, PostBourgie, tagged Don Cheadle on September 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Watch me weigh in on the career trajectory of the illustrious Don Cheadle over at PostBourgie.com:
It’s kind of interesting to note that Cheadle recently told the Detroit Free Press that he’d like to do a big, lighthearted comedy with no sociopolitical underpinnings. Whether or not anyone will cast him in one remains to be seen, [...]
PostBourgie on Omar Tyree’s Retirement.
Posted in Nonfiction, PostBourgie, tagged Omar Tyree, Street Lit on July 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Check out my piece on “Street Lit pioneer” Omar Tyree’s absurd open letter of retirement over at PostBourgie:
A few things strike us as eyebrow-raising about this opening paragraph of Tyree’s open letter to both his loyal reading audience and the retailers who’ve been primarily responsible for the sale of 1.5 million copies of fifteen of [...]
Poking Fun at Tyra
Posted in Nonfiction, PostBourgie on June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
PostBourgie just published my sort of tongue-in-cheek piece voicing my befuddlement over Tyra Banks’ Daytime Emmy win:
Not to discount Ms. Banks’ accomplishments, but have you ever watched an episode of The Tyra Banks Show? You have??? So this is your fault.
Seriously, though. We’re really over here trying to figure out how Tyra “Me Me Me” [...]
“The Anomalous T.I.P.” at PostBourgie.
Posted in Nonfiction, PostBourgie, tagged T.I. on June 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hey fam-
My piece on Clifford “T.I.” Harris just went up over at Postbourgie.com.
Here’s an excerpt:
One month after his arrest, Ridley Scott’s American Gangster opened, with T.I. in a somewhat overhyped role that amounted to little more than a glorified cameo. (Your boy had 20 lines, tops.) Even with his limited screen time, T.I. seemed to [...]
