I Am a Community Organizer

And I will be blogging on Monday, 8 September, along with blogs such as the The Young Black Profession Guide, The Electronic Village, The Jose Vilson, From My Brown Eyed View, The African American Political Pundit, Springer’s Journal, and Inkognero in honor of the great work that Community Organizers do.
Please join me, and ask [...]

Black Weblog Awards

The winners have been announced. Congrats!

In Which I Proceed To Kick Ass

At least that’s what Devious Diva seems to think. And who am I to argue with her and her blogging awesomeness? If she says so, then it must be.
So, here I am, kicking ass, and proudly showing it off.

Now, as an ass kicker, there are rules. Failure to follow these rules will result in [...]

Black Weblog Awards Nominations Are Up

The nomination process for the 2008 Black Weblog Awards started on 1 August. If, for some strange reason, you don’t know about these awards, you can read about them here. To get to nominating your favorite black owned and operated blogs, go here. They’ve also got a forum running now as well.
Here’s who I [...]

Arte y Pico Awards

The wonderful blogger and AfroSpear member MsLadyDeborah has honored me with an award!

The Arte y Pico Award
As Lewis Hyde would argue, “a gift that cannot be given away ceases to be a gift.”1, and it is in that spirit that the Arte y Pico Awards (along with other blogger awards like the Thinking Bloggers Award) [...]

Mammies and Niggers: We Ain’t No Joke

This is going to be one of those rambling, “where the hell is Kev going with this type of posts.” Just so you know.
I’m pissed. I’m pissed off at this thread in particular right now; and no, I’m not pissed at Ilyka for rightfully expressing outrage at the offensive use of a mammy figurine for [...]

In Solidarity: Global Day for Darfur

Today is the blogging Global Day for Darfur, as organized by Danielle at Modern Musings. There are 25 bloggers participating today, so head over to Modern Musings for a list of participants and please read what they have to say.
The mission of this blogging day is to Educate, Motivate, and Activate.
See also [...]