I like John Mcwhorter..

If you're reading my blog, you probably have some idea who John McWhorter is if you don't here is his bio http://snipurl.com/1fajq. I 'discovered' McWhorter a few years ago when i was researching a paper on welfare and welfare reform (that's his pet peeve..welfare and how it has destroyed black america).

I've also watched him on CSPAN (yup I watch CSPAN and I love it) and although I disagree with him on some things, I can't remember them right now..lol, I do agree with the majority of what he says and how he thinks, also has a really dry sense of humor which I can definitely identify with kinda reminds me of my dad not many people can carry it off but he definitely does.

My father was an intellectual who was educated in Britain so you can imagine what his sense of humor was like I guess the smarter you are the more cynical your sense of humor becomes..

Here are a couple of articles McWhoter wrote that I like check them out and let me know what you think:

What is blackness? http://snipurl.com/1fajy and Hip Hop holds Blacks Back http://snipurl.com/1fakm, while I don't think all Hip Hop is bad over the last 10 years with the evolution and acceptance of gansta rap into the mainstream instead of pushing black america forward it has in my opinion reinforced the negative stereotypes of our people to other communities across the country and the globe for that matter.

Plus it has done and continues to do immeasurable damage to the psyche of black women and how they are portrayed in the media and society. I've written about this before at another blog check out the article here: http://4everalady.tblog.com/post/1969837694.

TBW