May 21, 2013

Sheila Johnson, BET Co-Founder, Thinks Network is a ‘Squandered’ Opportunity

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*Since the Johnson’s sold BET to the wolves, the network has taken on a new look, new theme, and a new direction. And neither side seems very happy about it. Sheila Johnson, co-founder of the black network, gave BET a piece of her mind before, and she did it again, recently. She was the speaker at the [...]




Does Battling a Stereotype Wear You Out?

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*As African Americans we fight stereotypes and deal with them on a daily basis. But black women deal with them in their own unique, exhausting way. In an article on Essence, writer Demetria Lucas talks about how tiring it could get battling stereotypes: Earlier this week, I stumbled across another thought-provoking article on Clutch that [...]




Jokey Joke: Jamaican Twins Break Down Jamaican Stereotypes (Video)

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*If you haven’t been to Jamaica and you rely on American media for your perception of Jamaica, know that they have had enough of it! Well a set of Jamaican twins have had enough of it and they are setting the record straight. The two, Crystal and Chantel, sit in what seems to be their [...]




Boston University Study Finds Link Between Tumors and Perms (Video)

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*A whole lot of black women had a beef with Chris Rock when he produced “Good Hair” and shed a light on black hair care dollars and sense. The documentary opened up a dreadful side to the billion dollar black hair care industry and the harmful toxins used to give black women the coveted silky [...]




Video: Summer’s Eve (Talking Vagina) Commercial is Racist?

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*Everywhere we look there is some form of what we feel is racism against one race or another. But the constant bombardment of “Is this racist?” or “Is that racist?” is getting old. If we wanna see what is racist we need to see who’s behind the disproportionate unemployment amongst black families. But, yet again, [...]




‘Transformers 3′ Director will Pay $25k if You Find Racist Robots in Film

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*”Transformers 3″ is on its way out to movie theaters. You know what that means, right? Controversy over Skids and Mudflap. But, this time out director Michael Bay dares anyone to find the robots in the film. The twin Autobots were slammed when they appeared in 2009′s “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” for being robotic [...]




Reality Shows Designed to Maintain Angry, Black Woman Stereotype

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*The hand on the hip, neck poppin’, eye rollin’, slick talkin’, black woman has long been perpetuated by the media machine … and she has helped them out. In the latest stream of reality shows like the Real Housewives franchise, The Bad Girls Club, and must I say it again … the damn Donald’s “Celebrity Apprentice,” [...]