http://s.huffpost.com/images/HuffingtonPost_250x20.png tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2012:/tag/postbourgie Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gene-demby/postbourgie-the-podcast-20_b_1551418.html 2012-05-28T19:56:56Z 2012-05-28T20:12:44Z Gene Demby http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gene-demby/ The cloud of chronic traumatic encephalopathy -- the concussion-related brain disease that had led to mental illness and Alzheimer's-like symptoms -- hangs over the apparent suicide of Junior Seau, one of the N.F.L.'s great linebackers. The news was the final straw for Ta-Nehisi Coates of the Atlantic, who wrote <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/05/junior-seau-is-dead/256664/" target="_hplink">that he could no longer find enjoyment in watching football</a> with the increasingly grim prospects for its long-term practitioners, and so he was giving it up. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/postbourgie">Postbourgie</a>, <a href="/tag/ta-nehisi-coates">Ta-Nehisi Coates</a>, <a href="/tag/postbourgie-podcast">Postbourgie Podcast</a>, <a href="/black-voices">Black Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/victoria-coats/obama-gay-marriage_b_1519107.html 2012-05-18T12:36:28Z 2012-05-18T12:36:17Z Victoria Coats http://www.huffingtonpost.com/victoria-coats/ As you might have heard by now, President Barack Obama has expressed his belief that gay people should be able to get married. I want to take a moment to talk about the terms of the discussion. My concerns can fit broadly under what I'll call <em>The Equality Problem</em>. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/lgbt-rights">LGBT Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/lgbtq">Lgbtq</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/gay-marriage">Gay Marriage</a>, <a href="/tag/marriage-equality">Marriage Equality</a>, <a href="/tag/same-sex-marriage">Same-Sex Marriage</a>, <a href="/tag/postbourgie">Postbourgie</a>, <a href="/black-voices">Black Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/victoria-coats/trayvon-martin_b_1416591.html 2012-04-16T16:20:27Z 2012-04-27T13:23:54Z Victoria Coats http://www.huffingtonpost.com/victoria-coats/ In the wake of the murder of Trayvon Martin, some people have been reminded that anti-black racist violence is, in fact, a regular problem in the Unit... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/activism">Activism</a>, <a href="/tag/white-privilege">White Privilege</a>, <a href="/tag/solidarity">Solidarity</a>, <a href="/tag/trayvon-martin">Trayvon Martin</a>, <a href="/tag/racism">Racism</a>, <a href="/tag/anti-racism">Anti-Racism</a>, <a href="/tag/racial-profiling">Racial Profiling</a>, <a href="/tag/postbourgie">Postbourgie</a>, <a href="/black-voices">Black Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gene-demby/random-hotness-marvin-gaye_b_1397033.html 2012-04-02T12:02:41Z 2012-04-02T12:22:33Z Gene Demby http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gene-demby/ Here's Marvin Gaye, who would have been 73 today, performing "I Want You" while lounging on the couch in a Belgian hotel room. Epic. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/random-midday-hotness">Random Midday Hotness</a>, <a href="/tag/postbourgie">Postbourgie</a>, <a href="/tag/marvin-gaye">Marvin Gaye</a>, <a href="/tag/i-want-you">I Want You</a>, <a href="/tag/sam-cooke">Sam Cooke</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/black-voices">Black Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sean-campbell/community-season-3-ep-11-_b_1354193.html 2012-03-16T15:18:39Z 2012-03-16T16:00:33Z Sean Campbell http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sean-campbell/ It's about time that we got a Shirley-centric episode. Yvette Nicole Brown, aside from her ping-pong rivalry with Jeff, has been pretty quiet this season. