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nat turner a few years back that i ll be revisiting in my forthcoming book on race and representation in comics it s not enough but i m happy to do my part to make sure their stories receive the wide attention they deserve leave a comment posted in comics culture politics tagged comics diversity jimmie robinson kyle baker nat turner the president and political narratives posted on august 19 2014 1 comment president obama held a press conference yesterday to address the ongoing crisis in iraq and ferguson like many watching and commenting in real time on twitter i found obama s comments on the situation in ferguson lacking ezra klein attempted to illustrate the source of our frustration the incredibly polarized political landscape that prevents this president from reaching across the aisle and healing the nation citing gallup polls and other data klein asserts that it is simply beyond this president s power to bridge not just the divide that colors the way that we respond to racialized policing but any partisan issue still while he accurately captures the forces that limit the president s ability to bridge the deep divides in american politics klein s analysis ignores another choice that president obama might have made to challenge the rhetoric around policing the logics that produce victims like mike brown president kennedy did something similar 50 years ago in response to unrest at the university of alabama when he stated it ought to be possible in short for every american to enjoy the privileges of being american without regard to his race or his color we now take platitudes of this sort for granted but when kennedy made that statement public opinion was not in his favor most white americans looked with displeasure upon blacks americans attempting to desegregate schools and other public spaces in the south so when kennedy made his claim he was challenging the dominant political consensus of post war america that blacks should not be too insistent in their demands for civil rights as several influential scholars have demonstrated the dominant racial issue of the day in the unequal policing of the african american community this is exacerbated by the fact that communities like ferguson rely on the fines generated from tickets and civil forfeiture to fund local government given this obama could have mentioned that communities should not create perverse incentives that necessitate arrests to fill the public coffers he might have lamented the fact that in many counties in america the number one employer is the local prison he could have contrasted the incongruity of 20 years of falling crime being accompanied by ever greater rates of imprisonment he might have taken congress to task for blocking the confirmation of a lawyer to head the office of civil rights at the doj instead of engaging these polices obama instead repeated the canard that more black men are in jail than in college and touted the supposed virtues his my brother s keeper program instead rand paul s statement on policing seems more progressive than the presidents obama should know better he should be capable of reaching beyond the immediate political calculus that klein describes to challenge the structural assumptions of the nation it seems despite his cool and youthful demeanor that obama is no kennedy and that s a shame 1 comment posted in politics recent goings on posted on september 29 2012 leave a comment so i ve been writing some for entertainment weekly a friend asked me why i wasn t updating my blog with links from ew com the answer because i m an idiot in the future i will update the blog with links to my mainstream writing i will also run some things here that don t get picked up elsewhere below are some links to the things i ve written at ew try to guess which of these articles got 50 000 clicks enjoy http family room ew com 2012 08 09 searching for common ground with a tween comic books http popwatch ew com 2012 08 06 dark knight rises batman franchise http popwatch ew com 2012 07 14 on their 30th anniversary love and rockets move to the digital age http popwatch ew com 2012 07 14 comic con chew leave a comment posted in comics culture family business tagged chew comic books entertainment weekly love and rockets san diego comic con the family blog narratology posted on june 12 2012 leave a comment the nba finals which begin tonight have been billed as a study in contrasts the miami heat s best player lebron james will be confronted by his opposite number in the oklahoma city thunder s kevin durant james it is said is narcassitic off the court and unsure on it despite his immense talent his teams fail when the stakes are the highest having won two games and lost eight in the nba finals and twice failed to reach the finals despite possessing the leagues best record worse james refused the burden of leadership fleeing responsibility in cleveland to pal around with his buddies dwyane wade and chris bosh in south beach this lack of intestinal fortitude is why james has come up short in the biggest moments as in his near no show in last year s finals against the dallas mavericks seemingly confirms durant on the other hand is humble off the court and ruthlessly efficient on it he as worked hard to push his team inexorably closer to the ultimate goal losing to the lakers two years ago in the first round of the playoffs and the mavericks last year in the western conference finals before dispatching both former champions along with four time champs the san antonio spurs to advance to the nba finals durant s game is more aesthetically pleasing than james durant is a porche james a hummer but most of these differences are completely overblown and derive from james ridiculous decision television special followed by durant quietly resigning with okc days later the seemingly clean cut small town durant can be just as image conscious as james as is evidenced by the strategic way he has chosen to tattoo his body it s easy to disparage james for abandoning his home state team and praise durant for his loyalty but first compare cleveland s roster with okc if you wanted to win a title would you leave russell westbrook james harden serge ibaka if you wanted to win wouldn t you accept less money to play with wade and bosh instead of remaining on a team where your best teammates are mo williams and antawn jamison commentators would rather talk about lebron s supposed lack of clutch ness whatever that is than talk about the real reason he didn t play well in the nba finals last year fatigue i guess when you are 6 9 and 270 lbs and play all five positions on defense and four of the five on offense you are not supposed to get tired i think okc will win in 6 but it will have nothing to do with lebron s headbands or durant s humility it won t mean the durant is a better player than james simply that his team is more balanced lebron has had to do everything for his team to win in these playoffs and in this series he will have to do it against the best scoring team in the league incredibly okc s points per game has gone up in the playoffs durant just has to be what he is the leagues best scoring forward and arguably the nba s most indefensible player lebron s greatness allows us to think that he can solve any problem on the court unfortunately for him he can t be all things to all people leave a comment posted in uncategorized tagged kevin durant lebron james nba sports the beautiful game posted on may 