The Comedic Tragedy of Dave Chappelle: Buffoonery Even He Couldn’t Tolerate Written by Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD    Thursday, 09 February 2006 Anthony Samad Dave Chappelle finally figured it out. The classic metaphor of Smokey Robinson’s Tears of A Clown, playing out on national television. Before Oprah and the whole world, he realized he had become the latest generation of Stephin Fetchit, Amos n’ Andy, and the long line of comedic buffoonery that, under the guise of comedy, made a fool of him and engrained degrading images of his race for decades to come. Read More Add Comment (0) Hits: 268

The Open Door Written by Darryl James    Tuesday, 24 January 2006 Darryl James As Africans in America, those of us who understand the struggle know that it is important to highlight the most courageous of us. It is important to magnify those of us who step into an arena where none of us have walked before. When one of us blazes a path, we talk about how that person has "opened a door" for others who will come later. Read More Add Comment (0) Hits: 265   There Is No Village to Raise Black Children Written by Phillip Jackson    Wednesday, 28 December 2005 Phillip Jackson “It takes a village to raise a child!” is an old African proverb that hundreds of millions of people have heard or used over the past years and that many people believe. But today in the Black community, that proverb has little relevance or importance. Read More Add Comment (0) Hits: 333   Ode to Richard Pryor Written by Dr. Edward Rhymes    Wednesday, 21 December 2005 Richard Pryor If Helen of Troy is "the face that launched a thousand ships," then Richard Pryor is the voice that launched a thousand comedians and artists of every hue. Read More Add Comment (0) Hits: 301

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