Posts Tagged ‘obama’

Great presentations from William Julius Wilson, Orlando Patterson, and Lani Guinier on November 7 at the Race, Culture & Inequality Graduate Student Workshop. The audio is a bit muffled so turn up your speakers or put on headphones. Enjoy!

Anmol Chaddha, Introduction

William Julius Wilson

Orlando Patterson

Lani Guinier

Q&A

DJ Green Lantern, Russell Simmons & Barack Obama - Yes We Can: The Mixtape
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Dear Rappers,
Please do not go back to sleep after Barack becomes president! We need your voices and minds.
Sincerely,
Kevin

DJayCee & Brooklyn Collectiv DJs Present: Hip-Hop For Change (Yes We Can)
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Months ago, I remember several unfunny boobs all stressed out that the Obama campaign would be the end of comedy because satirizing Obama could be offensive to some audiences. All I heard was, “wahhh wahh wahhhh but it will be HARD! wahh wahh wahh”
I shouldn’t talk though because I don’t know the first thing […]

Spent a few hours riding around Boston yesterday listening to this MJB / Big Boi collabo on serious repeat.

Mary J. Blige ft. Big Boi, DJ Drama - “Something’s Gonna Have To Give”
Some folks thought I was disrespecting Mary in my thesis presentation or implying that she is over-using Auto-Tune. Hardly! I only brought up […]