...::Shall The "Old South" Rise Again?

Ole Miss seeks to silence 'Rising South' chant

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...It Was In The Eve When It Finally Dawned on Him

We deal with serious issues here at In The Mix, but don't let anyone tell you we don't have a sense of humor... This is related to our work because the product's label is a part of media culture... But put aside the analysis-- this is funny!!

...::Crowns

...::One Hell Of A Shot, Serena

Serena Williams has posed nude on the cover of ESPN, the sports magazine.



Your thoughts?

...::God Says: "Not In My Back Yard"

The USA is getting ready to intentionally bomb the Moon! A satellite crash at 5,600 mph will equal 1.5 tons of explosives, kicking up 772,000 pounds of Moon surface into a dirt cloud. I hope God will get so p!ssed off that God will say "Not In My Back Yard" and stop these people!!

...::From Obama to Beyonce

Times have changed... Dancing Baby video a year ago...



... and a Dancing Baby video today...

...::Wrap It Up, South Africa Style

A great commercial from South Africa about condoms...

...::See Acorns, Ignore Oak Trees

I bet you were really outraged, weren't you, when you learned from the media recently about the group ACORN, which helps poor people find affordable housing, etc. Well, it's not just about media outrage at ACORN, it's also about perspective--


[Thanks to Brenda O'Bryant of Atlanta]

...::Serena Williams, Kanye West, Joe Wilson Kick Off National Outburst Week

What do a tennis star, a music star and a Congress member from South Carolina all have in common? Read here, see videos below

...::Obama's Books At The Beach

What are you taking with you to the beach to read?> Here is President Obama's beach reads.

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...::James Brown Schools 'Em

Quoting writer Ernie Suggs: "When your kids are talking about Usher, Lil Wayne and Justin Timberlake, sit them down, have a long talk with them, and Please, Please, Please, show them this." I hooped and hollered when I saw this after so many years; neighbors think I'm crazy, no doubt--

...::Call For Films: The Black Man And His Art And Style

An annual film festival is seeking films on Black men and their creativity.

The International Black Man Film Festival is in its eighth year. Films will be screened in November 2009, in Atlanta, USA, in 2009, and in Atlanta and Lagos, Nigeria in 2010.

Festival Director Yemi Toure says: "Our theme for 2009 is 'Creative Fire! The Black Man and His Art and Style'. So we are seeking films about Black men as creators, survivors, style setters, poets, visionaries, builders and ground-breakers, as well as graphic artists, painters, dancers or sculptors".

Features, documentaries, student works, short films, older works and works in progress are all welcome.

Because the Festival is international, films about Black men from anywhere in the world are eligible. Women and people of all races are equally welcome to submit works.

Films in any language are welcome. Submit works in DVD format. There is no submission fee.

Send to: Yemi Toure, IBMFF, 2165 Rugby Ave - 613, College Park GA 30337, USA. Two copies of your work must be submitted to that address. Phone 1-404-432-2194.

For 2010 in Nigeria, reach Tenisio Seanima, Festival Assistant Director-Nigeria, at 0703-477-8543. All films from anywhere in the world must be submitted to the USA address.

Deadline for 2009 was Sat.12.Sep.2009, but later submissions will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

The Festival will be held in Atlanta on Sat.07.Nov.2009. Festival web site is blackmanfilmfest.net.

...::Mr. President, Watch Your Back-- Part 4

A new book says Barack Obama faces 30 death threats a day. For more, click this word: assassination. Meanwhile, scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. is also facing death threats.

...::In Your Face, In Your Facebook

I have long contended that technology, including the Internet, will not bring an end to racism, but can expand and accelerate it. Some very old ideas will get a boost in new technology.

Example: Need to stop spam? There is an email application that will send your unwanted email to a "Black Mail" folder. That same program will send your "safe" email to a "White Mail" folder.

Now comes word of some bad things in Facebook's ad program. If you search for a friend on Facebook and the name you want is close to the word "Race," watch out. Facebook may place an ad on the right side of your search, an ad for "Ni**er Jokes." And I am not joking.

...::Chris Rock Keeps It In Perspective

Chris Rock was kicking back on a couch at the 2009 Sundance film fest in Utah in January when an interviewer asked him how hard he works--

"I work hard, but... it pales in comparison to real work... You do an interview, I do an interview, but somebody's gotta clean up this room tonight. That guy's really working."

[Thanks to Delia Carter]

...::CNN: Where Is "White In America"?

CNN is so proud of itself, now that it has aired two big reports called "Black in America," one last year and one this year. Well, I won't get into the details of the shows here. But ever since the powerful network last year aired Black problems in public with Part 1, I have been asking: CNN, where is "White in America"? I bet you CNN will never commit the same amount of its budget, publicity and prestige to a parallel report laying out the problems of whites.

[Soledad O'Brien, host of the CNN show]

White drug use, white collar crime, white aggression against nations of color around the world, domestic abuse and child abuse among whites, stealing of Black land by white courts and land developers across the South, school shootings by white youth, cocaine laws that favor whites-- and especially the growth of NRA gun club membership and gun sales since Obama became President. And don't forget the recent refusal of a club to let Black youth swim in its pool, and don't forget Black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. getting arrested in his own home, and don't forget the-- let me stop.

The absence of a show called "White in America" for the past year illustrates this media law-- play down, ignore or excuse negative actions of whites, actions that would make headlines-- and CNN specials-- if done by Blacks.

In the meantime, see this video response by Jeremiah Camara--

...::This Kinte Cloth Of A Play

[photo by Yemi Toure; nice picture, eh?]

You must go see the play "A Cool Drink A Water." Humor and hip-hop, drama and danger, hell and healing, the Spirit World, and not a little sex and love are all woven together in this Kinte cloth of a play. The audience was laughing, in tears, in shock, amazed and applauding throughout. No joke: I was on the edge of my seat. A worthy successor to "A Raisin In The Sun." How's that for a compliment? Don't sleep!!

...::BET, Why Do You Hate Us?

Good question. The online magazine for girls, Clutch, wants to know.

...::MJ: Fade To Black

[Thanks to Colorlines]

...::MJ: R.I.P.