May 19, 2013

Woman Rages Against Class: ‘I’ll Kill the F**k Outta You!’ (Video)

jonatha carr

*This is one of the most bizarre displays or meltdowns I’ve ever seen caught on video. (Are you a fan of EURweb? Like us on Facebook or Follow us on Twitter.) Because this woman seems to be coherent in the beginning of the tape, I wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt. It’s [...]




Who’s the ‘Authentic’ Black Man … Jalen Rose or Grant Hill?

jalen_rose&grant_hill(2011-med-wide)

*Jalen Rose grew up poor in Detroit, the son of single mom and an NBA player he never met. He helped transform basketball culture as a member of Michigan’s iconic Fab Five team, then earned more than $100 million as a pro baller. Grant Hill came up wealthy in the D.C. suburbs, the child of [...]




Class is Missing on Reality TV

nene_basketball_star(2011-med-wide)

*Watching the season two finale of VH-1′s latest hit series “Basketball Wives” and the reunion show that airs Sunday and Monday (part I and part II, respectively), I was struck by how superficially gorgeous the participants are. Evelyn, Shaunie, Royce, Tami and Jennifer were all exquisitely coiffed and made up, wearing glittering jewelry, kick-ass shoes [...]




The Presumption of Guilt: The Arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Race, Class and Crime in America

Charles Ogletree

“This book is about more than the arrest of one man. It is abut how we need to examine our criminal justice system to ensure that fairness, not power, is the currency of our system. When we move from a presumption of innocence to a presumption of guilt, we diminish our sense of community and [...]