Just saw that my recent commentary on Katrina is out. Give a listen and let me know what you think. In fact, check out my first commentary on Katrina as well…written at last year’s meeting of the American Political Science Association.
I’m leaving later this evening to go to the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association. I’m presenting a paper entitled “The Not So Minimal Consequences of Watching Rap Videos.” I’ve been keeping it under wraps because I wanted to wait to see how it held up under serious scrutiny. I’ll probably drop it when I get back. If I see any interesting presentations, or books coming down the pipeline I’ll holler. And I might just take the time to do some photoblogging. We’ll see.
What if you brought together over 100 of the world’s most innovative thinkers at one roundtable…and then asked them (simultaneously) to answer 100 questions culled from thousands submitted from all over the world?
What if the responses were videotaped and available over the net? (more…)
Oliver Stone’s recent movie on the World Trade Center has come under criticism because of casting issues. You can hear my spin on it. A number of us have fallen victim to the fakelore of white supremacy. This is one case where it is pretty clear to me that black people aren’t the ones with self-esteem problems. My man T3 is on the same page as I am. Take a listen, let me know what you think.
Story here. The details haven’t come out yet. I’m suspecting it’s going to be tied to seniority. But let’s say for the sake of discussion that each worker is going to get offered something like 60 grand to walk.
My dad just retired from Ford. He told me once about an older (white) worker he used to talk to. They stopped talking when my dad casually asked him about investing. We know what the black/white wealth gap looks like. What we don’t know is how much of this gap is due to a knowledge deficit rather than a pure resource deficit? Whites living in suburban Detroit can make money just off of their house, because as long as their neighborhood is 90% white or more, people will want to move into it. The only piece of knowledge the average white homeowner needs to know here is the knowledge he has as soon as he recognizes that “white” is more than the absence of color.
But how much of this knowledge comes from older co-workers telling him what do to with his money? Telling him how to invest, what to invest in?
I’ve already heard about one brother who quickly went belly up after taking a buyout from GM.
I’m thinking a WHOLE lot more are soon to follow.
