Showing posts with label Toni Morrison. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Toni Morrison. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Bsi 1,294.1 -14.56 -1.11%

The market responds nervously in anticipation of news due Wednesday.

It'll be an upset if Korto pulls Project Runway out.  Good luck, though.

BUY

Three modern classics of "Black" cinema.

Analysts here are confident that had any or all of these films been directed by African-American directors they would have had the potential to usher in a new wave of black filmmakers.
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

George Washington


Half Nelson

The directors, though, are white, but that shouldn't exclude these works from any conversation on black film as these three pictures feature fearless, atypical roles for African-American actors.*

SELL

The Race Card

Critics have cried foul on Democratic Representative John Lewis for linking recent McCain-Palin strategy to the rhetoric of segregationist George Wallace, going so far as to say that Lewis played "the race card".  Here, though, we see the comment for what it is: a political exaggeration made during an election year.  We also see claims that someone is "playing the race card" for what it is, as well:...

Got a lot of issues with Jesse, but this is just wrong.

...an attempt to undercut the real issues of racial inequality and white privilege.


A race flag, however... we may have something there.

*Yes, we're quite aware that making this statement puts us dangerously close to a "Toni Morrison moment" -- still, we stand by it.

Friday, August 29, 2008

Friday, August 29, 2008

Bsi 1,389.46 +68.28 +4.91%

The Index shows another day of significant days as the Democrats leave Denver. The historic week ends thirteen percent higher than last Friday's closing bell.

WINNERS

President Bill Clinton (WJC) 21.54 +4.96 +23.02%

Clinton, whose presence on the Index may surprise some, has in the past months suffered a serious erosion from highs realized in the late 1990s. This week in Denver has started to reverse those losses.

I put my offices in Harlem, remember?

Toni Morrison (TNMSN) 19.91 +2.54 +12.31%

The prize winning author's bump is directly linked to the reversal of Bill "Black President" Clinton's fortunes on this Index.

Phew!

LOSERS

Michael Jackson (JACKO) 12.54 -1.33 -9.59%

The self proclaimed "King of Pop", another surprise listing on the Index, turns 50 today and continues to fail to live up to the lofty expectations established in the 1970s and '80s.


A nod to the better days.

THIS DAY IN THE BLACK MARKET

August 29, 2005

Bsi 654.32 -119.44 -15.44

The Index plummets in the wake of the levees breaking in New Orleans.

Never again.