Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Video: Melissa Harris Lacewell on “Images of Christ in the Black <b>...</b>

This is an interesting lecture. The different parts seemed a bit disconnected and a bit disconnected from the title of the lecture, but they were each instructive and raise a lot of questions. I really like her comment toward the end ...

Source: http://nonfictionreviews.wordpress.com/2008/07/08/video-melissa-harris-lacewell-on-images-of-christ-in-the-black-church/

Sunday, July 27, 2008

I Hate The War

Pick any example but the BIGGEST ETHICAL problem was her bringing on Melissa Harris-Lacewell to discuss the New Hampshire primary and allowing MH-L to talk about the candidates (she ignored Hillary -- that would be the winner of the New ...

Source: http://thecommonills.blogspot.com/2008/07/i-hate-war_24.html

Friday, July 25, 2008

Melissa Harris Lacewell Leaves The Root

I can no longer be found on TheRoot.com in the “Down from the Tower” blog. I resigned late last week after an editorial dispute. Professor Marc Lamont Hill (Temple University) and I began writing Down from the Tower six months ago when ...

Source: http://www.marclamonthill.com/mlhblog/?p=5566

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Golden Girls

... one year ago last Sunday, used to go out to lunch regularly with three of her good friends, and they called themselves The Golden Girls, and my list is way better than Andrea Janes.' Fadela Amara Sarah Chayes Melissa Harris-Lacewell ...

Source: http://j0yr1de.livejournal.com/164800.html

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

<b>Melissa Harris Lacewell</b> Leaves The Root

I can no longer be found on TheRoot.com in the “Down from the Tower” blog. I resigned late last week after an editorial dispute. Professor Marc Lamont Hill (Temple University) and I began writing Down from the Tower six months ago when ...

Source: http://www.marclamonthill.com/mlhblog/?p=5566

Sunday, July 20, 2008

The American Dream: Its Fallacy and Impact on Minority Groups

Harris-Lacewell, Melissa V. “The Heart of the Politics of Race: Centering Black People in the Study of White Racial Attitudes.” Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 34. No. 2 (November 2003): 222-249. Jurca, Catherine. ...

Source: http://jennsweet.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/the-american-dream-its-fallacy-and-impact-on-minority-groups/

Friday, July 18, 2008

Video: <b>Melissa Harris Lacewell</b> on “Images of Christ in the Black <b>...</b>

This is an interesting lecture. The different parts seemed a bit disconnected and a bit disconnected from the title of the lecture, but they were each instructive and raise a lot of questions. I really like her comment toward the end ...

Source: http://nonfictionreviews.wordpress.com/2008/07/08/video-melissa-harris-lacewell-on-images-of-christ-in-the-black-church/

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Real Time 3-21-08 Panel Discussion Part 3

Real Time 3-21-08 Panel Discussion Part 3: Part 3 of Real Time's panel discussion for March 21, 2008. His guests this week included Rep. Barney Frank, Jon Hamm, Melissa Harris-Lacewell and PJ O'Rourke.

Source: http://www.free-tvonpc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16587

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Comment on Quoted: Melissa Harris Lacewell on Malcolm X by Happy <b>...</b>

[…] blogs: The Autobiography of Malcolm X is one of the defining books in my life. The first time I read it, […]

Source: http://www.racialicious.com/2008/05/20/quoted-melissa-harris-lacewell-on-malcolm-x/#comment-656093

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Friday, July 11, 2008

My problem is that he, like everyone else, is to disrespectful in <b>...</b>

Melissa V. Harris-Lacewell, a professor of African-American studies at Princeton University, told The Post that she thought Obama's critique of black children who blast their more academically successful counterparts for "acting white" ...

Source: http://www.prometheus6.org/node/21641

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Dr. Boyce Watkins: Jesse Jackson Skips O’Reilly- Good Job

Myself, Melissa Harris Lacewell of Princeton University, and several other black scholars refuse to appear on shows like the O’Reilly Factor. Even when Bill O’Reilly spent 5 days last month trying to smoke me out onto his show, ...

