I wrote a new piece on Public Enemy’s “Fear of A Black Planet!! Check it out!
@MrChuckD
@FlavorFlav
#HipHop50
“Fear of a Black Planet, Public Enemy’s thesis on racial paranoia, institutional racism, & White…” by Eugene Bernard Lee-Johnson
Kyrie Irving basically said "if the white man isn't going to support us and our people, collectively we have enough money and power to start our own league." Let me tell you something, he isn't wrong..
14 months ago, I asked you to be my partner. On Tuesday, January 7th, I asked you to be my WIFE. The sentiment is the same for we are already equal. I can’t wait to combine last names with you. You are more than a temporary solution to the empty side of the bed, you are eternity.
I want to start a thread: Black men who have PhD’s or who are working on PhD’s drop your discipline, your university, and your research interests. My hope is to build community specifically for black men who are attaining or have attained their PhD.
#trynagrad
#FirstGenDocs
I hate that the greatness of Chapelle’s Show and Dave removing himself from the public eye made us act like Dave Chappelle was an amazing stand-up comedian.
We're at the 11th straight special of Dave making unfunny jokes about Transpeople and preaching for an hour.
You’re telling me, 21 Savage has been in America since he was 13, and it is now 14 years later and he’s just being caught? Three kids, a rap career, all over tv, hiding a British accent, and made up a story about growing up in Zone 6???
21 Savage is an IMMIGRANT!
IMMIGRANTTTT
This is the first photo Natasha, and I took together. Three years ago today, I flew from New Orleans to Milwaukee to ask her to partner. Now we’re married, we own a home, and we will both soon have a Ph.D. Our life and our love are great. Happy anniversary! ♥️🤞🏾
This morning I successfully defended my dissertation!! I am so thankful for a great committee!!
Now, allow me to reintroduce myself as Dr. Eugene B. Lee-Johnson!!!
In Louisiana, black women were put in cells with male prisoners and raped. In 1848, legislators passed a new law declaring that all children born in the penitentiary of African American parents serving life sentences would be property of the state.
#BlackHistoryMonth
I am Eugene B. Johnson, a 3rd year Political Science PhD student at Louisiana State University. My research interests are black women in politics and new age social movements. More specifically I look at black women and leadership in traditional and non-traditional politics.
Under Section 10.2: ‘Behavioral Misconduct’ of the student Code of Conduct this behavior could fall under H. Endangerment; L. Harassment, or P. Offensive behavior. You have the ability but you obviously do not have the integrity to make the correct decision.
@afroliviaa
To be clear, we at LSU condemn hate and bigotry in any form, including racially incendiary remarks. As a state university, however, we are subject to constitutional limitation on our ability to take action in response to free speech. More:
I want all black PhD students to delete their “professional” twitter pages. Be you and do you! Be unapologetically you, and unapologetically black. Don’t sensor or silence yourself and your beliefs for white capitalistic institutions.
The number of black women who have PhD’s is nearly double that of black men with PhD’s. Black women have also done a great job of creating organizations that help to provide support to each other. I hope to do the same. I’ll start!!
I've been in my PhD program for three years, I've been asked if I was okay mentally once. Even when I was physically sick or had family issues I was reprimanded for not coming to class. No one cares, and you have professors passing down their trauma to their students.
I passed my dissertation defense exactly one year ago today!!! The first year of being Dr. Lee-Johnson has been fun can’t wait to see what’s on the horizon!!
#LSU
💜💛
I flunked out of college sophomore year. Ten years later, I completed my Ph.D.! It’s not how the journey starts but how it ends. Officially Dr. Eugene Bernard Lee-Johnson. It’s official, like a referee with a whistle!
#ProfessorLJ
@LaLaLaSeanna
Wasn’t she in the news a few years ago, a BLACK Purdue football player bought her daughter toys? I remember because of that name. Is this the same Megan Shufflebarger?
Lonzo Ball has been working with two skills trainers and an athletic trainer every week since the Pelicans got eliminated from the bubble, took less than a week off. He’s been doing two and sometimes three-a-days and you have people telling him to accept who he is. 😂
As of tomorrow morning, I will officially be a Professor at Southern University teaching American Political Thought. I’ve long said one of my goals/dreams was to go back to Southern and teach and it’s now here....earlier than I expected and I can’t stop crying...
