Comments for ETHOS http://readethos.com A blog on race, class, politics & culture Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:55:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on I’m appalled. No, it is not OK to draw Michelle Obama strung up on a tree. by jharrod http://readethos.com/2008/05/24/im-appalled-no-it-is-not-ok-to-draw-michelle-obama-strung-up-on-a-tree/#comment-353 jharrod Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:55:29 +0000 http://ourtwocents.wordpress.com/?p=96#comment-353 Wow, you call the person that posted that pic uneducated. but you are acting like racism doesnt exist any more. You must not make it to the south very often. I live in the south, I am white. And I see racism on a daily basis. And it goes all ways, whites against blacks, blacks against whites, both against hispanic, and hispanic against both. You seriously need to educate yourself on the current state of this country before calling someone else uneducated. Wow, you call the person that posted that pic uneducated. but you are acting like racism doesnt exist any more. You must not make it to the south very often. I live in the south, I am white. And I see racism on a daily basis. And it goes all ways, whites against blacks, blacks against whites, both against hispanic, and hispanic against both. You seriously need to educate yourself on the current state of this country before calling someone else uneducated.

]]> Comment on CNN’s problematic article on the first white valedictorian at Morehouse by Dom http://readethos.com/2008/05/21/cnn%e2%80%99s-problematic-article-on-the-first-white-valedictorian-at-morehouse/#comment-352 Dom Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:49:49 +0000 http://ourtwocents.wordpress.com/?p=94#comment-352 The Unidentified "ethinic" child is his little sister. I was reading an article when he graduated last year that mentioned that the little girl in the picture is his sister. The Unidentified “ethinic” child is his little sister. I was reading an article when he graduated last year that mentioned that the little girl in the picture is his sister.

]]> Comment on The Gettin’ Lite Movement….More than meets the eye? by Anonymous http://readethos.com/2008/04/27/the-gettin-lite-movementmore-than-meets-the-eye/#comment-349 Anonymous Mon, 09 Feb 2009 23:18:29 +0000 http://ourtwocents.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-349 iaght? iaght?

]]> Comment on The Gettin’ Lite Movement….More than meets the eye? by turntable http://readethos.com/2008/04/27/the-gettin-lite-movementmore-than-meets-the-eye/#comment-348 turntable Thu, 05 Feb 2009 01:39:35 +0000 http://ourtwocents.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-348 can i get a list of songs used for the get lite dance.. i got a couple of them..im a dj nd would like to know which kind of songs are mainly used since its kind of new where i am. can i get a list of songs used for the get lite dance.. i got a couple of them..im a dj nd would like to know which kind of songs are mainly used since its kind of new where i am.

]]> Comment on The Gettin’ Lite Movement….More than meets the eye? by ujgfgjhhk http://readethos.com/2008/04/27/the-gettin-lite-movementmore-than-meets-the-eye/#comment-347 ujgfgjhhk Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:03:55 +0000 http://ourtwocents.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-347 gettin lite isn't even part of the dance genre...only people in the east coast know about it. gettin lite isn’t even part of the dance genre…only people in the east coast know about it.

