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BOOM BAP BROTHER DONTE

I was married to a state of mind and I divorced it (word to Black Thought)

About Me

Trying to finish this degree and move on with my life.
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What does your birth month reveal about you?
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November
Has lots of extraordinary ideas. Difficult to fathom. Thinkforward. Unique. brilliant. Sharp thinking. Fine, strong clairvoyance. make good doctors. Dynamic. Secretive. Inquisitive. Know how to dig secrets. Always thinking. Less talkative. amiable. Brave. generous. Patient. Stubborn. hardhearted. Determined. Never quit. Hardly become angry unless provoked. Love to be alone. Think differently. Sharp-minded. Motivate self. Dont appreciate praises. Highspirited. Well-built, tough. Deep love, emotions. Romantic. Uncertain in relationships. Homely. Hardworking. High abilities. Trustworthy. Honest. Keepsecrets. Cant control emotions. Unpredictable.
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Which Egyptian God or Goddess do you represent? (Pictures!)

Ma'at, Goddess of Order, Harmony, and Truth
Ma'at was the goddess of physical and moral law in Egypt, of order and truth. She was not much of a goddess, but more of a concept. She was what was right; she was the way things should be. You lead a very well-ordered life. You are just and keep things in balance. You know just how to react to things, and people like you for that.
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My Interests

Initiating and cultivating a cultural revolution.

I'd like to meet:

A woman who can build with me.

Music:

See "Heroes" section, or:THE REMARKABLE JENI FUJITA:VIDEO GALLERY: THE LEGENDARY ROOTS CREWLAURYN HILL & ?UESTLOVE ON THE STATE OF HIP-HOP & BLACK MUSIC IN GENERAL:To listen to the full interview with Gilles Peterson & ?uestlove, go to: http://www.giantstep.net/releases/1571FOR ALL YOU ASPIRING BEATMAKERS--LEARN FROM SOME LEGENDS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws2aCAhbsc0.. width="425" height="350".. .. ....

Movies:

The best film I've seen recently:Other favorites: Killer of Sheep (dir. Charles Burnett)Daughters of the Dust (dir. Julie Dash)Xala and Black Girl (both directed by Ousmane Sembene),Rushmore (dir. Wes Anderson)The Shawshank Redemption (dir. Frank Darabont)and Fight Club (dir. David Fincher)

Television:

DEMOCRACY NOW (http://www.democracynow.org) See their breaking story on the Jena Six from 7/10/07:http://www.democracynow.org/shows/2007/7/10I don't watch much TV other than PBS (Charlie Rose, Tavis Smiley, P.O.V.), but my favorite shows are no longer on the air (The Wire, The Sopranos). I don't watch music videos nearly as often as I used to. They're all just too gratuitous and predictable for me, but check the page to see some examples of the music video as art.

Books:

I'm dissertating right now, too many to mention. A few good reads, though: The Autobiography of Malcolm X (as told to by Alex Haley); Can't Stop, Won't Stop: The History of the Hip-Hop Generation (Jeff Chang--mandatory reading for anyone who is true to hip-hop, or interested even a little bit); The Black Aesthetic (Addison Gayle, editor); The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual (Harold Cruse); The Essential Harold Cruse (ed. William Jelani Cobb); Step Into A World (Kevin Powell, Ras Baraka, eds.); Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism (Michelle Goldberg); The Politics of Jesus (Obery Hendricks--A MUST READ); the book of Mishlei (Proverbs); Shadow and Act (Ralph Ellison); Stand and Deliver (Yvonne Bynoe); Black Men: Obsolete, Single, Dangerous? (Haki Madhubuti); Reading the Bible Again for the First Time: Taking the Bible Seriously but Not Literally (Marcus Borg)

Heroes:

I choose me...but below are some cool people who have been quite influential to me (in no particular order): Charles Burnett, Julie Dash, Haile Gerima, Spike Lee, Ousmane Sembene, Nelson George, Greg Tate, Michael Eric Dyson, Mark Anthony Neal, William Jelani Cobb, Joan Morgan, Bakari Kitwana, Imamu Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones), Larry Neal, Haki R. Madhubuti, Addison Gayle, Hoyt W. Fuller, Darwin Turner, Thomas Cripps, Mark Reid, Gladstone Yearwood, Jacqueline Najuma Stewart, Frances Gateward, Zeinabu irene Davis, Clyde Taylor, Toni Cade Bambara, Cornel West, Ntongela Masilela, A Tribe Called Quest, Common, The Roots, The Randy Watson Experience (?uestlove and James Poyser), Nasir Olu Ben Dara Jones, Jneiro Jarel, Wajeed and Bling 47, J Dilla (the late, great James Yancey), Pete Rock, DJ Premier, DJ Ogee, Black Elephant, Growing Nation, Gilles Peterson, Benji B, DJ Bemi, DJ Statik, DJ Center, Glauber Rocha, Fernando Solanas, Octavio Gettino, Teshome Gabriel, Tomas Guitierres Alea, Manthia Diawara, Ed Guerrero, S. Craig Watkins, Frantz Fanon, Aime Cesaire, Leopold Senghor, Geraud Blanks, Derrick Harriell, Quraysh Ali Lansana, W.E.B. DuBois, Cornel West, Harold Cruse, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Richard Wright, Oscar Micheaux, Spencer Williams, Melvin Van Peebles, Marlon Riggs, St. Clair Bourne, William Greaves, Herman Gray, Tricia Rose, Zadie Smith, Paul Beatty, Kevin Powell, Farai Chideya, Trey Ellis, A.O. Scott, Houston A. Baker, Jr., Tara Betts, Jessica Care Moore, Jacqueline Bobo, Valerie Smith, Wahneema Lubiano, Michele Wallace, Stuart Hall, Kobena Mercer, Paul Gilroy, bell hooks, Arthur Jafa, Malik Hassan Sayeed, Hype Williams, Coco Fusco, Dasha Kelly, Reuben Harpole, Portia Cobb, Iverson White, Martin Scorsese, Wes Anderson, David Fincher, Spike Jonze, Michel Gondry, Dave Chappelle, Nina Simone, John Coltrane, James Brown, Fela Kuti, Citizen Cope, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Kariem Riggins...

My Blog

Melissa Harris-Lacewell to the Class of 2008

http://www. theroot. com/id/46623Dear Class of 2008Sorry we've screwed things up. Now, suck it up and lead.TheRoot. comUpdated: 1:42 PM ET May 23, 2008May 27, 2008--I know that everyone is sa...
Posted by BOOM BAP BROTHER DONTE on Fri, 30 May 2008 06:24:00 PST

Do the Right Thing and Boyz N the Hood--your memories

Recently for a course I co-taught called Radical Black Film, we showed John Singleton's Boyz N the Hood, along with clips from Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing.  It was exciting to teach both of t...
Posted by BOOM BAP BROTHER DONTE on Mon, 19 May 2008 05:32:00 PST

White Anti-Racist Activist Tim Wise on Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright

Of National Lies and Racial Amnesia: Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama, and the Audacity of Truth By Tim Wise March 18, 2008 For most white folks, indignation just doesn’t wear well. Once...
Posted by BOOM BAP BROTHER DONTE on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:26:00 PST

Christopher Hayes--"Obama, Politics and the Pulpit" from The Nation (and my response)

source of article: http://www.thenation.com/docprint.mhtml?i=20080331&s=hay esObama, Politics and the Pulpit by CHRISTOPHER HAYES [posted online on March 17, 2008] Imagine for...
Posted by BOOM BAP BROTHER DONTE on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:17:00 PST

Obama's speech in Philadelphia--"A More Perfect Union"

Remarks of Senator Barack Obama "A More Perfect Union" Constitution Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania "We the people, in order to form a more perfect union." Two hundred and twenty one years ag...
Posted by BOOM BAP BROTHER DONTE on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:28:00 PST

How the rest of my LA trip went

I've been back from LA since Sunday, where I was welcomed with below zero temperatures, in addition to missing Barack Obama on 60 Minutes (which I know I can watch online, but still...).  I still...
Posted by BOOM BAP BROTHER DONTE on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:03:00 PST

Notes from the first full day in L.A.

Right at the top, I must admit that I'm conflicted with some guilt as I arrived in L.A. (Santa Monica) on the day that over a foot of snow hit Milwaukee, causing many closings throughout the city...
Posted by BOOM BAP BROTHER DONTE on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:14:00 PST

St. Clair Bourne, groundbreaking African-American documentary filmmaker (1943-2007)

Last Saturday (12/15), we lost St. Clair Bourne, a groundbreaking African-American documentary filmmaker. If you're in Milwaukee or nearby, be sure to look out for an upcoming tribute to Bourne in Feb...
Posted by BOOM BAP BROTHER DONTE on Sun, 23 Dec 2007 03:41:00 PST

Reflections on Contemporary Black Cinema

(Hi all, below is a blog submission I posted for a class that I'm co-teaching called Radical Black Film.  We've been looking at some recent films by Black directors, and I thought I'd share my th...
Posted by BOOM BAP BROTHER DONTE on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:24:00 PST

Adebisi’s call for Milwaukee to get serious

Just now, a friend of mine, Adebisi Agoro, posted a call for people in this city to be serious about the problems that plague us.  It's similar to a blog I wrote last summer (feel free to search ...
Posted by BOOM BAP BROTHER DONTE on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:03:00 PST