#ProfessorJohnson
If 21 bomb threats happened at PWIs in less than a month, the federal government would have already found and arrested the perpetrators.
HBCUs were created to be a safe haven for Black students and nearly 200 years later they are still being attacked from every angle.
March 28th - March 31st in 1960, Southern University students protested for four straight days. The students staged sit-ins at the Kress store (currently condo’s downtown), Sitman’s Drugstore, the Greyhound Bus Station, and the State Capitol Building.
Why does no one ever talk about Kevin Durant’s ability to make his teammates better? KD has shown in multiple stops that players don’t have to sacrifice or change their game to play with him. He's such a gifted offensive player that he can fit any system or be the system.
A few weeks ago I told y’all I had a job interview. Well, today I signed my contract offer to work fulltime in the Graduate School at LSU. Let’s toast to gainful employment and a job with great benefits! I’ll still be an adjunct at Southern University though!! 🙌🏾
@CodHalo5
@WorldWideWob
You can be frustrated with someone and still respect them. Butler doesn’t respect KAT but he’s obviously had positive things to say about Wiggins.
I am pleased to announce that in the Fall 2022 semester, I will be joining the Nelson Mandela College of Government & Social Sciences at
@SouthernU_BR
as a tenure track professor in Political Science!! I’m coming home!!!
#TeamSU
#WhosWhoOfSU
Exodus 23:1. I'm a bigger Drake fan than most, but lets not let fandom get in the way. Pusha T has been coming at Drake and Wayne for a decade, and Drake finally started catching up last year. Duppy Freestyle was good though.
#DAYTONA
I’m always excited to go teach Political Science on Southern University’s campus. I’m a Southern Alumnus and a Baton Rouge boy, so working at SU is simply being at home. This is honestly a dream come true. Let’s hope and pray for many more years of molding young minds! 🤙🏾
We need to have an honest conversation about the part Bill Simmons has played in the downfall of sports media. Dating back to ESPN’s Page 2, “The Sports Guy,” made it cool to be biased and uncouth. The Pat McAfee and Barstool media brands are direct descendants of Bill Simmons.
We aren’t lifeless Black bodies. We are not numbers on spreadsheets. We are not human sacrifices to this white supremacist nation. We are whole beings who breathe life into this world. Treat us as such.
I often remind people that Lil Wayne and Jay Z both basically blew up within a year of each other but there's a 13 year age difference. Hot Boys, 'Get It How U Live!' came out in 1997 and sold more than 400,000 copies. That's 23 years of killing for Lil Wayne.
lil wayne has been rapping professionally for 25 years and isn't even 40 yet.
he's an enigma. a lot of rappers have claimed to be aliens, but he really is one.
People were calling Michael Jordan the GOAT after 9 years. No questions. He had 7 scoring titles, 3 steals titles, 7 All-NBA first teams, 6 All-Defensive first teams, a defensive player of the year, 3 league MVPs, 3 Finals MVPs, and 3 titles. That’s 9 years bro!
#TheLastDance
Tomorrow at 1pm I am taking my PhD Oral exam. Does anyone have any advice or can anyone detail their experience to help me out? Anything will do because my anxiety is seriously off the scale right now..
Spring 2023, I will teach Hip Hop & Politics at
@SouthernU_BR
!! I look forward to sharing my love of hip-hop and my knowledge of politics!! Recruiting students, please share!!
#TeamSU
Willow Smith has always shown talent, and she's always shown a maturity beyond her age (Jaden also), she's always been open and free. Also, her and
@sza
blessed us with "9"..
First, I just want to thank y’all for all of your help and good spirits you sent my way. Second, I passed my oral exams and I am officially and PhD Candidate!!!! Let me update my bio!!
Tomorrow at 1pm I am taking my PhD Oral exam. Does anyone have any advice or can anyone detail their experience to help me out? Anything will do because my anxiety is seriously off the scale right now..
I passed my dissertation proposal defense!! In the last year, I’ve planned and had a wedding, experienced deaths, and dealt with anxiety, BUT I made it to the other side!!
#ABD
#PhDCandidacy
#DrJohnsonLoading
🙌🏾
Lonzo is constantly posting Louisiana food in his Instagram stories. Every holiday, he’s doing service or giving back. Lonzo told y’all he speaks for himself. Lol. Y’all let LaVar rope y’all in every time. Lol.
