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About Me

I'm a NYer, college administrator, adjunct professor, and doctoral student...busy all the time. Love music, writing, boxing, brazilian jiu-jitsu, basketball, most sports, being in shape (although I hate working out). Big time trash talker. Got spades on lock and make anyone not my partner regret not sitting across from me.

My Interests

Living life, having fun, MUSIC, Love...God

I'd like to meet:

Laid back, cool people

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Music:

Soul music...any music that moves me...loving Neo-Soul, Jazz, Hip-Hop, it don't stop, the list goes on and on and on...

Movies:

Count of Monte Cristo, Cast Away, Claudine, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Usual Suspects, War Movies, Japanese Anime, Kung Fu Flicks, Sometimes in April, Brown Sugar, First Time Felon, The Assignment, A Better Way to Die, Tap, Matrix Trilogy, Star Wars 1-6, Drop Squad, Always Outnumbered, Lesson Before Dying, Down in the Delta, The River Niger, A Warm December, Blackboard Jungle, To Sir, With Love, West Side Story, The Hunted, and the list goes on...

Television:

Chappelle Show, OC, Cheaters, old joints like Cosby, In Living Color, Living Single,

Books:

The Bible, The Alchemist, Falsification of Afrikan Consciousness, Sugar Ray (Biography)

My Blog

The "Dark" Side of Brown (1954) - Part 2

The "Dark" Side of Brown (1954) Part 2So, liberal White folks had a new "white man's burden". Given license by the Black elite, a kinder gentler form of racism re-emerged to challenge the tradition...
Posted by Dee on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:09:00 PST

The "Dark" Side of the Brown case (1954) - Part 1

The "Dark" Side of Brown (1954) Part 1 Uncritical acceptance of a thing is dangerous. Like the Emancipation Proclamation and Abraham Lincoln, the Brown vs. Board of Education (Topeka, K...
Posted by Dee on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:05:00 PST

NOW...

All we are is now& When I look at the relationships in my life, I find that there are varying levels of intimacy with the people I call friends and family. Each relationship has taken on ...
Posted by Dee on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:05:00 PST

I am engaged...

I finally asked Cool Breeze (my girlfriend) to become my fiancee. She accepted. We's joinin the marriage cult next year.
Posted by Dee on Fri, 30 May 2008 10:12:00 PST

Dissertation Proposal Defense....

I finally successfully defended my dissertation proposal. I should be done in about a year! I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Posted by Dee on Fri, 30 May 2008 10:08:00 PST

Jumping Jim Crow

Most people are under the impression that Jim Crow ended in 1954-57 with the now famous Brown vs. Board of Education (Topeka. KS) case. Here are some of the missing pages of "Jim Crow" 1917 - US Supr...
Posted by Dee on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:29:00 PST

Reconstruction to Redemption to "Jim Crow"

My cousin got my family tracing our heritage. We got as far back as 1849. My great-great grandfather, Warren Westbrook. He was a slave to one Elbert Westbrook in Georgia. He was even...
Posted by Dee on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 08:23:00 PST

Reparations: Part 2

When did all this reparations talk start anyway? It started with General William T. Sherman in January,1865. The Civil War was finally coming to a close and there was a questions as to wha...
Posted by Dee on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:12:00 PST

the ABCs and IOUs of Reparations: Part 1

I watched Hilary speak at Tavis Smiley's "State of the Black Union" program on youtube. When asked about Bill Clinton's recent incendiary comments around "race", she totally avoided the specific...
Posted by Dee on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 02:32:00 PST

Headed for a fall...

Headed for a fall& I was listening to a story today. It was about a teacher-student relationship. The dance teacher was relaying how there are instances where the students often wa...
Posted by Dee on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:20:00 PST