Disqus - Friends of JNez

Re: Black In America @ Brooklyn Public Library

ybpguide — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:50:31 -0000

I sincerely hope they provide a means of watching the panels and auxillary pieces that will make up the broadcast in whole, unedited form on the web.

Great job, though, on the panel and kudos for the invitation.

Side Note: Will these kind of discussions be happening at blogging while brown? I really want to go, but my wife will be delivering around then. :-) I spoke with Angela briefly, but you can you guys get a ustream feed or something going?

Re: We’re Back. Fired Up! Ready To Go!!

ybpguide — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:35:50 -0000

Good move. Holler at that wp-supercache. If you ever need an additional set of tech eyes, let me know.

Also, can we get a shout on the blogroll? :-)

All in all, good job.

Re: Top Ten Black Blogs for June 2008

ybpguide — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:02:29 -0000

Bigups to all the black bloggers! Hoping to get there one day!

Also, nice to put a face with the voice for JJP. :-)

Re: Production Values (UPDATED)

ybpguide — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:03:45 -0000

Video isn't loading for me....

Re: It’s Official: Obama Will Give Convention Speech At Stadium

ybpguide — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:29:28 -0000

Lol. Nice! I still can't be mad at her though (Rene Marie).

Question, how good is the security for the stadium? No, seriously.

Re: Obama Family Media Alert

ybpguide — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:26:41 -0000

I've never been one for gossip. In fact, I caught a little flack from my really facetious views on how Time could pick Concrete Loop as one of its top 50 websites (although I can't be mad that a sista got the MSM nod...so, facetious golf clap, I guess).

BUT...

I'm finally getting that itch and slowly understanding how people just get infatuated with celebrities and others. Sometimes you just are so wide-eyed and inspired by someone, you want to see if they're like you.

The 'what is a normal Obama family like' 4-part features (really, 4-parts!?!?) is something I'll probably check out......only b/c I gotta get my Obama fix!

Lol.

Now, back to your regularly scheduled program.

Re: Wednesday Open Thread - Hi Everyone!

ybpguide — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:03:55 -0000

Just read an article at NYTimes about a UofC Professor and his paper on 'sounding black' and wage inequality.

Thought it was poignant considering how we're watching Obama personify the inherent theory behind the research.

Check the post.

http://ybpguide.com/2008/07/09/sounding-black/

Re: Monday Open Thread - Hello, Everyone!

ybpguide — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:19:58 -0000

OT: My son was born about 10 hours ago! Yay fatherhood!

Re: Blogging While Brown – The Conference

ybpguide — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:40:59 -0000

make sure they get a justin.tv feed for virtual attendants!

i really wanted to come, but my little guy came early!

Re: Friday Open Thread- We made it to the weekend :)

ybpguide — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:25:16 -0000

Just did our first video post / response to a lot of the haters from the Black in America open thread. I'd interested in hearing and reading some responses.

I've always felt there was a fine line between disagreeing and hating. Where we propping each other up by providing contextual discourse....or cynically tearing each other down through educated euphemisms, a la crabs in a bucket?

F*ck the 'Black in America' Haters

Re: Friday Open Thread- We made it to the weekend :)

ybpguide — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:14:55 -0000

I did read your post on the exclusion of the LBGT discussion w/in the Black community before I made my video last night.

I think your point is spot on and it would have been great to talk about that. It is something that our community, me included, conveniently forgets or sweeps under the rug.

Continue to speak up about it and don't get discouraged. Hopefully, this MSM focus spawned other avenues to have this discussion on a bigger stage...which is why I think we should ultimately be supportive of the people who made it happen.

Re: Monday Open Thread

ybpguide — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:58:29 -0000

We had some colorful and insightful comments about my take on the Black in America special the other day.

I invited a good friend of mind who provided an alternate and conscientious point-of-view as a Latino and African-American woman called Soledad, THIS is what I wanted.

Enjoy!