All I’ll say is I’ve seen Lonzo show more love than AD. Lol
HBCUs will continue to exist to provide opportunities to students who have been denied opportunities. However, HBCUs are not a fallback option. HBCUs offer quality education and an amazing cultural experience.
Shedeur Sanders has two years of Division 1 football on his stat sheet. The school Shedeur attended has three NFL Hall of Famers—more than the University of Colorado.
Ryan, you are a Louisiana boy, home to two of the most historic HBCUs ever; do better!
The women would raise the kids until the age of ten, at which point the penitentiary would place an ad in the newspaper. Thirty days later, the children would be auctioned off on the courthouse steps. The proceeds were used to fund schools for white children.
#BlackLivesMatter
My partner and I did a late, last minute birthday shoot a few months ago and the pictures were so great! I can’t wait until the next set of photos! She always steals the show with her beauty but I held my own! I’m a strong 8!!! 😂
“Goodwill is the monarch of this house. Men, unacquainted, enter, shake hands, exchange greetings, and depart friends..”
This is Bro. Bryant, a 1951 imitate of Beta Chapter at Howard University reciting House of Alpha by Bro. Sidney P. Brown. 🤙🏾(couldn’t post full vid)
Brandon Ingram has been calling out the problems with the Pelicans all year. He mentioned the spacing multiple times. He mentioned player roles multiple times. He mentioned issues in the clutch multiple times. He’s an intelligent guy, don’t listen to us, listen to him.
A Black trans woman was killed in Missouri. Her name is Nina Pop.
#SayHerName
We have to make sure we as just as vigilant about her murder as we are for Sean Reed and Ahmaud Arbery. We’re not free until we’re all free.
#BlackLivesMatter
When the children were bought at the auction, cash on delivery was expected, and a large number of those children were bought by prison officials.
Source: American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment by Shane Bauer
The first time I knew
@NatashaMLee
existed was on February 26, 2018. Exactly two years later, we picked our wedding venue. We now officially have a wedding date! Life is great y’all! I love her so much! ♥️
Julius Randle made his first All-Star game in year 7. Bradley Beal made his first in year 6. Chauncey Billups made his first in year 9. CJ McCollum is in year 8 and still hasn’t made it. Y’all be on Twitter calling players busts and giving up super early. Growth isn’t linear.
On this day two years ago, ESPN’s broadcast was talking about Anthony Davis’s parents and the camera panned to me and my fiancée. Lol.
Yes, Anthony Davis is my son.
@jidebam
I don’t think any of the classic Black shows are overrated. I believe they existed in a different time, and some of them have aged better depending on the viewer.
However, if I had to throw out an answer, it would be “My Wife and Kids.”
LSU is now jumping on the USC “majorette” wave. There were recent tryouts for the Tigerettes. The SU Dancing Dolls are down the street if they need some training.
Today is my birthday, I am 29 years old. Year 28 was perfect! I traveled internationally twice with the love of my life. I got engaged to
@NatashaMLee
, we bought a house, and I passed my PhD comprehensive exams. I don’t know what 29 will bring but I’m ready. Happy birthday to me.
Although we are confined to the house, we cannot let go of the fact that love lives here. Going to the movies is one of our favorite activities, therefore, tonight, myself & my fiancé had a date night in our backyard! We rented “The Invisible Man” and ate Chinese food!
Some personal news — This Fall, I will be teaching Political Science at Dillard University, looking forward to teaching and fellowshipping with students. This is my next stop on the road to graduation and the tenure track.
Lonzo Ball brought us back with whirlwind defense and transition play, then we took him out of the game and we lost... this is a coaching issue. People have been saying the players haven’t been put in positions to be successful and this is what we mean..
#WontBowDown
Onyeka Okungwu is 20.
Cam Reddish is 21.
Trae Young is 22.
Kevin Huerter is 22.
John Collins is 23. (Restricted free agent)
De'Andre Hunter is 23.
Best young core in the league. Unquestioned.
I wish people from Southern University who have fashion lines would just come together and make a fashion house with a store/workspace near campus. I think they could all go farther together. Using their talents and the SU brand to push forward. HBCU’s are in at the moment..
Today is our two-year anniversary; today, 202 days from our wedding, our engagement photos arrived.
A marriage is the holiest of unions. It is a contract signed with a ring, sealed with a kiss, placed inside of an envelope made of right now, tomorrow and forever. Love you!🤞🏾♥️