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In 'Ghettophysics,' You're Either a 'Pimp' or a 'Ho'
By David Moye - AOL News(Sept. 7) -- If prostitution is the world's oldest profession, then maybe pimps are the world's oldest philosophers. That's the theory posited by filmmakers E. Raymond Brown and William Arntz in a new documentary called "Ghettophysics," which attempts to articulate a philosophical theory suggesting that in every interaction between humans, there is a "pimp" and there is a "ho." "Now, we're not talking about prostitution," Brown told AOL News. "We're talking about archetypes; mythic figures that represent personality types that are all woven within us, kind of like astrology has 12 different ...
Obama Administration Intimidated by Right on Race, Critics Say
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyThe fallout from the Shirley Sherrod affair continued Sunday with a leading black commentator saying the Obama administration "has been intimidated by the far right wing," and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich blaming the Obama administration's "incompetence" in rushing to judgment on her for his initial description of her as a racist. Sherrod, an African-American who had been the Georgia state director for rural development, was forced to quit after conservative gadfly Andrew Breitbart attacked her on his website -- it turned out incorrectly -- for a talk she gave to the NAACP where one ...
Brother Cornel West Has Some Advice for Brother Barack Obama
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyCornel West, on the road to promote his memoir "Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud," talked mostly about his journey to becoming one of the most public of public intellectuals. But he also had a message for President Obama, nudging "Brother Barack" toward more progressive stands. And West said Obama should be mindful that even Abraham Lincoln needed a Frederick Douglass to push him to greatness. The Princeton professor, actor, author of "Race Matters" and "Democracy Matters" spoke Friday at the new Knight Theater in Charlotte, N.C., after an evening that included poetry and jazz to ...
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