Re: Report from Blogging While Brown Conference 2008

ybpguide — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:12:02 -0000

Congrats to everyone who made this happen!

I enjoyed the Ustream sessions....politic'ing with MC Lyte.

Hoping BWB 2009 will be somewhere in the MidWest. :-)

Re: Tuesday Open Thread

ybpguide — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:22:53 -0000

Digesting the Moment: Did Barack Drop the Historical Baton?

Re: Tuesday Open Thread

ybpguide — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:24:34 -0000

Well, no. That is not what I wrote.

My point is the vexing decision we all have to make as Black professionals everyday.

You want to have broad appeal to get your message through and play the game....but you can't sell yourself short and believe the hype so much that you forget all that was possible to get to that point.

A simple point of:

'Yes, her family is off-limits, but at the crux of my message of family values and the importance of a supportive family, as Palin has done, race has no bounds.'

A simple way to make his point about taking the high road, put the media on blast for blowing out of proportion the 'Black issue' of unwed teenage mothers, AND show his base that he still has some connection to that common ground.

Re: RNC08: Obama Responds to Palin

ybpguide — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:11:02 -0000

Can someone explain to me why everyone thinks it is a good idea for 'an ordinary American' to lead this country?

Since when does the most powerful, open, democratic, and free nation in the world get led by your next door neighbor?

I mean, I get the appeal of the idea, but the morning after still needs to be remembered.

Re: RNC08: Black Republicans Not In Love with Sarah Palin

ybpguide — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:24:35 -0000

Funniest thing about this post is that the post right after this (following her speech), he is back on the bandwagon!

WTF is 'Uneducated Christian Rural Voter'. That is the KEY demographic now?

Re: Why GOP Attacks On Community Organizers Are Attacks On The People, And Why They Won’t Work

ybpguide — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:20:34 -0000

Don't be ashamed of being a community organizer! Let the cats know how important community organizers are!

YBPGuide supports all community organizers

Tweet it up. Post it up. Comment it up!

Put #community_organizer in your tweets....

Re: Media Alerts

ybpguide — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:50:55 -0000

Don't forget to check Obama on O'Reilly. I caught the first part on Friday and he held his own. I imagine O'Reilly will have some respect for the man after it's over (so I've been told).

Either way, I'm still interested in Barack handling the 'no spin' zone. We may even see him get angry!!

Re: McCain’s Choice, Palin Had Taxpayers Cover Her Stays At Home

ybpguide — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:21:26 -0000

I'm hoping the rest of the MSM rolls with this.

Methinks they won't, but maybe enough will blow-up in the blogsphere....

Only problem is, 'uneducated rural Christian voters' rarely get on the internet (except to watch Jeremiah on YouTube), so.....I guess we're hosed of this actually getting out and spreading.

Side Note: I hope he tells Clinton this weekend during their private lunch to get off his ass and attack McPain as much as he and his wife chopped him up. If he can look O'Reilly in the face and tell him to calm T fock down, he should be able to tell them to play their position.

Here's to hoping, anyways.....

Re: Thursday Open Thread

ybpguide — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:24:01 -0000

Dear John McCain't (from a Small Town U.S.A. voter)

Re: Team Obama Continues To Highlight McCain’s Dishonor and Dishonesty

ybpguide — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:21:14 -0000

Two words: Bradley Effect

Re: Thursday Open Thread

ybpguide — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:22:06 -0000

The reality of White Privilege

Re: Update on Gwen Ifill

ybpguide — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:10:02 -0000

Gwen will be fine.

Question though. Is signing a petition on her behalf a little overkill?

I mean, I understand the issue, but I don't want our audience to be tone-deaf to real issues because we're advocating petitions for a clearly qualified moderator for a debate that is going on TONIGHT.

I mean....can we all take a breath and be a little positive? I feel like this issue will go away if we ignore it because it really isn't that big of a deal.

:-)

Re: That One ‘08!

ybpguide — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:50:29 -0000

Diddy's face is priceless after he plays it through the first time.