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/paleyfest">Paleyfest</a>, <a href="/tag/malcolm-jamal-warner">Malcolm Jamal Warner</a>, <a href="/tag/dan-harmon">Dan Harmon</a>, <a href="/tag/community-nbc">Community Nbc</a>, <a href="/tag/postbourgie">Postbourgie</a>, <a href="/tag/black-voices-news">Black Voices News</a>, <a href="/tag/community">Community</a>, <a href="/tag/postbourgie-community-recap">Postbourgie Community Recap</a>, <a href="/tag/gillian-jacobs">Gillian Jacobs</a>, <a href="/tag/community-recap">Community Recap</a>, <a href="/tag/yvette-nicole-brown">Yvette Nicole Brown</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/black-voices">Black Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stacia-l-brown/colored-tv-week-in-review_b_1316578.html 2012-03-02T12:52:21Z 2012-03-02T13:11:46Z Stacia L. Brown http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stacia-l-brown/ Colored TV <em>is a new PostBourgie feature that looks at television series through the lenses of race and class. Up first: "Parenthood" and "Revenge." </em><br /> <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/revenge-abc">Revenge Abc</a>, <a href="/tag/television">Television</a>, <a href="/tag/postbourgie">Postbourgie</a>, <a href="/tag/parenthood-tv">Parenthood Tv</a>, <a href="/tag/race">Race</a>, <a href="/tag/class">Class</a>, <a href="/tag/stacia-l-brown">Stacia L. Brown</a>, <a href="/tag/parenthood-nbc">Parenthood NBC</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/black-voices">Black Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/victoria-coats/jayz-kanye-west-and-the-m_b_1297053.html 2012-02-23T13:45:24Z 2012-02-24T14:03:35Z Victoria Coats http://www.huffingtonpost.com/victoria-coats/ In time for Martin Luther King Jr. Day last month, Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def and not to be confused with the ever beloved Beyonce hereafte... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/yasiin-bey">Yasiin Bey</a>, <a href="/tag/watch-the-throne">Watch the Throne</a>, <a href="/tag/hip-hop">Hip Hop</a>, <a href="/tag/kanye-west">Kanye West</a>, <a href="/tag/mos-def">Mos Def</a>, <a href="/tag/jay-z">Jay-Z</a>, <a href="/tag/postbourgie">Postbourgie</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/black-voices">Black Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jd-bell/post_3014_b_1285339.html 2012-02-17T15:32:27Z 2012-02-20T09:01:00Z J.D. Bell http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jd-bell/ Jeremy Lin is much more than a fortune cookie. Treat him as such.<br /> <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/jeremy-lin-asian">Jeremy Lin Asian</a>, <a href="/tag/jeremy-lin-harvard">Jeremy Lin Harvard</a>, <a href="/tag/jeremy-lin-knicks">Jeremy Lin Knicks</a>, <a href="/tag/jeremy-lin">Jeremy Lin</a>, <a href="/tag/jeremy-lin-new-york-knicks">Jeremy Lin New York Knicks</a>, <a href="/tag/stereotypes">Stereotypes</a>, <a href="/tag/louis-ck">Louis CK</a>, <a href="/tag/sarah-palin">Sarah Palin</a>, <a href="/tag/racism">Racism</a>, <a href="/tag/political-correctness">Political Correctness</a>, <a href="/tag/tracy-morgan">Tracy Morgan</a>, <a href="/tag/postbourgie">Postbourgie</a>, <a href="/black-voices">Black Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jd-bell/chris-brown-a-history-of-violence_b_1284251.html 2012-02-17T08:58:25Z 2012-02-17T13:49:06Z J.D. Bell http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jd-bell/ Let's not think of it as a defense of Brown. Let's consider it a plea for worthier troubled souls. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/chris-brown">Chris Brown</a>, <a href="/tag/domestic-violence">Domestic Violence</a>, <a href="/tag/domestic-abuse">Domestic Abuse</a>, <a href="/tag/grammy-awards">Grammy Awards</a>, <a href="/tag/chris-brown-rihanna">Chris Brown Rihanna</a>, <a href="/tag/postbourgie">Postbourgie</a>, <a href="/black-voices">Black Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stacia-l-brown/in-unsung-ray-parker-jr-i_b_1267724.html 2012-02-10T08:15:27Z 2012-02-10T13:38:34Z Stacia L. Brown http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stacia-l-brown/ In keeping with this season's trend of featuring musicians who <em>haven't</em> faded into bitter oblivion, the latest <em>Unsung</em> heralds the career and eventual semi-retirement of Ray Parker Jr.