Category: Transvaluating Values Exercises
Was the Black Athlete & Community better off during Segregation
Let the reader not worry, I was shocked too when I was inspired with the title, pre-composition. That is a sign of genius, you know. My initial reaction was ‘that is preposterous’. There is no obvious qualitative or quantitative measure by which today’s Black post-modern athlete could be compared negativelyRead More
The Pandas everybody ‘hates’ to ‘love’; Panda-rama’ & Panda-monium!
I just saw on the National news, that Pandas from China have been sent to the Smithsonian Zoo in Washington, DC for the first time in 24 years. The original pair (and eventually their cub) in the Smithsonian Zoo was transferred back to China. Chinese and American diplomats and bureaucratsRead More
A UGA Football Victory and the Triumph of the Old Antebellum South
As I reflect on the UGA National Championship win and the institution of football and football culture in the psyche of the deep south; it default and de facto is the last remnant of the antebellum southern Black/White structural dynamic of political economy. White leadership and control and Black laborRead More
Don’t go digging in history unless you really, really……
I’m writing this morning because I couldn’t Youtube info on Brunhilda from Wagner operas. That is a bizarre segue into our topic for today; westerns and western themed dramas. I’m here because of late I have been interested in figures from Native American history. Yes, I’m over 50 and whenRead More
I got yo draws’ Juanita; And other Post-Modern Christian tales
I often tell people that my experiences in a mainline American Christian denomination were rougher than my experiences selling dope in the streets on the block. This is to argue in an around about way that the thugs I encountered in the church hierarchy were worse in many regards thanRead More
Transvaluating Values with Dick and Jane
I need to present my Naomi Osaka and a couple of other essays as part of a series in which I am transvaluating values. I borrowed the word “transvaluation” from Nietztsche. His bizarre little philosophy. I love it so. But yet it is little; a world collapsing in upon itselfRead More
Notes in the wake of the Asian Spa Shootings
We broke intellectuals have dangerous habits. In this regard we like to take assumptions, traditional ways of thinking and logic and flip them on their heads….to as it were, see if they can stand on their heads as good as they can stand on their feet. The best philosophies, religionsRead More
Naomi Osaka unofficial Revanchist (from someone who cares)
Jesus didn’t advertise, didn’t buy billboards in the next town. He didn’t advertise ‘it’ because he was ‘it’, when you are ‘it’ you don’t have to advertise, presumably. Come on brothers, when you go out to the basketball court, you can tell whether or not somebody got game by howRead More
The Genius of Segregated Bungee Jumping
I was fascinated by the fact that post-modern whites act very surprised when we tell them how distrustful we are of public institutions and public health with the most glaring example being our reluctance to get vaccinated and distrust of the police. Smart Negro professionals, talking heads, Black pundits, BlackRead More