The Hip Hop Anthropologist

While fake, compromised "activists" are "acting"; brought  lock, stock and barrel politicians “politicking”; and everyone else figuratively scratching their heads trying to figure out a solution or simply paying lip service to the issue, the fix in the form of culture has always been right in front of our nose. Please help us to help our boys by building an alternative, Hip Hop School they actually enjoy attending. Once they realize what hit 'em they will be well educated by all objective standards. The fifth edition of the Schott 50-State Report on Public Education and Black Males presciently entitled “Black Lives Matter,” reports once again that “Black male students were at the bottom of four-year high school graduation rates in 35 of the 48 states as well as the District of Columbia where estimates could be projected for the 2012-2013 school year (Latino males are at the bottom in the other 13 states). This fact provides clear evidence of a syst...

Order # 116-1774013-2488258 Dear Mr. Bezos, One of two critically needed automotive parts was delivered Tuesday, opened Wednesday but was “cracked.” We immediately contacted Amazon to again try and explain that this situation is causing a major imposition - not to mention spiraling out-of-pocket costs (hundreds of dollars in uncredited payments, taxicab fare for the last two weeks, and shipping costs on items going only a mile or two by either USPS or UPS). The customer service representative asked us to buy another part instead of taking ownership for this service failure, and clearly represented that she would overnight the part, which we have been awaiting since April 9th. After we stupidly ordered the part, she tells us that she cannot overnight it. The earliest we can expect it is by Friday. (The truck has been sitting in Delaware for the last two weeks.) We told her as we have ECR that is unacceptable. We cancelled the order. We were told our money could take up to seven da...