<br /> <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/television">Television</a>, <a href="/tag/postbourgie">Postbourgie</a>, <a href="/tag/ray-parker-jr">Ray Parker Jr</a>, <a href="/tag/tv-one-unsung">Tv One Unsung</a>, <a href="/tag/unsung-ray-parker-jr">Unsung Ray Parker Jr</a>, <a href="/tag/unsung">Unsung</a>, <a href="/tag/tv-one">TV One</a>, <a href="/black-voices">Black Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stacia-l-brown/5-contemporary-soul-cyran_b_1245063.html 2012-01-31T16:10:06Z 2012-01-31T16:41:15Z Stacia L. Brown http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stacia-l-brown/ Male soul, R&B, and hip-hop artists have long served as Cyranos for brothers who can't seem to express the right sentiments without digging a deeper hole. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/postbourgie">Postbourgie</a>, <a href="/tag/cyrano-de-bergerac">Cyrano De Bergerac</a>, <a href="/tag/musiq-soulchild">Musiq-Soulchild</a>, <a href="/tag/phonte">Phonte</a>, <a href="/tag/bilal">Bilal</a>, <a href="/tag/fred-hammond">Fred Hammond</a>, <a href="/tag/anthony-hamilton">Anthony Hamilton</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/black-voices">Black Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/naima-ramos/gop-racism-its-not-just-f_b_1242536.html 2012-01-30T16:35:09Z 2012-01-30T18:13:04Z Naima Ramos-Chapman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/naima-ramos/ By employing phrases like "food-stamp president," Newt Gingrich has become a symbol of racialized politics. But he's not the only one suffering from racially insensitive diarrhea of the mouth.<br /> <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/politics">Politics</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/think-progress">Think Progress</a>, <a href="/tag/racism">Racism</a>, <a href="/tag/gop">Gop</a>, <a href="/tag/newt-gingrich">Newt Gingrich</a>, <a href="/tag/gop-2012-presidential-candidates">Gop 2012 Presidential Candidates</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/republicans">Republicans</a>, <a href="/tag/postbourgie">Postbourgie</a>, <a href="/black-voices">Black Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stacia-l-brown/full-forces-unsung-is-act_b_1241227.html 2012-01-30T08:35:38Z 2012-01-30T15:53:48Z Stacia L. Brown http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stacia-l-brown/ So, if you don't know much about this week's featured group, Full Force, you might assume this is going to be another heart-breaking story about fame lost and bitterly mourned. But you'd be wrong. <br /> <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/stacia-l-brown">Stacia-L-Brown</a>, <a href="/tag/postbourgie">Postbourgie</a>, <a href="/tag/tv-unsung">TV Unsung</a>, <a href="/tag/full-force">Full Force</a>, <a href="/tag/unsung-postbourgie">Unsung Postbourgie</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/black-voices">Black Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sean-campbell/with-great-power-ultimate_b_1234664.html 2012-01-26T18:55:56Z 2012-01-26T18:57:02Z Sean Campbell http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sean-campbell/ Aside from my own personal investment in Miles Morales becoming the new <i>Ultimate</i> universe Spider-Man, I had concerns. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/marvel-comics">Marvel Comics</a>, <a href="/tag/brian-michael-bendis">Brian Michael Bendis</a>, <a href="/tag/ultimate-comics-spider-man">Ultimate Comics Spider-Man</a>, <a href="/tag/sara-pichelli">Sara Pichelli</a>, <a href="/tag/miles-morales">Miles Morales</a>, <a href="/tag/postbourgie">Postbourgie</a>, <a href="/black-voices">Black Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tracy-clayton/in-memory-of-common-sense_b_1230988.html 2012-01-25T11:20:44Z 2012-01-25T13:14:23Z Tracy Clayton http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tracy-clayton/ To posit that a woman's behavior can be a means for stopping rape is a slap in the face to all the women who "followed all the rules" and still got raped. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/women">Women</a>, <a href="/tag/very-smart-brothas">Very Smart Brothas</a>, <a href="/tag/anti-rape">Anti-Rape</a>, <a href="/tag/rape">Rape</a>, <a href="/tag/rape-prevention">Rape Prevention</a>, <a href="/tag/postbourgie">Postbourgie</a>, <a href="/black-voices">Black Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/naima-ramos/why-the-shit-girls-say-me_b_1190368.html 2012-01-09T13:21:28Z 2012-01-09T13:21:39Z Naima Ramos-Chapman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/naima-ramos/ I arrived late to the new meme "Shit Girls Say," but my family members were quick to fill me in over the holidays. I laughed -- but only with half my heart. