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The Father, The Son…

August 18, 2018Pop Culture, Racedeath, father, legacy, michael corleone, son, t'chaka, t'challa, the black panther, the godfather, vito corleoneummokblog

 Grappling with the legacies our fathers leave us

 

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Zig-A-Zig Ah: The Supreme Journey

July 8, 2018Pop Culture, Raceblack muslims, music, pop song, spice girls, supreme alphabet, wannabe, zigazigahummokblog

How “Wannabe” by the Spice Girls hides guidance for Black Muslims 

 

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Shaq: The 90’s Donald Glover

June 24, 2018Pop Culture, sportsbasketball, childish gambino, donald glover, movies, rap, renaissance man, shaqummokblog

Donald Glover is a Renaissance Man from the mold of mid-90s Shaquille O’Neil

 

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Good Will? Frontin’

June 9, 2018Pop Culturecomedy, conspiracy, fresh prince of bel air, sitcoms, Televison, theme songs, will smithummokblog

Something doesn’t add up with Will Smith’s bullying story in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’s theme song 

 

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The X Factors

May 28, 2018Pop Culture, Raceadele, Christina Aguilera, hall and oates, justin timberlake, marvel, music, robin thicke, soul, x-menummokblog

How blue-eyed soul singers are every bit as strange and fascinating as the mutants of X-Men. 

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Our Angel Eyes

May 5, 2018Pop Cultureangela, boy meets world, cory, disney channel, girl meets world, nostalgia, shawn, topangaummokblog

Why nostalgia is better when it’s not happy

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The Science of the Summer Song

April 22, 2018Pop Culturedaddy yankee, luis fonsi, music, rihanna, science, science fair, scientific method, summerummokblog

Using concepts from the science fair to determine what makes a Song of the Summer

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Black Coaches: Popping A Molly

April 8, 2018Pop Culture, Race, sportsfootball, insecure, issa rae, kaepernick, NFL, TVummokblog

What an Insecure Subplot Can Reveal about Colin Kaepernick and Black NFL Coaches

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Phyllis Navidad

February 8, 2018Pop Culturefeminist, metoo, nbc, television, the office, timesupummokblog

How Phyllis’s lack of promotion highlights the struggle of women in the workplace. 

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Jet Set the Bar

December 31, 2017Pop Culture, Racebeyonce, disney, disney channel, james bond, jett jackson, lebron james, TVummokblog

The Famous Jett Jackson: Most progressive show back then; still influential today

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