Source: http://africanamericans.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/dr-boyce-watkins-jesse-jackson-skips-oreilly-good-job/

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

The Attacks on Michelle Obama [response]

Marc,. Angry doesn’t even come close to explaining how this photo makes me feel. This photo terrorizes me. One of my black, female graduate students sent it to me on at 7:00 this morning. It was the first image I saw when I woke up. ...

Source: http://blogs.theroot.com/blogs/downfromthetower/archive/2008/05/23/the-attacks-on-michelle-obama-response.aspx

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Just say No to HRC as VP [call]

Marc,. Barack Obama is the Democratic nominee for the US Presidency. We have lived to see it. It happened in our lifetime. I can't wait for my daughter to wake up in the morning so that I can tell her. We did it! ...

Source: http://blogs.theroot.com/blogs/downfromthetower/archive/2008/06/03/just-say-no-to-hrc-as-vp-call.aspx

Monday, July 7, 2008

The Obama opportunity

A few months ago, I heard Melissa Harris-Lacewell, from Princeton University, a Barack supporter, say on the “Democracy Now” radio show that the state of race relations in the US at this point in history is such that we shouldn't expect ...

Source: http://democracyspace.typepad.com/democracyspaceorg/2008/07/the-obama-oppor.html

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Stop the false Race/Gender Dive

We stand with all the women who have stepped up in the past several months to say no to this kind of feminism - including Barbara Ransby, Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Kimberlé Crenshaw and Eve Ensler, Zillah Eisenstein, Suzanne Pharr, ...

Source: http://irobyn.com/2008/07/06/stop-the-false-racegender-dive/

Saturday, July 5, 2008

Hip Hop Vs. America:Good Intentions Gone Wrong

Princeton Professor Melissa Harris-Lacewell spoke for me when she said she misses MC Lyte’s voice. I wanted to hear from Lyte. Did you see her on “Def Poetry Jam?” AMAZING! Why didn’t anyone mention Lyte’s “Almost September? ...

Source: http://urbanthoughtcollective.com/2008/07/03/darryl-bell-hip-hop-america/

Friday, July 4, 2008

How Are You Celebrating July 4th?

Frequent News & Notes guest Melissa Harris-Lacewell offers this perspective on TheRoot.com:. I don't know about you, but I have mixed emotions about this holiday. I love any chance to have friends over to cookout. ...

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/newsandviews/2008/07/how_are_you_celebrating_july_4.html

Thursday, July 3, 2008

for all the ladies

Melissa Harris-Lacewell is a Princeton professor and a political pundit. She also has fibroids, and last month Harris-Lacewell had a hysterectomy. Fibroids are "growths in the uterus that appear during the reproductive years," as ...

Source: http://phaballa.livejournal.com/439454.html

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

&#39;hip Hop Vs. America Ii: Where Did The Love Go?

... Clayton Gavin (hip hop artist/activist); Marc Lamont Hill (professor, Temple University); Melissa Harris Lacewell (professor, Princeton University); Lavonne Alford (recording artist); Beverly Bond (founder, Black Girls Rock, Inc. ...

Source: http://www.bnvillage.co.uk/entertainment-village/99766-hip-hop-vs-america-ii-where-did-love-go.html

Melissa Harris-Lacewell asks Howard Dean if he’s ready to lead

I came across a nice article at TheRoot.com written by Melissa Harris-Lacewell. She challenges Dean to do something to save his party Hillary’s efforts to blow it up. MelissaHarris -Lacewell is associate professor of politics and ...

Source: http://dallassouthblog.com/2008/05/08/melissa-harris-lacewell-asks-howard-dean-if-hes-ready-to-lead/

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Melissa Harris-Lacewell’s Open letter to Governor Howard Dean

Dear Gov. Dean: Are You Ready to Lead? By Melissa Harris-Lacewell | TheRoot.com There's still time for you to save the Democratic Party.ShareThis.

Source: http://www.afrolezproductions.com/blog/melissa-harris-lacewells-letter-to-howard-dean/