May 25, 2013

EURweb Exclusive Part Two: Kimberla Lawson Roby on Deception & ‘The Perfect Marriage’

Award Winning, Best Selling Author Kimberla Lawson Roby starts the new year with a new book "The Perfect Marriage"

*New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Kimberla Lawson Roby hopes to bring about great awareness in “The Perfect Marriage,” which hits bookstores, other retailers and digital outlets January 8, 2013.  In Part Two of our EURweb Exclusive, Kimberla discusses the element of deception that looms in her newest novel. In “The Perfect Marriage” [...]




Black ESPN Guest: RG3 Only ‘Kind of Black, Not One of Us’ (Watch)

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*An African-American ESPN2 contributor stepped in it Thursday when he called Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III “kind of black,” and said of the athlete, “He’s not one of us.” RELATED STORY: RG3 Hater Rob Parker Suspended for ‘Not One of Us’ Comments The comments were made by columnist Rob Parker, who was appearing on the [...]




U.S. Poverty at Record High!

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*Are you suffering from malnutrition? Are you receiving any public assistance or do not have access to emergency funds if you need them? Do you experience debilitating depression, so much so, that it has rendered you incapable of holding down a job or looking for one? What about XBox? Do you own one of those [...]




Successful Blacks, Hispanics often Live in Poorer Neighborhoods

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*(via USA Today) – The most successful blacks and Hispanics are more likely to have poor neighbors than are whites, according to a new analysis of Census data. The average affluent black and Hispanic household — defined in the study as earning more than $75,000 a year — lives in a poorer neighborhood than the [...]




USA Today/Gallup Poll: Obama Doesn’t Deserve Re-election

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*Americans anxious about unemployment and the economy increasingly blame President Obama for hard times, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, amid signs of turbulence in November’s midterm elections. Last week’s jubilant signing of the health care overhaul, Obama’s signature domestic initiative, seems to have given the president little boost. Instead, his standing on four personal qualities [...]




Torri Hunter: Black Latinos Are Not Black – ‘They’re Imposters’

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*So, is Torii Hunter hatin’ on our Latino brethren or is he just tellin’ it like it tis? Either way, the Los Angeles Angels center fielder has stirred up controversy with his recent comments about baseball’s use of dark skinned (black) players from the Caribbean and South America. “People see dark faces out there, and [...]