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*(Via Black B lue Dog) – Since President Obama was elected with 93% of the black vote, there is now a conversation regarding how to leverage unprecedented political support in order to receive the attention from the Obama Administration that such support deserves. The Associated Press wrote about the matter this week, quoting Rev. Al [...]
*Dr. Boyce Watkins wrote apiece over at NewsOne on how LeBron James’ recent NBA Finals performance is something that can be used as an example for all young black men. He say he was “reminded that great accomplishments are merely displays and reflections of what you are made of. It’s kind of a show and [...]
*The state of North Carolina added insult to injury when it recently decided not to compensate women who were victims of unwanted sterilizations. From 1929 – 1974, the state chose to play God and sterilize thousands of women against their will. The women were mostly black and brown, and were selected due to having what [...]
*We all know that Chad Ochocinco is about to be married to Evelyn Lozada, the woman who is probably more aggressive than the NFL player with whom she shares her bed. It is also well-known that Chad was just cut from the New England Patriots, where he once earned a nice paycheck. Given Evelyn’s history [...]
*I’ve spent a week thinking about the Newsweek cover in which President Obama is proclaimed to be “The First Gay President.” As a proponent of gay marriage, I was admittedly taken aback by seeing a successful black man “turned out” in front of the American public. In fact, I was actually insulted, not because there’s [...]
*On the front page of CNN today, there was an interesting article about the divide between the Obama Administration and the African American church. The author of the piece seems to be implying that black church opposition to gay marriage is hypocritical, in large part because the bible being quoted by Christians is the same [...]
*Cleveland, Ohio high school student Gabrielle Jones refuses to be a victim. She has become a victor instead by writing an award winning essay on bullying and her experience in dealing with it. The empowered young superstar wrote the essay as part of the Maltz Museum “Stop the Hate” essay contest and she is $50,000 [...]
*One of my favorite TV shows happens to be “The Boondocks.” Most Boondocks fans remember the scene where one of the boys on the show, Riley, makes reference to the rapper Ice Cube by saying, “You mean the dude who makes family movies?” The infamous Boondocks scene defines the “remarkable transformation” of Cube that Michael [...]
*When I recently debated Michael Eric Dyson at Brown University on the problems with mass promotion of violent and misogynist hip-hop music through BET and other media, the response from the public was….well…..interesting. On one hand, there were those who’ve been waiting for someone to speak openly about the problems with BET giving awards to artists like [...]
*It appears that Chris Brown and Rihanna are revamping a love affair via Twitter, making duets and sending each other loving messages back-and-forth. The two star-crossed lovers are not being bashful about their devotion to one another, and the world is taking notice. I admit that as the father of young women who are about [...]
*Like everyone else, I am going to miss Whitney Houston. I didn’t watch the funeral because I don’t enjoy being sad. Instead, I’d rather celebrate life, telling those I care about how much I love them when they are here, rather than wishing I’d told them after they are gone. The same way it makes [...]
*I receive a phone call from a friend of mine who teaches elementary school. She told me that she’d spent the week excited about the fact that some college basketball players were coming to her school to eat lunch with the kids. She thought that her inner city students would gain from the chance to [...]
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