Spoken word artist Gil Scott-Heron passed yesterday. The famous political poet was an inspiration to many artists and in a lot of ways was the grandfather of conscious hip-hop. He […]
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African Liberation Day
Good afternoon folks. This post is coming from my new phone so pardon the brevity. I almost forgot about the ceremonies around this day with so much going on. We […]
Read morePolite Society Week in Review 5/15-5/20: Pre-Apocalypse Edition
Good morning everyone! Yet another eventful week, was it not? So lets run it down shall we? Psychology Today Denigrates Black Women The wonderful people over at Psychology Today saw […]
Read morePolite On Society: Second Year Anniversary
Hello everyone! Tomorrow, May 17th marks two years of Polite On Society! Every time I think about it, I am in disbelief that so much time has passed. It really doesn’t […]
Read moreCornel West discusses new Malcolm X book and Marable at Grad Center
After over a month after the controversial biography on Malcolm X by the late Manning Marable debuted, there is still much to be discussed. This past Thursday, the CUNY Grad […]
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