31 2012 leave a comment when something mundane is done well over and over again it begins to approach the sublime this is a fancy way of saying that something ordinary can become like a work of art capable of inspiring awe the last 48 hours of basketball have been awe full the san antonio spurs evisceration of the oklahoma city thunder was simply a joy to watch they should burn dvds of the third quarter of that game and make every aau coach and half the coaches in the nba for that matter watch it until they have every second memorized there are already coaches out there dissecting this game to explain what the spurs are doing correctly but such analysis strips the action of much of its beauty if you have the time click on this video and watch it with the sound turned off without the sound it s easy to see how the spurs offense is designed to punish indecision if as a defensive unit you are not totally locked in and moving as one the spurs will pick you apart they don t seek out mismatches with the intention of getting a given player a shot they seek out mismatches in the hopes of compromising the cohesion of the team other teams have offenses designed to break down the defense the spurs offense at its highest level seems designed to break down your will time and again three or four of the thunder do the correct thing but the spurs are able to find the fifth thunder the one who is a step out of position and exploit his uncertainty this seems incredibly simple in theory but like most simple acts is difficult to enact consistently watch the play that begins at 2 49 in the video to get a sense of this the play ends with parker driving the lane between four incredibly athletic defenders but the action the precedes his drive has left all of them flat footed incredible even worse is the final play of the video which begins at 4 40 look at the body language of the thunder when parker takes his shot there is no joie de verve or determination instead they are simply hoping that the shot will miss and hope as we all know is not a plan i the difference between the spurs with their offense designed around a certain collective harmony of spirit and the miami heat their inevitable opponent in the nba finals could not be starker the heat embody a different sort of beauty and almost militaristic and relentless plan of attack that infuriates and enrages those hoping to stop it everyone in the building knows that the heat s two stars want to get to the rim their attack is predicated on those stars using their ability to accomplish this even though you know it s coming executing such an offense requires an almost masochistic willingness to accept punishment using your body as a battering ram is not for the faint of heart dwyane wade has always relished this element of the game it took lebron james until game three of the indiana series to accept this as his lot as the best way to win an nba title this season lebron you see wants to play the beautiful game he possesses the court vision and the generosity of spirit to want to win in the most aesthetically pleasing way possible this is what frustrates his legion of critics if they think lebron would attack as relentlessly as d wade he would achieve greater success that s debatable but after chris bosh went out to injury lebron has finally decided to play it wade s way he shot 24 free throws in game two against boston and has been throwing his 6 9 270lb frame around with abandon throughout the playoffs along the way lebron has begun to silence his critics despite wade s brilliance it s easy to see that lebron is carrying a flawed miami team to the nba finals i wonder what lebron does if when he loses to a team that plays the game the way in his heart of hearts he really wants to play i this is not to excuse russell westbrook s terrible decision making but even if you replace him with steve nash or chris paul oklahoma city is not winning this series they simply don t have the habits of mind and their talent is not quite enough to overwhelm the spurs that said they are clearly the second best team in the league leave a comment posted in uncategorized video hip hop as theory priscilla wald has suggested that academics expand their notion of what comprises theory in the spirit of her idea i give you noted hip hop theorist krs one this song should be ows theme leave a comment posted on november 22 2011 in uncategorized tagged ows hip hop theory police brutality pop perfection posted on august 22 2010 leave a comment it s best to mistrust blanket disavowals about matters of taste what s fun though is that the opposite is not the case one can assert the near universality of a cultural artifact or event with a great degree of confidence this is a fancy way of saying that cee lo green s new song is ridiculously enjoyable in fact if it doesn t bring a smile to your face i seriously doubt you have a sense of humor leave a comment posted in culture tagged cee lo f k you greatest break up song ever alice walker should be proud posted on july 16 2010 1 comment i assume by now that everyone is familiar with cleveland cavaliers owner dan gilbert s overwrought letter dissing lebron james for leaving town to join the miami heat jesse jackson accused gilbert of having a slave owner s mentality which i don t think is accurate since his franchise paid lebron 63million during his time in cleveland seeking to limit further self inflicted damage to his image gilbert issued a statement declaring his unwillingness to discuss his attack on lebron further i think this is a mistake after all how could his letter have betrayed a slave owner s mentality when it paraphrases celie from the climatic scene in the color purple consider that gilbert claims that lebron s heartless and callous action can only serve as the antidote to the so called curse on cleveland ohio the self declared former king will be taking the curse with him down south and until he does right by cleveland and ohio james and the town where he plays will unfortunately own this dreaded spell and bad karma just watch until you do right by me now where have i heard that before skip ahead to the six minute mark i was hoping to see gilbert cite his appreciation for walker s novel as proof of his racial enlightenment but i guess it s not to be 1 comment posted in culture literature sports tagged alice walker celie dan gilbert lebron james if its meaning doesn t manifest put it to rest posted on june 18 2010 leave a comment after his putrid game last night can we finally stop comparing kobe to michael jordan please mj s son marcus is not the most objective observer but i think he put it best on twitter no one and i mean no one should ever com par kobe bryant to my dad an say that he is anywhere near close to my dad he s jagging this game kobe is a great albeit selfish player but he s nowhere close to michael just sayin leave a comment posted in sports and we re back posted on march 31 2010 leave a comment gonna give this blogging thing another go i won t make any promises but i hope you ll check in leave a comment posted in housekeeping tagged housekeeping older posts search it search for recent entries diversity in comics the president and political narratives recent goings on narratology the beautiful game hip hop as theory pop perfection alice walker should be proud if its meaning doesn t manifest put it to rest and we re back links 4thletter american exception bank on it a food bank blog 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