As I have written elsewhere, Carol Batker speaks about how Black Blues Women were alienated by other Black Women(usually professional class Black Women’s Club members) due to class antagonisms framed as lewd performance. She writes regarding analytical works about Zora Neale Hurston’s “Their Eyes Were Watching God” that,” It is my contention that Hurston has Read the full article…
Author: J OWL Farand
Is Dave Chappelle’s Skit Anti-Reparations???
“Kiss My Black Ass, America!!!” – “Tron”, Dave Chappelle Show, Season 1, Episode 4 I believe that in 2019, reparations as a keyword and hot button political promise surrounding HR 40 has divided US Blacks into camps that once did not exist but now frame those Blacks who may have arguments as to why reparations Read the full article…
HR-40 And Celebrity Representation
I do not think that our entertainers and celebrated figures can represent US Blacks properly in a space of activism, social political grievance, nor policy consideration. So much of policy making in these United States of America is symbolic heroism. A marketing of moments as ‘historical’, as if elementary school social studies text book manufacturers Read the full article…
Is Black Mirror’s Striking Vipers Pushing A Black Gay Agenda???
Like many of Black Mirror’s vignettes, Striking Vipers addresses an aspect of human behavior, at least that western variant, through the lens of technological cultural analysis. That is OWL speak for, it is about technology, but really, it is just about what people do and have done throughout history, more than likely. For example, writer Read the full article…
Is Oprah’s “When They See Us” Trauma Porn???[Updated June 2019]
In 2012, a documentary set out to reacquaint and acquaint us with 5 young men wrongly convicted for the rape of a New York City investment banker. For whatever reasons, this documentary actually presenting actual interviews and footage of five young boys being tortured into confessing a crime they never committed was not received widely Read the full article…
Black Woman As Goddess ::: Serena’s Recent Spat With Whyte Media[June 2019]
What’s up y’all, J. OWL Farand creator of OWL’s Asylum. You are listening to OWL In Catch Up Mode. So earlier this week Serena Williams was seen at the French Open in what is being described as a “bold look”. In fact on Today.com’s site the headline was “Serena Williams Rocks Bold Look At French Read the full article…
Why Facebook Blocked My Post[May 2019]
Facebook blocked an update to my OWL’s Asylum Facebook page. I do not directly use Facebook. There is an automatic service that I take advantage of called ITTT(“If This Than That”). It is not actually automating my Facebook updates as much as it is updating Facebook whenever I update my Twitter feed with whatever I Read the full article…
What is Black Media Trust (Pillar Sákpe) [April 2019]
Much of my initial inspiration for developing Black Media Trust was my annoyance with blind faith and obligatory support for people deemed or identifying as “Black” in media. This model of reaction to representation allowed Daddy Obama to coast into office of US President without having to present policy addressing plight of a significant and Read the full article…
What is Black Media Trust (Pillar Nyaalanwi) [April 2019]
For a few years now, I have been attempting to address legitimacy and authority in a critical, persuasive, as well as fair manner. I have assessed a need to articulate and spread widely this need some institutions, namely the press/mainstream media and academia, to have a monopoly on what or who can be authorities and Read the full article…
A Designation Of Specificity ::: Richard Wright’s American Negro
I would like to open by revisiting what we have already established so far in this discussion. Initially, we visited Ms. “Unbought & Unbossed” Shirley Chisholm’s experiences as they related to distinctions between native born US Blacks (or descendants of US Slaves) and their immigrant or first generational Black counterparts. While establishing a clear indication Read the full article…