]]> Comment on The Gettin’ Lite Movement….More than meets the eye? by g andrews http://readethos.com/2008/04/27/the-gettin-lite-movementmore-than-meets-the-eye/#comment-344 g andrews Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:01:14 +0000 http://ourtwocents.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-344 Bravo! Thanks for writing this. I'm glad to see my first reaction to catching a bunch of kids gettin' lite in the lobby of my building isn't out of line -- I was impressed by the apparent range of influences, too. I'd add that the basic step looks a hell of a lot like the Charleston (another originally African-American dance) to me, and the whole playing with shoes thing looks like contact juggling -- where the hell it comes from, I have no idea, but the innovation of it is really impressive. I keep wanting to bring these kids to the local free African dance classes with me, because I feel like they'd just pick the best stuff out of the stuff Esther teaches (which is already a very Americanized form of African dance, following the lines of Baba Chuck Davis) and take it out and do entirely new things with it. Not to mention our class could really stand to have new roles for men carved into it: the gay men in class sometimes complain to me that women there give them the stink-eye, and the straight male teacher, who also takes a lot of shit, worries that he can't maintain a space for straight men there. In *African* dance, even, which has so many masculine parts. There's even a bunch of kids who I've seen gettin' lite in the street outside the school where we have class... but somehow there's a barrier. The class is full of middle-aged ladies like myself, and sometimes I feel like other people don't feel they can bust in. My only other thought -- I'm just hoping and praying this doesn't catch the attention of any advertisers anytime soon. That's always the quickest way to suck the soul out of a youth movement. :( Bravo! Thanks for writing this. I’m glad to see my first reaction to catching a bunch of kids gettin’ lite in the lobby of my building isn’t out of line — I was impressed by the apparent range of influences, too. I’d add that the basic step looks a hell of a lot like the Charleston (another originally African-American dance) to me, and the whole playing with shoes thing looks like contact juggling — where the hell it comes from, I have no idea, but the innovation of it is really impressive.

I keep wanting to bring these kids to the local free African dance classes with me, because I feel like they’d just pick the best stuff out of the stuff Esther teaches (which is already a very Americanized form of African dance, following the lines of Baba Chuck Davis) and take it out and do entirely new things with it. Not to mention our class could really stand to have new roles for men carved into it: the gay men in class sometimes complain to me that women there give them the stink-eye, and the straight male teacher, who also takes a lot of shit, worries that he can’t maintain a space for straight men there. In *African* dance, even, which has so many masculine parts.

There’s even a bunch of kids who I’ve seen gettin’ lite in the street outside the school where we have class… but somehow there’s a barrier. The class is full of middle-aged ladies like myself, and sometimes I feel like other people don’t feel they can bust in.

My only other thought — I’m just hoping and praying this doesn’t catch the attention of any advertisers anytime soon. That’s always the quickest way to suck the soul out of a youth movement. :(

]]> Comment on Other Side of the Game (The Alternative Albums of 2008) by John Wade http://readethos.com/2009/01/01/other-side-of-the-game-the-alternative-albums-of-2008/#comment-343 John Wade Sat, 03 Jan 2009 11:13:56 +0000 http://ourtwocents.wordpress.com/?p=290#comment-343 interesting... I'm gonna take a look.. interesting… I’m gonna take a look..

]]> Comment on Happy Holidays From Ethos by claypenn3 http://readethos.com/2008/12/25/happy-holidays-from-ethos/#comment-341 claypenn3 Thu, 25 Dec 2008 17:38:32 +0000 http://ourtwocents.wordpress.com/?p=280#comment-341 Hey Scrooge, Jingle Bells is definitely secular so Rida and Trey are just as much a part of your wholesome American holiday season as mine. Hey Scrooge,

Jingle Bells is definitely secular so Rida and Trey are just as much a part of your wholesome American holiday season as mine.

]]> Comment on Happy Holidays From Ethos by Eric http://readethos.com/2008/12/25/happy-holidays-from-ethos/#comment-340 Eric Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:02:41 +0000 http://ourtwocents.wordpress.com/?p=280#comment-340 Reason #1486 that I am happy to be an atheist/jew. Reason #1486 that I am happy to be an atheist/jew.

]]> Comment on Review of Michael Eric Dyson’s “April 4, 1968″ by Peter Frumank http://readethos.com/2008/12/18/review-of-michael-eric-dysons-april-4-1968/#comment-337 Peter Frumank Fri, 19 Dec 2008 02:58:51 +0000 http://ourtwocents.wordpress.com/?p=95#comment-337 Dyson is an impressive man IMHO. Although the only experience I have with him is seeing him in Letter to the President. Dyson is an impressive man IMHO. Although the only experience I have with him is seeing him in Letter to the President.

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