June 19, 2013

Ted Nugent Compares Gun Owners to Rosa Parks

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*The racial hotbed we find ourselves lying in every time a right wing activist opens their mouth is no surprise. We have learned to expect it. Ted Nugent has run his mouth in the wrong direction for a loooong time. He is not a stranger to controversy over his right wing, NRA views. He has [...]




Racism in Restaurants Survey: ‘Inferior Service is Warranted’ Toward Blacks

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*A new survey written from the perspective of waitstaff throughout the U.S. is complete. Now don’t get nervous if you were out last night at the local Applebee’s behaving badly and leaving a disgraceful tip … own it! You and the 10 other black people that have been out there misrepresenting African Americans have built [...]




‘The Bachelor’ to Introduce First Black Bachelor? (Video)

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*Portland sportscaster Lamar Hurd is vying to become ABC’s first African American “Bachelor.” For 16 seasons, the show has featured single white men or women selecting a mate from a pool of eligible applicants who compete for his or her love — and possibly a marriage proposal on the season finale.  On “The Bachelor” shows [...]




‘The Burden of Black Boys’ Finally Recognized in America (Video)

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*For centuries, the black family has been under attack. (Are you a fan of EURweb? Like us on Facebook or Follow us on Twitter.) From slavery, through emancipation, through the civil rights era– which claimed the lives of two of America’s finest men (Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X), championing the plight of the [...]




Baltimore Closes Out 2011 with Lowest Murder Rates in Decades

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*Cities across America have seen crimes intensify during the recession. But, not all cities are suffering.  Somehow, Baltimore made it out of 2011 unscathed.  Well, in comparison to previous years, the crime rate has lowered considerably. According to Baltimore’s local NBC affiliate WBAL, the (more…)  




Idris Elba is the Next … James Bond?

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*Idris Elba is a man of many faces that has taken Hollywood by storm. But not only has he taken on the big screen, he became the ladies’ desire on HBO’s Baltimore drug drama, “The Wire.”  But, what most didn’t know at the time was that he was not from these shores; that actually, he is [...]




Between the Lines: The Standard and Poor’s Rating Downgrade and What It All Means

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*Within a week of Congress passing its compromise debt-ceiling legislation, and a week after President Obama signed the legislation into to law, raising the debt ceiling a measly $2.4 trillion dollars, the Wall Street markets, and the global markets tied to it, have been in a constant downward trend. Nearly every economist predicted it. Speaker [...]




The New Gerber Babies Ad Shows New Face of America (Video)

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*The America we’ve known for so long has been black and white. But now there are many more ethnicities that have risen up in the racial ranks to be considered. The Gerber baby was a reflection of America and was always a little white baby, but now the Gerber baby has morphed into dozens of babies [...]




Preacher Says America’s is Under God’s Judgment

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*The Christian Post reports that Evangelical preacher John MacArthur spoke at the 2011 Resolved Conference in Palm Springs, Calif., Saturday evening, saying America’s sins were akin to that of Israel’s and the nation was under divine judgment. “Materialism, drunkard pleasure seeking, arrogant conceit, defiant sinfulness, moral perversion, and corrupt leadership… Do you not see [them] [...]




Whites Are Fast Becoming a Minority in America

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*The white population in America is becoming more reflective of the world’s white population. Out of the seven billion inhabitants expected to inhabit planet Earth in 2011, Caucasians do not make up 10 percent of that population, according to the 2009 population results from the World Bank. Now new census data shows that Caucasians 18 and younger [...]




Between the Lines: Can Public Education Be Fixed In America?

Anthony Asadullah Samad

*A massive public debate has ensued around education. From the White House and Congress down to every state, every urban city, the discussion is not “how do we reinvest in education” but “if we should reinvent in public education.” It’s an asinine question given the investment our global competitors are making, but Americans today seem [...]




Survey Results Say ‘Mixed Race’ Epitome of American Beauty

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*America is a melting pot of cultures that haven’t been functioning as a unified community, per se. But fortunately that seems that may be changing. It may be that the entertainment industry has a lot to do with this contribution to the new America–the America that now wants to be darker and curvier. Hip-hop has penetrated [...]




Maryland Legislators Seek to Change the Name of Historic ‘Negro Mountain’

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*Western Maryland is home to a huge piece of black history that some find offensive these days. In the era of political correctness, the historic landmark known as “Negro Mountain” has riled the feathers of lawmakers and citizens throughout the state and passersby. The mountain was not able to be named after the African American [...]




The Size L-Cup Bra is Here!

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*The American woman is showing off her assets to the world as they stretch out into an L-cup and vie for the largest bra on the planet award. There certainly hasn’t been any surge in weight loss in America or the UK as they gear up for the N CUP. The superstars out there (that will remain nameless) that could [...]




What Will be the Impact on Black America if China’s Currency Overthrows the US Dollar?

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*With the fastest growing major economy in the world, the communist rulers of China have begun to throw their weight around when it comes to international finances. One of their deeply held beliefs is that the world relies too much on the American dollar and that reliance needs to be lessened. Thus, the Chinese do [...]