{"id":261,"date":"2004-01-02T11:27:20","date_gmt":"2004-01-02T15:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tradermike.net\/movethecrowd\/2004\/01\/the_magic_negro\/"},"modified":"2004-01-02T11:27:20","modified_gmt":"2004-01-02T15:27:20","slug":"the_magic_negro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2004\/01\/02\/the_magic_negro\/","title":{"rendered":"The Magic Negro"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackcommentator.com\/49\/49_magic.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tradermike.net\/movethecrowd\/images\/50_cartoon_large.gif?w=750\" alt=\"Magic Negro Saves the Day, but at the Cost of His Soul\" border=\"1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Some things never seem to change.  Go read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackcommentator.com\/49\/49_magic.html\">Movies &#8216;Magic Negro&#8217; Saves the Day &#8211; but at the Cost of His Soul<\/a> to see what I mean.  (via <a href=\"http:\/\/monique.typepad.com\/coffeenated\/2003\/12\/the_magic_negro.html\">Monique<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some things never seem to change. Go read Movies &#8216;Magic Negro&#8217; Saves the Day &#8211; but at the Cost of His Soul to see what I mean. (via Monique)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,13],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":465,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2005\/05\/03\/the_shocking_but_false_story_of_americas_blackstronauts\/","url_meta":{"origin":261,"position":0},"title":"The Shocking, but False, Story of America&#8217;s Blackstronauts","date":"May 3, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"If you haven't seen it already, check out this mockumentary about 'The Old Negro Space Program' It's so well done that it may make you think twice about whether it's true. 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