tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34035565757738274892011-04-21T22:36:22.872-07:00the stewthe blog of Cal State Fullerton's African American resource centerThe Janitorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00512852653724561680noreply@blogger.comBlogger211100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403556575773827489.post-4932287794159184742009-05-14T14:16:00.000-07:002009-05-14T14:16:15.411-07:00Getting Started | Publish2Getting Started | Publish2Abrahim Appelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047991817342567123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403556575773827489.post-82586666732913944932009-03-15T10:50:00.001-07:002009-03-15T10:50:14.671-07:00Waltz With Bashir: A ReviewWaltz With Bashir: A ReviewPosted using ShareThisAbrahim Appelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047991817342567123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403556575773827489.post-13104298405951812012009-01-30T14:58:00.000-08:002009-01-30T15:08:12.242-08:00Blacken up and sing that song we loveBlacken up and sing that same old song we love. By Abrahim Appel Over Christmas dinner my grandma tells me that the first African-American couple she has ever lived next to moved in recently. She had been nervous, but she had them over for dinner. She was so very glad that everyone enjoyed each other’s company. She seems relieved that they could share an intelligent conversation with Abrahim Appelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047991817342567123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403556575773827489.post-56672188742150745392008-10-17T18:29:00.000-07:002008-10-17T18:30:18.053-07:00al jazeera covers palin speechAbrahim Appelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047991817342567123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403556575773827489.post-31858419882644549392008-10-13T11:30:00.000-07:002008-10-13T11:31:09.099-07:00dancingAbrahim Appelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047991817342567123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403556575773827489.post-78703573253544485142008-10-12T16:27:00.000-07:002008-10-12T16:28:29.927-07:00from the ny times oppinion page sundayThere are no black faces high in the McCain hierarchy to object to these tactics. There hasn’t been a single black Republican governor, senator or House member in six years. This is a campaign where Palin can repeatedly declare that Alaska is “a microcosm of America” without anyone even wondering how that might be so for a state whose tiny black and Hispanic populations are each roughly one-thirdAbrahim Appelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047991817342567123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403556575773827489.post-10764883567672702022008-10-11T16:21:00.000-07:002008-10-11T16:22:00.428-07:00273,000 for household helpAbrahim Appelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047991817342567123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403556575773827489.post-74027581296861159822008-10-05T22:24:00.001-07:002008-10-05T22:24:50.915-07:00Abrahim Appelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047991817342567123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403556575773827489.post-45695133000633458752008-09-21T16:44:00.000-07:002008-09-21T18:00:23.167-07:00A blog like a diary This Blog is more like a private diary. Someone recently said that they weren't surprised. Allot of people want to talk shit, he said, but no one wants to do shit. It reminds me of how last semester after a noose was hung up in the quad. A rally was thrown against the noose. And about 60 yards away from the rally allot of Black kids hung out at the same tree they alwaysAbrahim Appelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047991817342567123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403556575773827489.post-85474376333655630922008-09-18T12:44:00.000-07:002008-09-18T12:54:12.790-07:00The juice still geten squeezedAgaign the OJ trial is revealing more about the criminal justice system then it has about OJ simpson. The story here is of coarse the trial. Of coarse we should think about if OJ has created an attitude of abuse and negitivity in his personal life. But the story here is also the culture within American police force and goverment that attacks and bites down on whoever fits a specific prejudice. A Abrahim Appelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047991817342567123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403556575773827489.post-13575410006668798252008-09-16T19:27:00.000-07:002008-09-16T19:31:22.725-07:00Muslim Sheikh on Arabic TV says "sad to see Black american solders representing racist american regime."soldersAbrahim Appelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047991817342567123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403556575773827489.post-19090063990435278642008-09-13T09:16:00.000-07:002008-09-13T09:23:47.209-07:00Joaquim Maria Machado De AssisAfter a Century, a Literary Reputation Finally Blooms By LARRY ROHTERPublished: September 12, 2008 When the novelist Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis died 100 years ago this month, his passing went little noticed outside his native Brazil. But in recent years he has been transformed from a fringe figure in the English-speaking world into a literary favorite and trendsetter, promoted by much more Abrahim Appelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047991817342567123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403556575773827489.post-72851594758606549672008-09-10T00:05:00.000-07:002008-09-10T00:39:46.832-07:00Oprah gives Palin the cold campaign shoulderIts only the second week of Palin's occupation of the Republican VP canidacy and she's already getting the cold shoulder from big name celebs. But for good reason. If Gov. Palin ever hopes to rub elbows with Oprah, one of America's current most powerful women, she's gonna have to wait a while.  Yesterday it was announced by TMZ that Oprah was specifically asked if Palin would invited to speak on The Janitorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00512852653724561680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403556575773827489.post-44515741975137876302008-09-09T16:42:00.000-07:002008-09-09T16:59:54.423-07:00Rap On the run from New StatesmanRap on the runRob SharpPublished 21 August 2008 Wanted by the FBI for black activism in the States, Nehanda Abiodun fled to Havana, where she became the "godmother of Cuban hip-hop"Music Outside a run-down apartment block in the eastern suburbs of Havana, a group of teenagers plays football in the street. They meet and greet each other like long-lost friends with hugs and slapped handshakes, Abrahim Appelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047991817342567123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403556575773827489.post-84684758467262579962008-09-06T01:43:00.000-07:002008-09-15T23:45:53.082-07:00if Bill Cosby rapped would it be cool with us what he saidAbrahim Appelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047991817342567123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403556575773827489.post-12008122434388104282008-08-31T18:58:00.000-07:002008-08-31T19:04:33.414-07:00bastards of the party Abrahim Appelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047991817342567123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403556575773827489.post-67615176455129712572008-08-29T12:47:00.000-07:002008-08-29T13:10:15.138-07:00Too quickly we look at poverty as a sign of failure. Not just failure of economics but as a moral judgment of a person. But don't we see all thew values that every self-help book preaches when we watch people segregated from the American economic opportunities refuse to be negative, and push themselves further than many of us ever will with all of our extra advantages? America teaches us that to Abrahim Appelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047991817342567123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403556575773827489.post-90306793587058607912008-08-29T12:38:00.000-07:002008-08-29T12:39:23.309-07:00mccain chooses vice presidentAbrahim Appelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047991817342567123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403556575773827489.post-10662751923181651352008-08-28T16:18:00.001-07:002008-08-28T16:20:35.507-07:00obama as a snob is a proud day for America (fake news)Abrahim Appelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047991817342567123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403556575773827489.post-25957373539975179952008-08-28T15:53:00.000-07:002008-08-28T16:14:18.169-07:00Obama takes democratic nomination on 40th aniversary of I Have a DreamHave you ever listened to the whole I Have a Dream speech? As Barak Obama accepts the democratic nomination tonight, the 40th anniversary of Kings speech, let us feel the pride and the amazement of what we are watching, while also remembering that King spoke of the ending of poverty, the ending of police abuse and social inequalities as part of the dream fulfilled. The Media will highlight Abrahim Appelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047991817342567123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403556575773827489.post-47036921029748850242008-08-26T18:30:00.000-07:002008-08-26T18:54:00.411-07:0020 years after "straight out of compton".POP MUSICRapper Ice Cube talks about the 20th anniversary of N.W.A's 'Straight Outta Compton'Eric WilliamsSCOWL: The attitude is still there on Ice Cube's new release.Twenty years after 'Straight Outta Compton,' Ice Cube considers its ramifications.By Geoff Boucher, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer August 16, 2008THE JHERI CURL is long gone, and the scowl, well, Ice Cube still has that, but he usesAbrahim Appelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047991817342567123noreply@blogger.com0