Going postal

 The black blogosphere has gone postal over the last 48 hours. The reason? Mexico's new series of stamps, which feature cartoon character Memin Pinguin.

Black Informant: If Vicente Fox and the gang down there have no problem with this craziness, then maybe a couple of nationwide boycotts are in order.

La Shawn Barber: Whenever I see racist caricatures of blacks from back in the day, I cringe. To think there was a time in the U.S. when whites openly mocked and ridiculed blacks with these exaggerated stereotypes, and blackface comedy was all the rage.

Professor Kim's News Notes: But what this controversy shows, above all else, is yet another dimension of the complexity of racial discourse in a world in which so much of the history of racism still remains to be acknowledged and unraveled.

Wednesday what's-up

Michael Miraflor of Hip Hop Blogs is going to see the funniest man in America do some standup.

The Black Informant is, shall we say, not feeling George Curry's concerns in the Chicago Defender about the New York Times' plans for ethnic media. I say, the data speaks for itself.

Will of In My Write Mind saved me the trouble of watching the 2005 BET Awards. For that, remind me to PayPal him some cash, please.

Tuesday's takes

Koranteng Ofosu-Amaah offers Kenya Hudson and the rest of us an excellent and encouraging post about keeping up a weblog.

Mixed Media Watch responds to an AOL Black Voices poll with "Are black relationships inherently dysfunctional?"

Angela Odom's planning on supporting a not-so-local bookstore. Good on her, I say!

Faye Anderson offers the reminder that Monday was National HIV Testing Day.

Ethiopundit deserves congratulations for marking one year online.

Willie Crawford's just posted a half-dozen recipes over at Down Home Soul Food Cooking Blog.

Kevin R. Scott rightfully tweaks Johnson Publishing Co. over their delayed branding efforts.

Philadelphia native Avery Tooley weighs in on teaching African-American history in Philadelphia's public schools.

Let's just say I'll be looking forward to Fecundmellow's latest project and leave it at that. :-)

Money-minded

Bankelele's got those end-of-the-month blues.

Baldilocks praises Shaquille O'Neal's latest off-court accomplishment.

Wayback machine

Chicago blogger Lee Bey of Who Stole the Soul? is having a righteous, groovy time the last couple of days. One glance at these old advertisements, and it's like I'm leafing through those ancient Jet and Ebony magazines stored in boxes in my mom's basement. Click: "Bonnie and Clyde. And Tyrone," "The Genesis of Homemade Stag Films," "The Dashiki," "Your Hair Will Dig It!," "Levis," "Strange Bedfellows," "Raveen: Like a Big Hand Pulling Your Hair," "Big Apple and the San Remo Groove"  and "Man from P.I.M.P." For more, check out his Flickr page.