From Targetmarketnews.com (August 27, 2010) The Chicago-based Rainbow PUSH Coalition (RPC), headed by the Rev Jesse L. Jackson, issued a statement last week asking Burger King to reconsider its plan as quoted in news accounts dropping advertising assignments to it African-American and Hispanic ad agencies of record. The PUSH demand comes after the New York […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I dare you to do a Google search under the following terms~
Just yesterday I happened to be browsing a book on American history when I came to a page that talked about the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955-56. Now I have heard the story at least a million times already, but this time I was really struck with just how committed these folks were to the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
NNPA columnist George E. Curry has already picked his side in the upcoming battle of the marches that will take place in D.C. over the next few weeks. Dear Dr. King, There will be a march this Saturday to commemorate the 47th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Actually, there will […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I tell ya’, Mr. Charlie still knows how how to call some Black folks to attention. Back in ’07 the NAACP held a symbolic ceremony to bury the N-word. For those with short memories, this was a move that was criticized by many Black folks in cyberspace because it was largely seen as just a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here are some clips from history that show a very different picture of racial politics back in the day.
From Greg Johnson’s blog “Greg J’s World”. Johnson is a broadcast entertainment marketing executive based in Los Angeles “One of the tracks “Hey Sucka Nigga” attempts to explain the etymology of the word nigga and why the hiphop generation uses it as a term of endearment. I’ve had conversations with my college interns about the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
To some, everything seem to lead race these days and it is long past old. For example, I was in a Facebook discussion about the proposed Muslim “community center” near ground zero. The
Jesse Jackson, clergy push jobs plan in Detroit RoNeisha Mullen / The Detroit News Detroit –Civil rights activist the Rev. Jesse Jackson joined clergy members in Detroit today to promote a plan with the UAW to put Americans back to work. “We are in a state of emergency,” Jackson said during a news conference at […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A few weeks ago, I told radio talk show host Rhonda Deniston out in San Diego that if the Republican party/Tea Party wanted to be taken more seriously in the Black community, it would target places like the Detroit, MI area. Instead of pointing to that area as an example of what happens when Liberalism […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Keeping Mary Frances Berry’s words in mind on how the left uses racism as a weapon, I notice the latest fake outcry over Glenn Beck comparing Obama’s America to The Planet of the Apes. Low hanging fruit that can be easily misinterpreted when taken out of context? Yep. But Glenn Beck is a racist (or […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Recently, a video featuring a very effeminate Black man putting on a complete performance for a local news crew has not only swept the internet, but has become the most watched YouTube video in a matter of days.
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Some Blindness Cannot Be Cured
by Duane on September 7th, 2010 at 8:18 amAfter nearly getting winded when I heard the news that Obama is gonna throw another $50bn on the crap table, I decided to hear what other Black folks were saying about it online. After all, Obama has already spent over a trillion dollars in his so-called effort to “save” the economy and unemployment continues to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…