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/youtube">Youtube</a>, <a href="/tag/racism">Racism</a>, <a href="/tag/shit-girls-say">Shit Girls Say</a>, <a href="/tag/memes">Memes</a>, <a href="/tag/sexism">Sexism</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/postbourgie">Postbourgie</a>, <a href="/black-voices">Black Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stacia-l-brown/vesta-williams-unsung-tv-one_b_1179715.html 2012-01-02T13:48:23Z 2012-01-02T15:17:22Z Stacia L. Brown http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stacia-l-brown/ Vesta Williams's unexpected and untimely death was just one in a long string of mysteries surrounding her life. What happened? Where had she been? Why hadn't she hit it bigger? <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/unsung-vesta-wiliams-tv-one">Unsung Vesta Wiliams Tv One</a>, <a href="/tag/vesta-williams-unsung">Vesta Williams Unsung</a>, <a href="/tag/vesta-williams">Vesta Williams</a>, <a href="/tag/unsung-tv-one">Unsung Tv One</a>, <a href="/tag/postbourgie">Postbourgie</a>, <a href="/tag/stacia-l-brown">Stacia L. Brown</a>, <a href="/black-voices">Black Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stacia-l-brown/five-great-black-tv-chris_b_1167982.html 2011-12-23T14:18:16Z 2011-12-23T16:50:42Z Stacia L. Brown http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stacia-l-brown/ It's hard for a sitcom to produce a Very Special Christmas Episode, without it seeming overwarmed, cliched, or just plain ol' corny. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/martin">Martin</a>, <a href="/tag/postbourgie">Postbourgie</a>, <a href="/tag/everybody-hates-chris">Everybody Hates Chris</a>, <a href="/tag/bernie-mac-show">Bernie Mac Show</a>, <a href="/tag/christmas">Christmas</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/black-voices">Black Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/whitney-muse/post_2681_b_1149303.html 2011-12-14T15:33:00Z 2011-12-14T16:12:16Z Whitney Muse http://www.huffingtonpost.com/whitney-muse/ Gene Banks's widely derided "If I Was A Poor Black Kid" column oversimplifies a lot -- including how hard it is to get into Philly's best schools. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/philadelphia-public-schools">Philadelphia Public Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/education">Education</a>, <a href="/tag/poverty">Poverty</a>, <a href="/tag/magnet-schools">Magnet Schools</a>, <a href="/tag/postbourgie">Postbourgie</a>, <a href="/tag/forbes-magazine">Forbes Magazine</a>, <a href="/tag/gene-banks">Gene Banks</a>, <a href="/tag/philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/black-voices">Black Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/angela-flournoy/postbourgies-9-great-book_b_1146142.html 2011-12-13T13:07:12Z 2011-12-13T13:14:09Z Angela Flournoy http://www.huffingtonpost.com/angela-flournoy/ With time running out until Christmas, we thought we'd share some of our favorite reads from the past year. Great books make great gifts. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/literature">Literature</a>, <a href="/tag/cutie-pies">Cutie Pies</a>, <a href="/tag/ernessa-t-carter">Ernessa T. Carter</a>, <a href="/tag/the-buddha-in-the-attic">The Buddha in the Attic</a>, <a href="/tag/we-the-animals">We the Animals</a>, <a href="/tag/tayari-jones">Tayari Jones</a>, <a href="/tag/books">Books</a>, <a href="/tag/melissa-harris-perry">Melissa Harris-Perry</a>, <a href="/tag/justin-torres">Justin Torres</a>, <a href="/tag/postbourgie">Postbourgie</a>, <a href="/tag/dani-cone">Dani Cone</a>, <a href="/tag/jane-austen">Jane Austen</a>, <a href="/tag/silver-sparrow">Silver Sparrow</a>, <a href="/tag/persuasion">Persuasion</a>, <a href="/tag/slidepollajax">Slidepollajax</a>, <a href="/tag/salvage-the-bones">Salvage the Bones</a>, <a href="/tag/plastic-a-toxic-love-story">Plastic: