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Jun29

What did you expect? The Academy Awards?

by Duane on June 29th, 2009 at 2:42 am
Posted In: Our Expression

I intentionally missed 99.9% of the BET Awards show last night because I simply do not watch award shows, period. After reading all the comments on Facebook regarding the show (folks were blasting it left and right), I thought that maybe I would give it a chance. The show had some good points, but it […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jun22

Pew and Blackamericastudy.com

by Duane on June 22nd, 2009 at 11:20 am
Posted In: Our Expression, Science & Research, Tech, The Media

From an article covering the recent Pew study on broadband internet usage. “African American households, however, did not fare as well. Though adoption increased from 43 percent to 46 percent, that marks the second year that African Americans reported growth that was below average, the study said. Interestingly, report author John Horrigan found that Internet […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jun16

Chewing the cud

by Duane on June 16th, 2009 at 11:48 am
Posted In: Commentary, Headlines, The Media

Every once in a blue moon I am asked why I did not mention the latest story regarding the actions of an evil White person against the innocent Black person. My answer is quite simple: Because most people (including the person asking) already know about it. The request in of itself is not a quest […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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May30

You are getting sleeeepy

by Duane on May 30th, 2009 at 10:58 am
Posted In: Commentary, Headlines, Politics

Privacy seems to be no big deal in the age of Obama. Folks raised pure hell during the domestic eavesdropping program that targeted those connected with foreign terrorist networks. When the debate reached the Black portion of the political drive-thru car wash, we were reminded about how Civil Rights leaders like MLK, Malcolm X and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Mar24

What’s the difference, folk?

by Duane on March 24th, 2009 at 9:16 am
Posted In: Just "Why?", Our Expression

Online social networks like MySpace and Facebook allows you to build your own social networks. For my Facebook account, the majority of my network is made up of Black folks. Why? Because I have associated with other Blacks the most over the years. The same goes for my Asian friends I have out here in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Feb18

On Facebook now

by Duane on February 18th, 2009 at 2:21 am
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Yup. I finially made the jump into the world of social networking. I think all the cluttered mess I usually encountered on myspace is what kept me from social networking altogether. Folks got the entire BET hip hop line up loading all at once while a huge image of 50 cent is trying to load […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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