Michelle Obama ‘racist’ monkey picture reappears online As much hate is being generated over this picture, I’m still amazed over the amount of traffic critics continue to give these pages. It’s not about the picture. It’s about making the issue larger than life to cover for more pressing issues that are not popular to talk […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“The NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons. There, I said it.” (Rush Limbaugh’s comment regarding the NFL back in 2007) This was one of the line critics of Rush reached for when he made his bid to be a part owner of the St. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Group of Black men [check]
Because you are depending on the same small group of people to one day “feel like” focusing on what you want to hear. In the meantime, all over the net new media has been answering the call. Online magazine targeting the Black man. Like what you see? Let the publisher know? Don’t like what you […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We need our own TV networks >enter BET BET is garbage and shows too many raunchy hip hop videos that misrepresent Black folks (but we still buy the music) >BET adds programing that does not center around hip hop and reduces hip hop videos. BET is still garbage. TV One is okay. >White networks need […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
CBS’ Harry Smith back in 2005 “A friend of mine who likes President Bush a lot can’t quite understand why he’s taking so much vacation this summer.
Back in 2007… Black newspaper publishers challenge Microsoft for fair share of ad dollars Back in July of this year… “The dialog started April 23 when National Newspaper Publishers Association Chairman John B. Smith, Sr., sent a letter to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel, President Obama’s Special Advisor Valerie Jarrett, and Rep. Lee. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I have long had my fill of 30/40-somethings and beyond singing the praises of Disney for finially deciding to go with a Black princess in its latest animated flick “The Princess and the Frog.” “This really means so much to little Black girls because now they finally have a Disney princess that looks like them” […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It came for Blacks and Hispanics… Swine flu may have greater impact on blacks, Hispanics It came for pregnant women… Swine flu striking pregnant women hard: CDC study Even your house pets were not safe… Swine Flu Toll Includes a Few Pets ♪♫♫♪♫ And now a word from our sponsors.♪♫♫♪♫ U.N.’s H1N1 scientists linked to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So does this mean that I can download music guilt-free? (arstechnica.com) “Given how aggressively the recording industry likes to pursue file sharers, one would assume that the industry itself is in the clear when it comes to copyright infringement. But that assumption has been put to the test in Canada, where a massive infringement lawsuit […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(thehill.com) President Obama’s social secretary quipped that she regularly let event crashers into White House gatherings — months before two reality-TV wannabes waltzed into last week’s state dinner. Desiree Rogers claimed in an interview with the trade magazine BizBash at the Creative Coalition’s annual meeting in June that she had added extra tables and benches […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Gibbs shows how he can talk down to a Black woman and get away with it. You think that’s bad, Zennie62 of sfgate.com goes further and calls April Ryan (the reporter who was chastised by Gibbs) a “crabbarel”. Because in his view, Ryan is “trying to take down another Black person.” Democrats are so cool!
New York, NY (BlackNews.com) – More than 200 aspiring writers, directors and producers from as far away as Seattle, took part in acclaimed producer/director Robert Townsend’s “The Ultimate Pitch Master Class” lecture series in New York recently. The three-hour session designed to teach aspiring filmmakers how to pitch their ideas to networks and studios, also […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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