A Toxic Love Story</a>, <a href="/tag/jesmyn-ward">Jesmyn Ward</a>, <a href="/tag/non-fiction">Non-Fiction</a>, <a href="/tag/julie-otsuka">Julie Otsuka</a>, <a href="/tag/32-candles">32 Candles</a>, <a href="/tag/susan-freinkel">Susan Freinkel</a>, <a href="/tag/sister-citizen">Sister Citizen</a>, <a href="/black-voices">Black Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jd-bell/your-weekend-randomass-ro_1_b_1140506.html 2011-12-10T00:44:26Z 2011-12-11T09:00:39Z J.D. Bell http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jd-bell/ It's not a stretch to say that The Roots has earned and received PostBourgie's highly coveted endorsement, an honor reserved for luminaries such as Ir... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/postbourgie">Postbourgie</a>, <a href="/black-voices">Black Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sean-campbell/community-season-3-ep-10-_b_1140104.html 2011-12-09T17:08:01Z 2011-12-09T18:07:01Z Sean Campbell http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sean-campbell/ <em>Community</em> is going away for awhile and is taking shots at it's favorite target on the way out the door: <em>Glee</em>. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/childish-gambimo">Childish Gambimo</a>, <a href="/tag/the-soup">The Soup</a>, <a href="/tag/community-nbc">Community Nbc</a>, <a href="/tag/postbourgie">Postbourgie</a>, <a href="/tag/black-voices-news">Black Voices News</a>, <a href="/tag/regional-holiday-music">Regional Holiday Music</a>, <a href="/tag/taran-killam">Taran Killam</a>, <a href="/tag/community">Community</a>, <a href="/tag/allison-brie">Allison Brie</a>, <a href="/tag/postbourgie-community-recap">Postbourgie Community Recap</a>, <a href="/tag/yvette-nicole-brown">Yvette Nicole Brown</a>, <a href="/tag/community-recap">Community Recap</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/black-voices">Black Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dion-nicole/my-plan-b-story_b_1134330.html 2011-12-07T15:50:00Z 2011-12-07T15:50:20Z Dion Nicole http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dion-nicole/ Sadly, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius ruled today not to make Plan B, aka the morning-after pill, available over the counter.<br /> <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/postbourgie">Postbourgie</a>, <a href="/tag/plan-b">Plan B</a>, <a href="/tag/plan-b-fda">Plan B FDA</a>, <a href="/tag/morning-after-pill">Morning After Pill</a>, <a href="/black-voices">Black Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stacia-l-brown/school-suspension-cute_b_1132401.html 2011-12-07T11:22:00Z 2011-12-07T11:22:22Z Stacia L. Brown http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stacia-l-brown/ Many words used to describe women are designed to harass and hypersexualize. Those words can be demeaning, pejorative, and explicit. They are familiar to far more women, young and old, than they should be. "Cute" is not one of them. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/education">Education</a>, <a href="/tag/emanyea-lockett">Emanyea Lockett</a>, <a href="/tag/sexual-harrassment">Sexual Harrassment</a>, <a href="/tag/postbourgie">Postbourgie</a>, <a href="/tag/sexual-harrassment-school">Sexual-Harrassment-School</a>, <a href="/black-voices">Black Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jd-bell/your-weekend-randomass-ro_b_1127116.html 2011-12-03T12:57:17Z 2011-12-04T10:54:17Z J.D. Bell http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jd-bell/ I'm looking for some extra tickets to the "black achievers conference" in Kentucky. Should I be looking for them at <a href="http://thecainsolutions.com/" target="_hplink">thecainsolutions.com</a>? <br /> <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/random-ass-roundup">Random-Ass-Roundup</a>, <a href="/tag/postbourgie">Postbourgie</a>, <a href="/tag/unemployment">Unemployment</a>, <a href="/tag/martina-correia-davis">Martina Correia-Davis</a>, <a href="/tag/marriage-equality">Marriage Equality</a>, <a href="/tag/world-aids-day">World AIDS Day</a>, <a href="/tag/herman-cain">Herman Cain</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/black-voices">Black Voices News</a></p>